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sseteseeseenee Prag-Bubentsch, 10.9.1943. Sachsenweg CV SD-Leitsteil Prag Fernsprecher 774-44 5 Cigegongen an fre 1 1. IX. 1943 An den BO 4-Obergruppenführer Bon Minister of State K.H. Fr a n k Prag. My dtemet 2 Betr.: Stimmensrückspielungen der Kapitulations Italians auf die deutschen Beziehmen in Böhmen und Mähren. Vorg.: Mein Schreiben vom 9.9.19 43. In the last 24 hours, the mood among the German population in Bohemia and Moravia continued to be marked by gradual calming and consolidation. Pilsen, for example, reports that the German mood is dominated by confidence and trust in leadership. Prague reported that one can almost speak of an upsurge in mood. There are also voices from the other parts of the Protectorate for the fact that the mood is now firmly established everywhere. In the case of foreign policy, one thinks of Hungary in particular. Internally, everything that is reactionary and anti-nationalist should be eradicated. The external political clarity that has now finally been gained must also be achieved by a total internal political clarity. (Party comrades in Prague ). The utterances of disgust and bitterness over the betrayal of Italy continue. They are directed mainly against the King and Badoglio, against the "military virtues" of the Italian people and their "perfidious folk character" (Brünn, Iglau). Germans in Brno call the Italian People a people of the Freemasons, b.w. 141