English Translation

- 3 -- 26 the pressure of the Bolsheviks, apparently due to the thaw and the heavy losses of the Soviets on people and material, had already considerably diminished. It was hoped that the Russian offensive would remain stuck in the mud and that the German troops had taken firm defensive positions, so that a further withdrawal of the front would hardly have to be counted. On the contrary, it is believed that as a result of this year's mild winter, the German counter-offensive will begin earlier than in the previous year and with an unprecedented force and will lead to the final destruction of the Bolsheviks in this year. Since the last years, attention has now been paid to the military events in North Africa. We are particularly pleased that we have managed to capture and beat American units. We hope that the alliance of Rommel's armored army with the troops fighting in Tunisia will soon be corrected by the African front. Goebbels was also received this time by the Czech people with the greatest interest, as was the case with no speech so far. Various reports concerning it have had an almost sensational effect with the Czechs without distinction of the state and in politically interested and in government circles "like a bomb hit". The echo is negative all the time, with the exception of German - friendly people. Most of the time they were called "swan singing" or want to see in it a "in the twelfth hour before the collapse given alarm sign". In addition, the speech, mainly in intelligence circles, is regarded as a "bluff" who only had the purpose of giving the German people "an injection to reawaken the already limp spirits of life". In general, the Czechs became convinced that, together - 4 -