THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1270, sig. 110-12/96

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117.) in Central and Eastern Europe for a long time. The connection of other interested states to this cooperation situation in their own interest and could perhaps be realized sooner or later. This is the most viable way to secure Central Europe from a new German invasion. It goes without saying to me that the ultimate goal should be a pan-European union as part of a larger international far-reaching association, without which the future peace organization of the world can really not be imagined, Ioh even say that without this European framework no regional confederation is conceivable and that neither Great Britain nor the Soviet Union, after the experiences of recent years, will certainly no longer allow their influence in Central Europe to be unclear. The security of Europe and of the world is indivisible; this is one of the Aximos that emerges from this Second World War. I am pleased to see that the majority of American public opinion has also come to shnlio fbigerungen. Moreover, the signing of the British-Soviet Treaty in London on 26 May 1942 on the alliance of these two states and their cooperation in the reconstruction of Europe for the next twenty years, pending the establishment of a new international security system, confirms the current Tsohechoslovak policy and can certainly form the basis for the future reorganization of Europe. In addition, a large number of