STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2529, sig. 109-12/176 (damaged)

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168 Presseinfernationsdienst vom 8, Feber 1939. The new Prague foreign policy is the subject of today's editorial in "Náredni Listy". Vl. Sis writes that the merits of Dr. Chvalkovskýs the questioner foreign pelitics was put on villkem new foundations 1222 a correspond. He chose the only correct way. The renewal of foreign trust against the second Re- 7 publiko He does not rush, he promises nothing, for he promises S e dr de s Erfelge. One could certainly not expect miracles if built on rubble, but the cathegorical prayer applies: to forget the past, but by no means on its errors and on the teachings. These are the main tasks of the new Prague Foreign Pelitics. Benesch's foreign policy blindly felt the impact of the omnipotence of the League of Nations, ad d ddaad tät der Demokraien. This Pelitik failed. It would be unwise to hide the fact that Munich's decision was welcomed all over the world with a sense of improvement. The world was only interested in peace and not 0.4 away from the Czech-Slovak Republic. Today we must not look at an exaggerated pessimism in the face of the fact that we are faced with such a formation of our external pelitis that our neighbours are a da d ra m dad d d Today, however, there is no time to go around. The reality is that action and the most urgent task of Prague's foreign policy is to regulate friendly relations with its neighbours, especially the most Śtärksten, which is also our main importer and customer of our exports. We paid dearly also in economic terms the friendship with Frankreic. Therefore, no love service for foreign interests,