English Translation

49 To "E ". It is true that B e r a n in an article on the 3rd page of the New Year's No. l938 (not 1939) of the VENKOV pointed out that 1 1/4 million Germans live in the Republic and explained that this must be counted and the corresponding conclusions drawn. The statement: "We want an agreement visa for prizes" is not included in the article. (Appendix No. E-1) In the csR the party-hader was particularly eloquent. The agrarians have always been at the center of the fire. In connection with the above article, Beran is therefore wrongly a martyr. It is true that Beran-on 24 January l938 called for a public meeting in the Lucerna Hall and, on this occasion, declared that he "remains all the views expressed in his article and does not recall a word." 01SI0 However, such meetings were not unusual. Beran, however, considered it necessary to refer to Benesch in his remarks and to cite a speech given in Reichenberg in August 1936, in which Benesch declared that he wanted to be "mediator and helper at the sides and felt just as good at Reichenberg as in Prague". (Appendix No. E-2)