English Translation

- 2 - 2 The Czech Government's project must be subject to a different position. In Berlin, the Protectorate has its own envoy who is able to adequately represent the interests of the Protectorates in the Reich. The study of the new Germany can also be arranged for the Czechs who are interested in this and who have been found suitable by the German authorities. It is therefore not possible to see why a separate building belonging to the Prctek- torat should be set up as a "representative centre". On the contrary, it must be assumed that such an initiative will quickly become the gathering point of the Czech interests of all Czech peoples scattered throughout the Reich and that, at best, it will also have to represent the closed minorities in the Sudetengau and Vienna. In his letter, the chairman of the government of the Protectorate, referring to the nature of the future institution, stated that he had a "similar centre in mind, as some other nations already have in Berlin". In addition to a loss of prestige for the Reich, the approval of this proposal would possibly be. a rupture of those sovereign nations that have similar institutions in the imperial capital. In addition, it can only be undesirable for the future politics in the Protectorate in view of the speculation about the gain of space and Germanization of lost peoples, if a Czech centrale in the imperial capital tries to determine, for example, initiatively the help to the German people. It can be assumed that Dr. C h v a l k o v s k y already described by its government instructions for the realization of the - 3 -