English Translation

67 - 5 = Area of agriculture and general production. Of the official receptions, journalists were most impressed by breakfast at the Minister of State and, above all, by his political statements. From different statements it could be recognized that the speech of the Minister of State had been appealing to the foreigners, especially "through their unforced openness and their conciliatory tone". After breakfast, a very lively table discussion developed at individual tables for several hours, during which the Minister of State answered openly all the questions put to him by the journalists. In addition, during the course of the official programme, certain shortcomings emerged, the recognition of which is very instructive for future such events. A well-known danger lies in the fact that by various Czech authorities a kind of "hyper-loyalty" was presented to foreign journalists. When the foreign journalists visited a Czech Real Gymnasium, for example, the pupils with military accuracy proved the German greetings when entering the school rooms, which apparently seemed to have been learned. The German song "Das Wandering ist des Müllers Lust" (The Hiking Is the Mueller's Lusst) was launched by foreign journalists on the street through the fen- sters of the school, so that when they visited the conservatory, they were suspiciously asking whether the pupils still knew Czech songs at all, and could sing such songs. During the visit of the classrooms of the government troops in a classroom there were 1 5 copies of the German book "Der großer Irrweg der Czechen". In a book a page was opened, in which with the former republic was especially sharply billed. Especially with the latter, it can be assumed that behind not Czech over zeal, but a certain sabotage tendency can be suspected. Concerns among foreign journalists were further triggered by the visit of the Ministry of Transport and the Magistrate of the capital.Prague gained an impression that the Dutch representatives were in second place each time, but that their Czech leader was far superior in power and professional skills. In this way, it would be easy to maintain the appearance of Czech autonomy outside.