Prague, Mar. 15.
During the meeting of the Council of Ministers early this morning, the Czech Premier, Dr. Rudolf Beran, informed the members that Herr Hitler, in his conference last night with the Czech President, Dr. Emil Hzcha, told the President that it would be necessary for German troops to occupy Bohemia and Moravia, and therefore German soldiers would cross the frontier into Czechoslovakia at 6 a.m. this morning.
Dr. Beran explained that there was no alternative but to yield, President Hacha having to face the "German Diktat." He was compelled to write the proclamation to the Czech nation which declares that he handed Czechoslovakia over to Herr Hitler.
The Council of Ministers, realizing the impossibility of eny resistance, decided to approve unanimously President Hacha's proclamation.
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