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01616/08 u/ts - 2. The level of life is falling in general. No public criticism is heard, but there is a lot of private criticism. The Germans try to prevent the performance of British films in Turkey. After they had tried in vain to sell their propa ganda Jonrnala there, they wanted to tempt the cinema owners to do so, although the brit. They wanted to compensate for the damage they caused. This plan also failed. As we hear, some of the latest English films in Ankara are to be shown in the near future. From Stockholm it is reported that the German authorities have banned the sale of Sigrid Undset's books, since they were currently one of the most enthusiastic representatives of the resistance in Norway.- Churchill today sent a message to the Czech people: Today it is two years since the Munich agreement was concluded. This is a date on which the world will always think of the tragic event which brought the csl. people in the sense of European peace. But this sacrifice was in vain. The guarantees of the treacherous men who direct the fate of Germany were already broken after 6 months, which proved the treachery character of these men. Munich was followed by the incorporation of your formerly flourishing country into the kingdom. Your country is now a desert and the people of the great Apostle of humanity, Masaryk, are now persecuted in a way with cruelty that has no equal in history. In this moment of history, I now send you a message and at this hour of your martyrdom, explain to you: The battle we are fighting here in England is not only ours, but also yours and that of all the peoples who give freedom priority over spiritless slavery. They all fight for the right to one's own life according to the way they choose it themselves. The struggle represents the instinctive human defense against tyranny and the spiritless world. The pleasures do not know any European people who had more enthusiasm and courage than yours. Again today, the courage and enthusiasm of your soldiers and pilots, who have bravely fought and who have succeeded in coming here, and who are now very successfully taking part in this battle for England, which is also the battle for the csl. republic, proves these outstanding qualities of your people. No less sincere than these soldiers, we admire the Czechs and Slovaks who, on their front in the homeland, surrender themselves to death and even more annoyed fate than death, in order to turn away the abominations and tyranny of the rulers. We fight for human freedom and are determined not to allow neither our nor your struggle to be in vain. For this reason, we have not recognized the German expansion in Central Europe and in other parts. Therefore, we also decided to recognize the provisional Czech government with us and the liberation of the CsR to a -3-