English Translation

- 37 - 1h I still remember that during the days mentioned the Numese envoy had invited me to visit Prague. I visited him in the company of the former envoys of Czechoslovakia K. Mečiř, who made the interpretation. The Romanian envoy told me at the time that he had invited me as an expert opponent of Communism, so that he could tell me, on behalf of his government, and kindly advise me that Czechoslovakia should not rely on the help of the Soviets, even if it might be promised. He informed me that, according to Romanian information, the Soviets were pre-arranged for a war, and that, even in the event that the soviets went to war, we should consider that Soviet Russia had no common borders with us and therefore had to come to us via Poland or Romania. However, since neither Poland nor Romania would allow the Soviet military to pass through, there would have to be a conflict with these states. Furthermore, the Romanian Snaddte drew my attention to the fact that not a single good railway indication, even decent roads, lead to us via Ru · mänien. If So ejtrussland of Czechoslovakia also wanted to come to the aid, it could not happen in time. He also provided me with some calculations of the Romanian General Staff, which according to which the transport of military and war material from the Soviet Union to us would take a very long time. Finally, the Romanian envoy asked me to take action because the English amendments would be accepted and the war would be halted. I, of course, shared the content of this discussion with the party leaders at a conference of the Political Ministers' Committee, noting that, in my opinion, the Romanian envoy was absolutely right. Dr. Benesch who was present took up my message without any comment. At a conference of the political committee with the party president (in the days between 25 and 30 September 1938), I was called to a side-chamber (at Prague Castle) before the beginning of the meeting, where the MP Dr. Suchy expected me.