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- 64 - according to the National Committee, it was officially reserved only for this department to maintain and establish links to the Protectorate. Likewise, all messages from the Protectorates had to be received here and were then forwarded, depending on their importance, in the original, in copy or only in part, to the competent bodies of the National Commission. The second division also controlled the total passenger traffic in the building of the National Council. In close cooperation with the National Committee was also the Czechoslovak Red Cross (Place Vendome 22), the Czech colony (18, rue Bonaparte), the Czechoslovakian travel agency "Čedok" (l2, Rue de Pyramides) and the Parisian "Sokol". In addition to Divisional General Sergej I n g r, the leadership of the Czech Legion included the well-known Slovak General V i e s t , who also travelled a lot abroad and appeared in Belgium under the name of Kapitain V e i t . From the former Czechoslovak Prime Minister Dr. Milan H o d ž a (the nationality after Slovake ), who had not been admitted to the National Committee by Beneš and Osusky, as already suspected, was founded on 28 January 1940 a Czech National Council, which was composed among other things as vice-chairman Ing. Franz S c h w a r z and as managing director Vladimír B o r i n and Father P r i d a v o k. In addition, General P r c h a l a was close to the national council. In mid-May l940, Hodža had a sharp dispute with Beneš in a southern French city about the further policy of Czech emigration. While Hodša demanded a reorientation to Russia and the panslavist idea, Beneš insisted on his western attitude. In connection with the National Council was the magazine "Náš krajan" published by Father F u t á k. Czech press products in France were - 63 -