English Translation

La 2 haber has been designated according to the press news of the Czech General Ingr. In the "Oberkommando" there is also the former general inspector of the Slovak army General Viest. The leadership including the non-commissioned corps and the teams of the army to be established will consist of Czechs and Slovaks. As is well known, the recruitment of the Polish Army Association, which I have reported on in other contexts, is carried out under the co-operation of the French authorities. However, the Czech Army Association seems to be based solely on Freiwil ligen advertising. At the beginning of October, the French press wanted to know that 1o.ooo volunteers had already registered and that 5oo had fled to France. It is obvious that these numbers belong to the area of Ph. 1 tasie. After all, the press occasionally reports that voluntary transports to the Czech training camp had left. Thus, at the end of October, a message went through the newspapers that "a third contingent of Czechoslovak soldiers aged between 1 8 and 4 years had left the Paris area". In this context, it should be mentioned that a Czech Comité was formed in the French Red Cross. On 7 October, Mr Benesch, coming from London, arrived for a three-week stay in Paris and descended at the Grillon Hotel at Place de la Concorde. In his company, the above-mentioned General Viest and, as a financial expert, a Mr Outrata were present. On this occasion, the French press called Mr Benesch "the former President of the Czechoslovak Government" and it is clear from this that Mr Benesh should have come to Paris with high expectations. The fact that the formation of a Czechoslovak sham government, which he no doubt desired and pursued, has then become nothing, may be partly attributed to the cross-breedings of the Czechoslovakian envoy Osusky, who has, as is well known, come to Munich in a sharp conflict with Benesch. In the absence of a fruitful activity, Benesch, during his estate in Paris, had to respond to some propagandistic statements to the - 3 - 64397