The Archive · 1939

Czechoslovakia Wooing Franco

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Reich Protector Orders Utmost Severity in Inquiry Help Afforded Him; Count Klavno Measures Postponed on Czech Assurances Ciano Going to Spain Prague, June 11. ESPITE the strictest precautions, a further clash between Czechs and Germans has occurred in Czechoslovakia, increasing the tension between the two; peoples.

While the Klavno incident, in which a German police official is alleged to have been murdered by Czechs, is still the subject of investigation, Czech and German police were involved in a fight yesterday at Nachod, in northern Bohemia, which resulted in the death of a Czech policeman.

An enquiry is now being carried out jointly by German and Czech authorities.

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