STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 481, sig. 109-4/227 Page 51 · 51 of 91
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 481, sig. 109-4227
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o2 Reminiszenézen on some questions asked to me and also on some other reminiscences. d on questions ad 1 on the stay of the Soviet aircraft in Prague from 14 to 17.8.1934, ad 2. on the reception of the s dsdo 17.1.1935, ad 3. concerning the preparation and conclusion of the Czechoslovak-Bolshevik friendship, alliance and military pact of 1935 (Moscow 17.5.1935) and ad 4 on the Czecho-Slovak military delegation ineyoskamaYgenfaddanta Bi as well as on the Auftent/Benesh in Moscow relatively little known. Not perhaps because I had forgotten, but because neither I nor the board of the republican party had more detailed information about these matters in these years. Visits by various military delegations in Czechoslovakia were not uncommon. In particular, xgabxesxaftxendxaft visited us often and often military delegations from France, Yugoslavia, Romania and later also from Soviet Russia, but they were not given any special attention in political circles. OO side representatives of these states also came military representatives from Iran, Iraq, the Baltic states, etc. In order to award orders to Czechoslovak factories, måerxberettexeret to control the production of orders already issued (Skoda plants, weapons factories, Witkowitz etc.). The members of these delegations also held frequent negotiations with representatives of our Czechoslowak army. Up to the years 1937-38 everyone was aware that peace was secured for a long time. Zihlrfififkfxxem military delegations participated in the Czechoslovak maneuvers and in particular always negotiated with the general staff of the Czecho-Slovak army and with the foreign ministry. In the later years, the negotiations of the military representatives of the so-called friendly states focused mainly on foreign ministers Dr. Benesch and dls this president, he concentrated this negotiation almost exclusively on himself RAA (as the chief commander of the Wehrmacht).