OttokarCzernin, File Compilation of the "Letter-Affaire" 1917 and 1918 [Sixtus-Affere]

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- 30 - 8 days no one will speak of the whole thing anymore." I asked the Kainer to give me his position in the present question in writing. The emperor went into it, and I have a document written by me and signed by Emperor Charles, the following content: "I give my Imperial Honor to my Miniater of the Eater- 3 word, that I have only written a letter to Prince Sixtus of Bourbon and that it was written to the Minister of the Eurean on the l2. Prince Parma has received no authorization from me to show the letter of the French government, Belgium was not mentioned at all and the paragraph on Elsase Lorraine is forged in the draft of Clemenceau. Baden, April 12, 1918. Karl." In any case, this document proves the Zime that I had not known about the existence of this letter. On the 12th, the text of the letter claimed by Clemenceau appeared. - It read: *In the confusion of lies a fixed point arises, by Emperor Karl under the eyes of Berline taking into account the lying dementias of Count Czernin and thus placing the French government in the need to provide evidence. Hereinafter the text of the personal letter, which Prince Sixtus of Bourbon, the emperor's vicar, the President of the Republic, Mr Poincaré, wrote on 31 December. March 1917 and which was immediately announced to the French Minister Preeidenteh with the approval of the Prince: "My dear Sixtusl The third year of this war, which has brought so much grief and pain to the world, will bring me to the end. All the peoples of no kingdom are more than ever united in the common will to protect the integrity of the monarchy, even at the price of the most serious sacrifices. Thanks to its activity and the generous participation of all the nationalities of My country, the monarchy has been able to resist the most visible attacks for almost 3 years.