The Archive · 1940

Benes Hopes for Recovery

Restoration with "Some Changes" Declared Aim Of Recognized Provisional Government

R. Edward Benes, President London, July 24. of the new Provisional Czechoslovak Government in exile which was. recognized by the British Government yesterday. told the press last night that_he favours the restoration of Czechoslovakia's pre-Munich frontiers "with some changes.

He condemned some of the Czech boundaries established by the Munich Accord, including the ceding of Sudetentand to Ger= many whi he described as an "impossible" nation.

Dr. Benes emphasized, however, that Czechoslovakia's future frontiers constitute only a secondary problem fat present.

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