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IV/3_Lektorat Translation P. T. Mr. President of the Republic Drv Emil Hácha Prague Personal Czechoslovakia 26 Gwendolen Avenue 30. 11. 1938 Putney S W 15 Mr. Chairman, I know well how difficult tasks you, as president of the d d dd dd you may achieve your present election in these difficult times in full salvation. You have shown great service to the fatherland in your capacity as President of the Administrative Court through their great experience and knowledge, as well as through your fair and thoughtful legal action in often most delicate matters; and the fact that all of us agreed on your choice only emphasizes this. I hope that you will succeed in the new work and that the state and people will come out of today's difficult situation as quickly as possible, expressing sincere respect for Dr. Edvard Beneš (e.g.) P.S. I was no longer able to respond to your telephone call during the last days of the crisis in the haste of events. I thought of this process several times and thought about it with the envoy Mastný. Perhaps later it will be possible to say why the matter could not be carried out. Dr. E. B.