Referring to the situation in Czechoslovakia, Lord Halifax said that the problem was to find by peaceful means a way to confer substantial rights and self-administration on the German-speaking population, as well as those other populations, such as the Polish and Hungarian minorities, which live within the Czech borders, and possessed Czech citizenship.
The solution to this problem, Lord Halifax declared, would have to be found without destroying the integrity of the Czech state.
He emphasized that the status of Lord Runciman, who is shortly leaving for Prague in the capacity of investigator and mediator, was completely independent of ihe British Government.
The Government, he said, did not take any responsibility for suggestions which Lord Runciman might make.
Upon the handling of this problem, Lord Halifax went on, depended the interest not only of Czechoslovakia, but also of peace.
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