 This department was responsible for gathering intelligence about non-communist parties (especially the National Socialist party and Social Democratic party) and creating "left" fractions within them that would weaken them or break them apart.Department of National Front was officially part of Information bureau ("Informační oddělení" – headed by Bedřich Geminder, with Hromádko as his deputy), but in reality it was managed directly by the General Secretary Rudolf Slánský.Hromádko was also an editor, and briefly editor-in-chief of "Funkcionář", a journal for Communist party members dedicated to strengthening organizational and ideological capacity of communist cadres.