THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 776, sig. 110-5/66

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We think of you, the martyrs, the victims of the magic and German terror with love and awe. We are united with you until the final victory. We think with patience of the moment when we will be together again in a liberated, happy and flourishing Czechoslovakia. It spoke Interior Minister Dr. Juryj Slávik. Repetition of the last message from the Eastern Front (Bachmatsch!) Czech channel for the nat. liberation, 2l,00 o'clock: A broadcast could not be heard. Luxλεnxk Hellfunk: Stockholm: Berchtesgeden The correspondent of the newspaper "Allehanda" reports that a conference took place in Garmieen-Partenkirehen. Marschali v. Kesselring travelled from Italy to Berchtesgaden in a special plane to participate in the meeting. There were: Göring, Himnler, Ribbentrop, Marshal Keitel, Admiral Dönitz and Prof. Speer, the Minister of Armament and Ammunition. The correspondent says that at the conference the German generals tolerated Hitler to interfere in their competent tasks and to have shamed the Nazi party by the military-inspired lowlands. Generals are said to have described the military situation as extremely serious. London: The station Ron was not heard this noon for the first time during the whole crisis. According to Radio Reuter in London, according to news coming from the Swiss-Italian border and distributed by Swiss radio, all railway lines between Deutscniand and Italy are interrupted. London: As the German military spokesman of the Agency Transocean said today, the German troops occupied northern and central Italy. AJSSO London: The special correspondent of the RB in Chiasso at the Italian-Swiss border wired: It seems that no German troops are in Milan or Turin anymore. In Milan, the military authorities are completely in control of the situation. Washington? The Yugoslav businessman in the USA, Konstantin Fotié, explained that with the help of the Italians, the Yugoslav and Greek parties can continue their struggles with the aggressors in intensified conflict. Stockholm: The Spez-Corr. The RB in Stockholn, Bernard Valery, explains that Hitler held a wacky war council on Thursday. At the meeting it was decided to strengthen the Po line and to fight in Italy to the last man. London: Die it. News agency announced today Thursday that German troops have surrounded the outer districts of the port as well as the industrial suburbs of Genoa. The three main roads leading to the port are also blocked. Rumours say that three German tank divisions are on the march towards Genoa. Another unconfirmed message says that the brit. Fleet crossed in front of the port.