Berlin, Oct. 8.
Leading Czech officials of the big utility plants in the Sudetenlands such as the mines, power stations, and chemical factories will retain their posts temporarily with full assurance of their personal freedom and liberty, and the right to return later io Czechoslovakia when properly-trained German staffs are ready to take over.
This decision was reached at a meeting today of the Czech-German Economic and Social Welfare Committee in order to avoid closing or damaging the plants because of untrained personnel. Officials also began negotiations on an uninterrupted continuance of payment of social, insurance to inhabitants of the Sudeten dies Alarmed Over
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