English Translation

19 - 8 - Czechoslovakia with the German Reich flared up for a short time in the second half of the year l937, when Dr. B e n e s conducted a confidential negotiation with some rich German personalities (if I was not mistaken, among them was Count Trautmannsdorf), on which great hopes were placed. In short, for reasons unknown to me, the negotiators rushed unstoppably towards the known end. I did not receive any official news about the Czech mobilization in this respect either. military measures carried out resp. the k I learned just as every other citizen noticed in the morning on the way to my department 5 opposite the Streschowitzer Wagenhalle there installed anti-aircraft cannons. Officially I was not informed in this regard. In general, it was only stated at that time that this measure was necessary with a view to the merger of the German Wehrmacht near the Czechoslovak borders.