STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2685, sig. 109-12/333

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Steates depends on the success with which he will integrate the Deutshhen as a willing citizen. Thus, among the nationalities problems of our state, problems of minorities are distinguished from the Sudeten-German problem,diigebals the question of the state's life is referred to.From this conclusion, 24 legal conclusions are drawn that to solve the problem the forms of the mere minority Wichf suffice, "the true magnitude of this task there is that it is here a protection of the rest of the minorities, This opinion of the committee is of great importance.For the Germans, the minimum contract has created only a certain minimum.According to the committee itself, it is a matter for the Czechs to find further forms for the legal solution and ** to resolve the sudeten German problem. 5.)The Committee may also have been encouraged by the N te of the then Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr.Beneš, whose importance today is greatly reduced from the technical side - compared with the XY articles. Both the Committee's position at the time on this note, as the legal execution of well-known international law entitles us to record on its full content liability to the full extent. IV. In summary,we can say that the Czechoslovak state does notconsist politically in terms of nationality policy,the Constitution remains a constrained constitution,which sets out a particular route for the ethnic groups.In the meantime, legislation based on authoritarian power by the government has been largely outlawed.