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10/ Foreign Enlightenment, 17.1l.39, No.1: Rome, Havas:"Several hundred people tried to manifest in the centre of Prague after a meeting despite the ban on police. Police intervened. Two manifestos were seriously injured. The newspaper MESSAGERO, to which this message came from Prague, adds that in German circles in Prague it was said that he had an exclusively internal character and that the German protectorate authorities were not interested in this incident." Foreign news, 17.1l.39, No.2: Paris, Havas: "A Czechoslovak national committee was founded by Beneě, General Ingr, Osuský, Outrata, Ripka, Slavík, Msgr. Šrámek u. General Viest. The French government has taken note of the establishment of this committee, which will in particular be responsible for implementing the agreement of 2 October, which refers to the restoration of the Czechoslovak army. Of these eight personalities who form the National Committee, 5 are Czechs and 3 are Slovaks." .... This is followed by a longer description of the role played by those mentioned in former Czechoslovakia. Auslands-Hellanmeldungen, 17.1l.39, Nr.3: Reuter, London: "The Berlin official news agency announced tonight that 9 Czechs were shot in the Protectorate and a number of demonstrators were arrested because of the attempt to disrupt public order by smaller and larger acts of irresistibility." Berne: Havas sends the full text of the Berlin DNB announcement about the Prague incidents and measures at 10 p.m., without comment. English radio broadcasts 17.1l.39: Daventry, l3.15 o'clock: "In Czechoslovakia there were new rallies. During the riots that occurred yesterday in Prague, numerous people were wounded, and arrested. A new proof of tyranny, which yesterday opposed the Czech people, was provided by the Prague radio, which is under the command of the Nazis. Yesterday evening, on Prague Radio, a message was issued stating that all those Czech legionaries in Poland who are arrested or brought in as prisoners of war will be punished by shooting. On Prague Radio the message was also given that President Hacha is currently at Lana Castle. The president's state of health did not improve and he TVP2