The Archive · 1938

Held in Abeyance

Swiss Defence Moves — Federal Council Decides To Await Munich Results

Berne, Sept. 30, After a meeting yesterday of the Federal Council when measures were prepared for the protection of the country, President Baumann issued a proclamation that the results of the Munich Conference were being awaited.

"If peace efforts fail," he declared, "preparations will be made for the utilization of all available means of protection, Troops for frontier defence, enlisted by a new military organization, will be immediately mobilized."—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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