Edvard Benes21 September 1938
Benes accepted the earlier Anglo-French transfer plan only after intense pressure from Britain and France.
Slovakia · Government / Government of Czechoslovakia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Benes accepted the earlier Anglo-French transfer plan only after intense pressure from Britain and France.
Krofta warned foreign diplomats that Hitler might enlarge his demands during the Godesberg meeting.
Syrovy formed a new government as the Godesberg negotiations intensified the national emergency.
Benes approved general mobilization when the Godesberg talks failed to produce an acceptable settlement.
Syrovy’s government ordered general mobilization after German pressure and frontier threats increased.
Syrovy’s cabinet received the Godesberg memorandum and map from British and French representatives.
Benes described the Godesberg demands as destructive of the remaining Czechoslovak state.
Syrovy prepared Czechoslovakia to resist if Germany attempted to enforce the memorandum by force.
Syrovy’s government rejected immediate military occupation and the abandonment of fortified territory.
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