The Archive · 1938

Berlin Requirements

The main difficulties may aris mainly from the fact that while Prague is willing to grant the Sudetens local autonomy, meaning administrative freedom by districts, Germany wants a single administration to rule over the whole Sudeten territory, This would mean the creation of an uninterrupted strip of land controlled by the Sudetens, and running along the German and Austria frontiers, Prague would retain sovereignty over these regions only in national matters Diplomats here conclude that such an administration would facilitate at a later date the return: of all German minorities to the Reich.—Havas.

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