Germany'S MINISTRY FOR CHEATURES AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 986, sig. 110-9/2 (damaged)

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64a = 6 = A Japanese, for example, said that a comparison between the Czech primator Riha and the German primator deputy Professor Pfitzner seemed like a counter-conversion of a glass of water and a glassof schnapps. However, the Japanese did just that in Manchukuo. There, too, the Manchukuan ministerial posts, but the post of State Secretary is mostly occupied by Japanese. However, the self-confident appearance of the Czech government chairman Dr. Krejči and the meeting with the Czech Minister of Agriculture Hrubý in Moravia have largely offset this negative impression. The autonomous Minister for People's Enlightenment, Emanuel Moravec, has also skilfully par- ed the often extremely anxious questions of the foreign journalists and left no unfavorable impression behind. On the part of certain travel participants (Japanese, Croatian, Swedish, Turkish) the program showed that it had provided too little "for amusement", especially with regard to women. On the part of the Ministry of Propaganda and the Federal Foreign Office, they would be better used to them in Berlin. Some of the above-mentioned journalists therefore repeatedly visited the hotel "Stella", which is unique in its reputation. aS 50500 III. Special interests and targets of the question of foreign journalists. EAL In general, the foreign journalists were very interested in the conditions in the Protectorate and especially in the refutation of the enemy agitation.The conversational leadership was sometimes not easy, because very many preconceived opinions had to be met and most of the journalists defended their views with a kind of national pride. It seems all the more important that, when the visit was completed, the majority of journalists openly admitted that they were greatly impressed by what had been seen and heard. The question of Czech universities was raised as a hot topic, but at the same time the most common one. The autonomous Minister of Education and People's Enlightenment, Emanuel Moravec, has already been attacked with questions in this regard, which he skillfully shared.