The Archive · 1941

Stayed at Post

"Pather Sramek stayed st his post until the Nezi troops entered Paris, then he went to Bordeaux and was taken to England in a British Warship. At the end of July 1940 a few weeks after his arrival in London the Czechoslovak Government with Monsignos Jan brarek as Prime Minister wes recognized by Great Britain.

"Next in importance in {he Government is Jan Maseryk, Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is the younger son of the famous Thomas Masaryk ent of the Republic of immediately. for New - Delhi—Havas. Czechoslovakia and his American wife portant military appointments and after Munich became Commander of all forces in Slovakia, When these forces were mobilized under Nazi pressure, against Poland in September 1989, Viest escaped to Hungary and eventually reached France where he served on the National Committee, The Minister of Finance Dr. Ing. Outrata, is well known in China having visited both Shanghai and Peking several times.

"He was General Mahagér of the Armament factory at Brno which produced the famous Bren Gun and had a large business in fe Far East.

These are some of the personal. ties in the new Czechoslovakian Government which is doing its part im helping the liberation of Europe and which will do very much more when the campaign is brought across the Seas on fo the Continent of Europe."

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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