Stranica 3 [3]
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— —— —-~ - page three zenship and that following this he would become the Commander in Chief of the new Czech Army, Our observers would be rather inclined to believe this rumour. In any case it is indicative of the full submission to Moscow of the Czech regime. In the field of armament it is noteworthy that a few days ago the first batch of Chinese workers have arrived at the Lenin Works in Pilsen. These Chinese were trained for skills in Rassian factories, and are now serving with the new Russian machines, Their qualification seems to be very high. Their Czech colleagues see them come with great hatred. It is interesting to note in this connection, that both these works and those of Moravska Ostrava are now producing large orders of small Russian type tommy-guns of civil war type which are exported via the free pert of Hamburg to ultra secret destinies. At least some of them are shipped to Latin America. These wéapons are shipped thre through Germany on Czech boats of the Elbe Shipping Company. In Hamburg they are stocked in the warehouses of tha Company, under the direction of one Jan Struha, a man very high in the Czech Intelligence, The shipping itself is then done by the Czechoslovak Forwwrding Ltd., a branch of the Eberhard Clemens GmbH.- Internationale Spedition, T his Eberhard Clemens is only the official owner of the Company, which in reality ber longs to the Czech governement. 3 Besides these military affairs, it is noteworthy to our observers, that the Czechs and Slovaks are following with interes and bitter misgivings the activities of their emigrations. It is untrue, as our observers point out, that people back home know nothing about the emigrations. In fact they know a lot and are very unhappy both about the type of people who pretend to ‘represent them and about these men's activities. The Czechs and Slovaks are realists. It is no secret for them that the German prestige is rising. They know, that the expulsion of the Sudeto Germans is something that can not be maintained, that the time is over-bipe to come now to a deal. They fear, that if the present “official” Czech group continves to follow the anti-german line, it is they, the Czechs back home, who will ultimately suffer the consequences. There are several points which are severely condemned in the country about the emigration 3% 1 / That in recent weeks a Czechoslovak National Council was formed in America® This Council is a minority organization, ‘ since it includes.only those political parties of Czechoslovakia, who collaborated with the Russians. It excludes a real majority of the people, since the Agrarians, the largest party in pre-war Czechoslovakia, the National Democrate and the Slovak Nationalists - the absolute majority perty in Slovakia at every © free election in that country - are excluded. People feel, that . with free elections, thas National Council whieh arrofates to itself all the national sovereignity, would be severely beaten. te.
