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XoAeNosZe for November 19529... REPORTS FROM CZECHO-SLOVAKIA. ee ee ee ee essek vésse e esel The last dispatch given on Czecho-Slovakia dealt with the extremely important Secret Military Confernee held near Prague in the last days of August. It will be recalled that far-reaching criticism was made and conclusions reached. The most pressing ones were connected with two strategic pypblemss the psychological warfare and the re-alignement of all Eastern Forces, Along the lines of these two problems, highly important new developments have now been reported by our observers. Soviet psychological warfare. In recent weeks a strong inerease in personnel and activity cövld be observed in the "Foreign Institute" of Prague. This center is the headquarter of a far-reaching secret activitys its agents are to control and work through groups of Czech emigrants and even Sudcte expelleecs,. “heir field of activity are mainly Austria, Germany, Canada and the United States. Agents for this service are carefully selected and trained in special schools. ‘These schools are decentralized, ome of them are located not fer from the German border - in Litomerice and in the previously wehl known resort places of Marianske Lezne, Frantiskovy Lazne and Karlovy Lazne =, enother is situated in Trenein (Slovakia), two are renorted to have been set up in small töihs in Bohmmia and loravia, Each one of these snecial political youth schools is cuite small in size and as little conspicuous as possible. The average course counts 20 to 25 narticbpantss These are mostly young University students and a minority of exceptionally bright young workers. As far as language is concerned, the school is either Slav - with candidates coming from Reimmckag Czecho-Slovakia end Polandg= or it is German - the candidates being recruited smong Sudeteg communists who were allowed to stay on in Czecho-Slovakia or among Hastern-German Party members selected for special traininge The schooling lasts for one or two trimesters and covers an intense phogram of individual and mass psychology, of sociology, of oratory and leadership training, of the selence in preparing strikes and demonstrations ete, Great emphasis is also placed on the study of foreign languages. ‘While in school, each candidate is strictly supervised and studied. Regulations are extremely strict and whoever does not comply is immediately expelled from the school and sent into "“re=training confinement", According to estimates received, sereening
