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En - 40 2.Hungary. While in Slovakia official support for the Czechs was not provided by the government, the opposite was the case in Hungary until recently. Ungarish authorities and officials worked closely with the French embassy in Budapest on these issues. The current news and reports on Hungary, however, deal primarily with transit traffic of Czech emigrants, with most of them already in connection with the Polish emigration either individually or in groups to the legion in France. The route led them mostly via Belgrade-Saloniki or Trieste - Milan to France. Most of them were equipped with French or Polish passports in Budapest. The treatment by the Hungarian authorities was very accommodating. Separately from all these questions, which mainly concern transit to the Czech legion, the Czech news activity is to be considered. The most important role played by the French embassy in Budapest, which also used individual Czechs, in cooperation with the British embassy, for their own intelligence purposes. The French envoy, who was heavily exposed to Czech and Polish emigration, was dismissed by the French government in the last few days. In addition to the French embassy, the Yugoslavian embassy in Budapest, which is in a courier connection with Prof. Dr. Sm e t a n k a in Agram, appears to be heavily burdened. For some time now, the wife of Dr. K a h a n e k, who lives in Bucharest, has also played a leading role in the Czech Emigration in Budapest; however, some Czechs suspect her to work for the opposite side. - 41