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98 Excerpt transcript. Odane Strictly confidential! Cultural policy matters Only for personal service use ! Broadcasting and Helldienst In own responsibility to verify 1 test no. 7/11/40. /8 353 c, RStGB/. Reports of 24 July 1940. SENDER LONDON /tachechiech/: It speaks Dr. Bene sc h : Expensive fellow citizens, the first stage of our struggle for your liberation is finished. When I had to say goodbye to you to Munich for a time, I explained to you that the crown of our national tree had been circumcised for a period of time, but that the roots will continue to grow and that the tree in its full size will soon resurrect. When we were forced by our enemy neighbors to leave the country, we knew that we were preparing for a fight. Long before I left for America, during my stay there and even after I returned to London, I was working on preparing and carrying out our fight. I have re-established our army, our diplomatic missions, consular authorities, etc. All this together with no friends and staff after constant consultations. Eg gave difficulties, contradictions, but all this could not stop the struggle. Today our government is once again internationally recognized, our representatives are reinstated and our flag is blowing again all over the world. We have never recognized Munich, as well as everything it brought, we have always defended the principle that our republic, the Republic of Masaryks, persists and persists in every respect. Everything that has been done and heard by the Nazis after Munich is unconstitutional and illegal. For us there is no Gésetz that the Nazis have issued after 15 March. We explain this publicly and it applies to all citizens of our country, Czechs, Slovaks, Germans and Carpathians. Everything you have been forced to do is invalid. Be aware that you are not bound by any promise, declaration or oath to which fir you have been compelled. Any citizen who has been committed directly or indirectly to anything in an office, authority, military or any function is free and single from this obligation. Also, be aware that your government and administration are in the stream of the enemy and must do what it commands, and cannot act in its own opinion. You are not subject to any leader, protector, or legal order of the Nazis. You aren't bound to the grievous side. If you will be able to act freely again, or if your own free government will call you, you will act as free citizens, as permanent, honorable and faithful citizens of the OzR. We will continue our struggle and will continue it until the final victory. England will not give in, it will lead the war world, it won't admit a victory of Germany, a further existence of national socialism. The factor that the British government has recognized us at this moment, after Hitler's speech,