English Translation

h/ The National Council has the necessary authority at any time to impose its will on the opposing parties. The parties were represented in the National Council according to the respective political key. The number of ordinary members was 120 in 1919, 140 in 1930, and 120 in 1932, and was fixed at 150 in 1938. Its members were elected for a period of six years. Branches were located in Brno, Troppau, Pressburg and Užhorod (Ungvar). He also had ten advisory sections. Before each term of office, a total of 30 of the most diverse bodies were asked to send one official representative to the National Council (e.g. the self-governments of the capitals of Prague, Brno, Pressburg and Üzhorod, universities, scientific institutes and working communities, Czechization associations, Legionnaire Association, Sokol and others). The National Council also maintained very close relations with the Ministry of Defence, the Gendarmerie and the State Police. In 1937/38, the National Council considered it an essential task to ensure the enthusiasm of the Chechens for war. Thus, he organized the "Day of Resilience" and, together with the Ministry of Defence, Sokol and DTJ, drafted legislative proposals for the introduction of pre-military education. A manifestation for the war was also the trip to Paris in January 1938 by the representation of the National Council. Immediately after the mobilization in 1938, the National Council negotiated, over the official bodies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with French and close members of the government and tried, however, to bring about a rapid improvement in the Czech-Polish situation. He also negotiated with Slovak politicians, although he could not make a success of it. Just before the establishment of the Protectorate, the National Council held foreign relations, which provided information about his anti-German activities. A file of March 1939, which was found at the Czech National Council, contains negotiations on the journey of a trip of a three-part delegation, consisting of Senator Dominik, Senator JUDr. Josef Matoshek and the Superior Councillor in the Council of Ministers' Bureau Jaroslav Koudelka, to New York, in agreement with the Government of the Czechoslovak Republic news on the - 5