English Translation

h/ -14 - From all this it is apparent that the participation in the so-called Benes address of the aristocracy cannot be regarded as hostile to the rich. The fact that the affected members of the Bohemian.Adels did not want to approve the policy of the Benes regime by means of the Benedictian Declaration is also apparent from the fact that after the election of the President of State Dr. Hacha's German friendli= che politics was beyond doubt from the outset, the Bohemian-Meihrian nobility also gave to this a declaration of loyalty to the state, which however differs from the anti-Benes declaration by the fact that the members of the delegation to the President Dr. Hacha also personally assured of the trust in his leadership and offered himself to actively cooperate with the noble genders. The testimony beetand from the same persons who had called upon Benes; certain minor changes in the composition of the delegation were purely technical due to prevention. Hacha had, in German over-estimation, the following word= loudly: "Just four months ago, as members of the old Bohemian sexes, we have made it clear to the former president of the state that we are putting all our forces in the service of the fatherland. Therefore, today we have recently come to the old castle of the Bohemian kings, in order to fulfill our will at the same time.