Foreign Ministers Issue a Statement to Press Prague, Dec. 19.
Shortly before his departure, for Paris yesterday noon, M. Yvon Delbos, French Foreign Minister, received representatives of the press. Delbos was accompanied by the (Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister, Dr. Krofta, Both ministers declared. that_no new concrete arrangements hed been made but that the fundamental ident~ ily of views of the two countries had Jagain been recognized. Dr. Krofta sintod that although no negotiations For a pact with Germany are at present going on nevertheless, prellminery talks are being carried on Jbetween Prague and Berlin concern Ing their specific questions and that [Cecchoslovakiatand France agreed on the usefulness of continuing these This declaration is described in political circles here as an outstand-Ing result of the French Foreign [Minister's visit.
'M, Delbos In his turn stressed that the Czechoslovakian and French Gov-fernments are convinced of the nécessity of ce-operating with states having different political regime.
The papers here state that the following four questions are now being discussed between Prague and Berlin:
The drawing up of an agree ment regarding press relations.
'2.—Mulual settlement of the question of emigrants with the object of suppressing their political propaganda.
'3-Authorization of the activity of the political organization of the [National Socialist Party.
'4—Examination of the cases of those Sudetic Germans who have been condemned under the provisions fof the Czechoslovakian law for the protection of the state—rans-Ocean
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