The Archive · 1938

New Franco-British Plan for Czech Solution

Both the British Cabinet and the French Council of Ministers have unanimously approved of the policy adopted in complete agreement in London during the Anglo-French Ministerial consultations seeking peaceful settlement of the Czech-Sudeten dispute, While the Czech press and public opinion have been much strengthened by the national broadcast by the Czech Premier, Dr, Milan Hodza, to oppose any plebiscite solution, it is reported that the German. Sudetens are recruiting a Free Corps among refugees in Germany to fight for their claims for anschluss with the Reich.

Minor clashes on the border are reported, The Czech Government. have appealed to their people for calm, declaring that the last word has not yet been said on the London deliberations, It appears from indications, nowhere officially confirmed, that the proposals for which the British and French Governments seek the Czech Government's approval, reject the idea of a plebiscite but suggest a revision of frontiers to exclude disaffected populations while offering international guarantees for the integrity of the new Czech state,

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