Čestmír Huňát

“They reduced it all to an economic affair – paragraph 118: unlawful entrepreneurship. They did their best for it not to be perceived as a political matter. Initially, some millions of crowns had been discussed, related to unpaid taxes. Eventually, it all came down to thirty-six thousand which we re-invested in what we were doing. Even justice Stibořík in his closing remarks stated that our activity was in essence beneficial, if not in line with the custom.”

“All the members were sent a mimeographed letter with an answering sheet and an invitation to let us know in case they were interested in the continuation of their membership in the Jazz Section or a similar organization. Signed under it were me, Exner and Skalník. Our addresses were also included. Mr. Srp was still in prison at that time. Following his release he became active in Unijazz for another two months, and then our ways parted.”