English Translation

h2 and Mr Benesch also considered it necessary to order mobi- lization on 21 May 1938 and in September 1938. And now something very interesting: the state estimate for the year 1939, which was established in December 1938, i.e. two months after the integration of the Sudetengau into the Reich and after the loss of large parts of the territory to Hungary and Poland (South Slovakia, Carpathian Ukraine) only for the rest of Czechoslovakia (a state which officially pretended to renounce any aggressive politics), still contains the sum of 1,40l,000.000 Kc, that is 1 1/2 billion for military expenditures. Indeed, until the day of the establishment of the protectorate, i.e. in two and a half months, some 500 million Kc, half a billion were spent. With the knowledge of these figures and in respect of the great arsenal of weapons and bomb camps in the heart of Europe, which the Czech military, which was still envied at that time, had, it will be understood that the leader could not tolerate the sharply ground Czech wedge in the middle of the German flesh in the long term. The Berlin journey of Hacha, who recognized by himself the dangers for the Czech people arising from the moves of the officers' clique, and his request for the protection of the empire brought the peaceful solution. I would like to specifically mention here that the supply of the former members of the Czech-Slovak army is carried by the Reich by order of the leader and from March to December amounted to about 1 00 million K. For the year 1 940 it is estimated at 250 million K - payable from the Reichskasse. In the budget estimate of the Protectorate for 1940, only 240 million K. had to be planned for the Czech government force. From 4 l/2 milliar in 1938 to 240 million k in 1940 - a fairly leap.