English Translation

e e d ac h t n i s p r o t o koli l on the meeting between the Polish envoy Minister v. Papee and K.H. Frank on Saturday 2 April 1938 between 10 and 1/4 l2 o'clock in the morning in the apartment of Mr Mümmich. Beck to Konrad Henlein and me and immediately notes that our Viennese pronunciation was accompanied by loo% success. Beck immediately accepted the proposal and used the first best opportunity, namely his conversation with Ward Price, to demand the political autonomy for the Polish minority in concrete.The Polish minority today is united with the Marxist: forces to the political front, the demand for autonomy will no longer be dropped. P. clearly expresses his joy that the plan, the front of nationalities against the ruling state people in the 20th year of the Republic's existence, has become a reality and comes back again to the "parallel interests" already discussed in Vienna. Dr Wolf is legitimized as spokesman for the Poles, liaison man from him to us is DrvEichholz. P. sees the only possibility of a peaceful solution in the complete conversion of the national state into a "state, federal state, or cantonal state", i.e. granting complete territorial autonomy under constitutional amendment. It meant to me that my formulation was extremely necessary and correct in the Leitmeritzer speech on constitutional enlargement or amendment, and was very much respected in diplomatic circles. Fr. recently expressed certain concerns about the disintegration of the Slovak People's Party after Hlinka's death. I asked him again from Warsaw to take action on the government wing of the Slovaks, informed vihn of the planned trip to Rome by Dr Tiso to the Palais Ghigi, whereby Tiso wants to inform himself about the interview Beck -Mussoliniï- gGiäno, also with regard to the Slovakian question, indicated that in this case it might be possible to advance accordingly from Warsaw in Rome. Fr.inter-ed himself especially for this.