English Translation

44a -- 32 - It goes without saying that in these days, during all these discussions and in all those present, the feeling of depression and abandonment prevailed. Every day, we saw Dr. Benesch, the tired president, becoming more nervous day by day, whose twenty-year-long policy crumbled from hour to hour and collapsed like a house of cards. Day after day and hour at hour new and new Hiops news came unbroken. We felt damlas betrayed and abandoned all and everywhere. While the mobilization was carried out with us, which went impeccable, x increased the pressure of England and France (which was behind England), which the envoys of the mentioned states exerted on us. Dr. Benesch was then in a deplorable, even directly miserable situation. He, who up to the last moment proclaimed only optimism, he, who in the eyes of a part of the nation (following the hymns of praise of his press) was regarded as that man who compensates conflicts between happy great powers and enjoys the greatest influence with them, - he had to see now the complete collapse of his treaties and all that he had built, see and recognize in full twenty years. I remember when the English envoy sent us through President Benesch to say that England had no obligations to us and that we would fall even more in England's UUngnade, not if we did not follow what we were advised to do! The French envoy, who always "joined" his Anglo-Saxon colloquium these days, at least gave the impression that he was ashamed and that France wanted to help, but that it could not, because it was too weak. Not even the "Symphathie" who cost nothing and who had never helped anyone before - not even the kabe was given to us. The Soviets acted differently. Their action was cautious and directed aërhit, that one could not say as far as possible of them, they wanted or they could not hurry to help. However, the negotiations with the representatives of the Soviet Union led alone personally alhlft Dr. Benesch. He was in daily contact with the Soviet emissary in Prague and the near vicinity of Benezh claimed that he séi also vnlipe 067±2 AE