Agreement between Hitler and Dr. Hacha (president of Czechoslovakia), that "the fate of the Czech people and of their country" was to be placed "in the hands of the Fuehrer of the German Reich"

Text of the Agreement between the Fuehrer and Reichs Chancellor Adolf Hitler and the President of the Czecho-Slovak State, Dr. Hacha.
[Documents of German Politics, (Dokumente der deutschen Politik), Part VII, 2, Pages 498-499.]
The Fuehrer and Reichs Chancellor to-day received in Berlin, at their own request, the President of the Czecho-Slovak State, Dr. Hacha, and the Czecho-Slovak Foreign Minister, Dr. Chwal-kowsky, in the presence of Herr von Ribbentrop, the Foreign Minister of the Reich. At this meeting the serious situation which had arisen within the previous territory of Czechoslovakia, owing to the events of recent weeks, was subjected to a completely open examination. The conviction was unanimously expressed on both sides that the object of all their efforts must be to assure quiet, order and peace in this part of Central Europe. The President of the Czecho-Slovak State declared that, in order to serve this end and to reach a final pacification, he confidently placed the fate of the Czech people and of their country in the hands of the Fuehrer of the German Reich. The Fuehrer accepted this declaration and expressed his decision to assure to the Czech people, under the protection of the German Reich, the autonomous development of their national life in accordance with their special characteristics. In witness whereof this document is signed in duplicate.
ADOLF HITLER Dr. HACHA
Von RIBBENTROP Dr. CHWALKOWSKY
Berlin, March 15, 1939.