Announcement to the House of Commons on the forthcoming Munich summit, and the text of the Munich Agreement and several annexes, on the cession of the Sudeten territory to Germany and arrangements for plebiscites and German-Czech relations

Extract from Statement made by the Prime Minister to the House of Commons on September 28 announcing the Reichschancellor's reply to the Message which he had sent to him that morning.
"I have something further to say to the House yet. I have now been informed by Herr Hitler that he invites me to meet him at Munich tomorrow morning. He has also invited Signor Mussolini and M. Daladier. Signor Mussolini has accepted, and I have no doubt M. Daladier will also accept. I need not say what my answer will be."'
AGREEMENT CONCLUDED AT MUNICH ON . SEPTEMBER 29, 1938
Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, taking into consideration the agreement, which has been already reached in principle for the cession to Germany of the Sudeten German territory, have agreed on the following terms and conditions governing the said cession and the measures consequent thereon, and
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by this'agreement they each hold themselves responsible for the steps necessary to secure fulfillment :
1. The evacuation will bègin on the 1st October.
2. The United Kingdom, France and Italy agree that the evac-; uation of the territory shall be completed by the 10th October, without any existing installations having been destroyed and that the Czechoslovak Government will be held responsible for carrying out the evacuation without damage to the said installations.
3. The conditions governing the evacuation will be laid down in detail by an international commission composed of representatives of Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Czechoslovakia.
4. The occupation by stages of the predominantly German territory by German troops will begin on 1st October. The four territories marked on the attached map Will be occupied by German troops in the following order: The territory marked No. 1 on the 1st and 2nd of October, the territory marked No. II on the 2nd and 3rd of October, the territory marked No. Ill on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of October, the territory marked No. IV on the 6th and 7th of October. The remaining territory of preponderantly German character will be ascertained by the aforesaid international commission forthwith and be occupied by German troops by the 10th of October.
5. The international commission referred to in paragraph 3
will determine the territories in which a plebiscite is to be held. These territories will be occupied by international bodies until the plebiscite has been completed. The same commission will fix the conditions in which the plebiscite is to be held, taking as a basis the conditions of the Saar plebiscite. The commission will also fix a date, not later than the end of November, on which the plebiscite will be held. -
6. The final determination of the frontiers will be carried out by the international commission. This commission will also be entitled to recommend to the four Powers, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, in certain exceptional cases minor modifications in the strictly ethnographical determination of the zones which are to be transferred without plebiscite.
7. There will be a right of option into and out of the transferred territories, the option to be exercised within six months from the date of this agreement. A German-Czechoslovak commission shall determine the details of the option, consider ways of facilitating the transfer of population and settle questions of principle arising out of the said transfer.
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8. The Czechoslovak Government will within a period of four weeks from the date of this agreement release from their military and police forces any Sudeten Germans who may wish to be released, and the Czechoslovak Government will within the same period release Sudeten German prisoners who are serving terms of imprisonment for political offences. :
ADOLF HITLER. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN. EDOUARD DALADIER. BENITO MUSSOLINI.
Munich, September 29,1938.
Annex to the Agreement
'His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and thé French Government have'entered into the above agreement on the basis that they stand by the offer, contained in paragraph 6 of the Anglo-French proposals of the 19th September, relating to an international guarantee of the new boundaries of the Czechoslovak State against unprovoked aggression.
When the question of the Polish and Hungarian minorities in Czechoslovakia has been settled, Germany and Italy for their part will give a guarantee to Czechoslovakia.
ADOLF HITLER.
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN.
EDOUARD DALADIER.
BENITO MUSSOLINI.
Munich, September 29, 1938.
Declaration
The Heads of the Governments of the four Powers declare that the problems of the Polish and Hungarian minorities in Czechoslovakia, if not settled within three months by agreement between the respective Governments, shall form the subject of another meeting of the Heads of the Governments of the four Powers here present.
ADOLF HITLER. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN. EDOUARD DALADIER. BENITO MUSSOLINI.
Munich, September 29, 1938.
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Supplementary Declaration
All questions which may arise out of the transfer of the territory shall be considered as coming within the terms of reference to the international commission.
ADOLF HITLER. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN. EDOUARD DALADIER. BENITO MUSSOLINI.
Munich, September 29, 1938.
Composition of the International Commission The four Heads of Government here present agree that the international commission provided for in the agreement signed by them to-day, shall consist of the Secretary of State in the German Foreign Office, the British, French and Italian Ambassadors accredited in Berlin, and a representative to be nominated by the Government of Czechoslovakia.
ADOLF HITLER. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN. EDOUARD DALADIER. BENITO MUSSOLINI.
Munich, September 29, 1938.