STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2689, sig. 109-12/337 Page 39 · 39 of 25
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2689, sig. 109-12/337
English Translation
- 15 - 36 Se d Ba da e a then under anointing speeches - which, however, have always been a noble tradition of our government - to the presentation of the memorandum of the German socio-democrats, Christian Soci als and dew Federation of Farmers, ten men high - among them the three active ministers - may present modest and pre-agreed demands. The contents of the memorandum are carefully kept secret from the public, but the fact of the presentation itself was immediately evaluated by the Czech foreign propaganda. It is characteristic that, at the same time, a member of the government in a Czech party assembly declares that the Germans have more sehon than they are entitled to under the treaties. However, the faithful supporters of the activists were expected to accept the government generously for Sudeten Germanism, which was supposed to bring about concessions beyond what had been achieved so far. In reality, however, it was no longer negotiated with the over-emphasizes, but the important German matter was dealt with only in the four walls of the castle or the Council of Ministers Bureau: it was shown that the principle expressed on the Czech side of the VaR high place was adhered to, "we have created the state and only we will talk and decide about Aventueit kbandenunger". fannsfsvlililfa Prvblarna The 7o percent of Sudeten Germanism was clear from the outset that the whole action could by no means lead to the solution of the German question in Czechoslovakia. The official devaluation of the "solution of the problem" to the "compensation without punctuation" and finally the "regulation of some questions by administrative means" showed to the Volkische Sudetendeutschtum what was to be expected in the end, in order to give a fundamental opinion of the SdP Wei to the government and to show the whole public the position of Konrad Henlein on the negotiations, a delegation of four parliamentarians after a previous agreement with the Prime Minister spoke and explained that by mere administrative measures the political situation could not be fundamentally or permanently improved, but would only have a practical effect on the situation by means of a statute and treaties. Thatg itself in circles of the