English Translation

In the absence of its own office, the office of the Paris representative of Sigmund-Pumpen (Lutein near Olmütz) was used as an office. After evaluating the police-acquired filebook in Paris, it will be possible to gain a comprehensive picture of the activities of the Czech leadership in France. While Beneš resided mainly in London, most of the other leading members of the National Committee in the Czech Republic stayed in Paris. General Ingr was the chief commander of the Czech Legion in France. In the reports of the French security police, the army is presented as an absolutely unhomogeneous group, which is deprived of every sluggish force and rises in internal frictions. After the occupation of Paris and most of France, almost all leading Czech personalities have fled to London, where a provisional Czech government, officially recognized by London, was proclaimed by Dr.Beneš on 2 July 1940. On the part of the British government, political and diplomatic recognition was granted. President is Dr.Eduard Beneš, Prime Minister Msgn.Dr.Jan Š r á m e k , Government members are Czech and Slovak politicians and military. Minister Dr. F e e r a b e n d has been appointed Minister of State, Division General Sergej I n g r as Minister of National Defence, Envoy Jan M a s a r y k as Minister for Foreign Affairs,Minister Jaromír N e č a s as Minister, Enemy N ě m e c as Secretary of State for Social Welfare.Minister of State Stefan O s u s k y as Director Eduard Outrata as Minister in Finance,Re- dacteur Hubert Ripka as State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Interior and Division General Rudolf Viest as Secretary in the Ministry for National Defence. The main task of this government is to write to Dr. Šrámek in a handwriting: .I "Our main task will be to organize the army and to wage war, but then to put all our foreign affairs in order. All our concern should be directed at the war first. With all our allies, we will draw against the enemy, without fail, to fight to the final victory.