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In the present contribution written record of public criticism of the journal Listy filologicke in January 1952 is edited. This document bears an interesting witness of the period: by reproaching the journal with various offences against the ideas of communist authorities such as not reporting on Soviet linguistics or not publishing papers on practical topics, in actual fact the subsequent change of its publisher was legitimized.