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Copy. Jul 15, 1940. To General Friderici, General of the Czech-Slovak Legion, PraR Siegesplatz. Dear General I On Sunday, July 14, the emigrated General Inspector General in London gave the following speech on Lon don Radio in Czech. " Czechoslovaks at home and abroad! Our evacuation from France has just been successfully completed. I don't need to remind you of the actions of the Czech legions of the World War; our struggles that we delivered in France to the enemy are worthy of being joined to the deeds of the legions in the world war. The fall of France was quick and perhaps unexpected. In the midst of the French Arnee, who was forced to give up the fight for various reasons, several thousand Czechs stood and bled for their homeland. They stood firm until the end, they did all the work. For us there was only one, continue to chaf and not earlier put the weapons out of hand until the enemy is defeated. However, help was necessary to enable us to make our desire possible. England, which today is abandoned in battle as we once did, has sent us help. We thank Dr. Benesch, who initiated the negotiations and led them successfully. We are grateful to the brit. Government that allowed our, today we can say, successful landing in England. In England, on a ground from where we can continue our struggle, we admire the determination and the lut of the English army. Our goals have not changed, faithful to the English. Our slogan is: victory or die I That's what we owe to you and to ourselves. We are sure of the final victory, believe all of you in the victory and have confidence in it." I think it is necessary for us in the Czech press to treat the "heroes" of these Czech legionaries more closely in an appropriate way. I would like to thank you if you could let us know about the OKV,