STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 481, sig. 109-4227

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- 33 - 45 in constant telephone connection with leading personalities of the Soviet Union in Moscow (whether with Stalin, Molotov or other Soviet politicians I do not know and was not informed by Benesh either). Dr. Benesh was in constant phone contact with London, Moscow, Paris, etc. in September days l938 from early morning until the deep night. He spoke with our envoys, gave them instructions, and negotiated directly with a large number of statesmen and politicians from different states. In the discussions I attended, Dr. Benesch always gave a situation report on all erigmisse, and he had been involved since the last consultation. However, he has never communicated to whom he has spoken (with the exception of the official envoy). Prime Minister Sirovy - and Chief of Staff Krejči reported at these conferences on all military preoccupations for the defense MYOUM of the state borders. It is also known that the government should settle in the Tatras, some ministers should remain in Prague in the event of war, etc. The mood in these discussions was depressed and there was always talk of betrayal of the allies. Ieh M remember that the English envoy, Dr. Benesch, told me that, according to English information, Germany would open the hostility towards Czechoslovakia on the 28th of September. knx diesesmxfagex At this time, the German Wehrmacht will cross the Grenezn and attack the German flying weapon Prague. At the same time, one of the mentioned consultations took place at Dr. Benesch at the castle. The English prediction had nifty, but thank God, not he filled. I no longer know exactly what happened to Czechoslovakia. At that time (on 28 or 29 September) Dr. Benesch called the whole Council of Ministers together with the former Polish cabinet and the chairmen of the coalition party for a consultation. It took place on the evening in the offices of Dr. Benesch. A number of members of the government of Sirovy and the marriagely government of Dr. Hodža after the