THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1268, sig. 110-12/94

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After 1938, not only unaer,gondern broke the whole.suropaean confederacy.Nevertheless, we must not forget that the Soviet Union was prepared to help us in the struggle, but also the criminal German raid policy could not be able to dissuade us from our vital political plans, namely the cooperation with the East and the Vest,Our President of the Czech Republic and our Polish exulants found in France and England just as much hospitality as in Moscow. We knew that the Soviet Union would be drawn into the war. And just a month after the outbreak of Soviet-German hostilities, we renewed the Treaty of Friendship.The war led the world to the new Russia, a Russia formed by the November Revolution l9l7,a Russia that struggles with steel and triumphs by its strength.We believed in the invincibility of the Red Army and also at the moment when the German hordes It was precisely during the most dramatic period of the struggle for Stalingrad, when the President Dr Benes, in a message to the Council of State, said that the Czech policy would stick to its alliance with the Soviet Union, Kaxkk, and Poland, until Pangermanism was crushed on the ground. We hope that the development has not yet come to an end. the Soviet Union also opened up to the other Central European and Aüd-European states, especially Poland, to which a protocol annexed to the Czechoslovak-Soviet Treaty provides for cooperation with Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Uaion. The Treaty, for which Great Britain and the United States are also advocating Varatändnis, allows for better political relations in Central and Southern Europe and contributes significantly to securing the whole of Europe. The Soviet Union has the lion's share in the victory, and its river will have a decisive impact on the whole globe. In the Bündris with Techechoslovakia there is a full guarantee that nothing will happen in this T,il Europes, which is contrary to their general peace negotiations, and against their security,A strong ÖsR bildet the guarantors in Central Europe for peace, zw. This is also where our own success comes from. Above all, we consider the Gargntie to be an independent future. Nothing is done in Central Europe without us and against our will, secured by an alliance with the Soviet universities and linked by a friendly relationship with the Vester, our public from this war is strongly, internally united, filled with stol- zem self-consciousness and fanatical faith not only in their peace initiation but also in their own unbreakable strength. The Soviet Union itself will have an interest in ensuring that its own allies are inwardly aligned and nationally united. We believe that such an alliance and such a coalition will wipe out the sparks of German aggression. The international situation after the war will remove all obstacles and shortcomings and will bring new military advantages to our state, which will provide our republic with the highest level of security, Munich can and will repeat itself more in our history.