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Letter to Lord Halifax on German officials' assurances to Czechoslovakia that Germany would respect Czech sovereignty, but expressing "great apprehension" about the example of Germany's occupation of Austria

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Jan Masaryk (Czech ambassador to Britain (1925-39))

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Jan Masaryk

Czechoslovak diplomat and politician (1886–1948)

Born: 1886-09-14 (Vinohrady Prague)
Died: 1948-03-10 (Hradčany Prague)
Country of citizenship: Austria-Hungary; Czechoslovakia
Occupation: Clerical Officer; diplomat; opinion journalist; politician
Military rank: captain
Military branch: Czechoslovak army in exile (since: 1939-10-02)
Position held: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Czechoslovakia) (period: 1940-07-21 through 1948-03-10; replaced by: Vladimír Clementis; replaces: František Chvalkovský); Minister of National Defence of Czechoslovakia (period: 1944-01-01 through 1945-01-01; replaced by: Ludvík Svoboda; replaces: Sergej Ingr); chargé d'affaires
Educated at: Bates College

Date: 12 March 1938

Literal Title: German Assurance to Czechoslovakia, March 11, 1938. . . . M. Masaryk to Viscount Halifax - (Received March 12)

Defendants: Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Constantin Neurath, von

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)

Evidence Code: TC-27

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 21

Document Book No: Prosecution 12 (Neurath)

Citation: IMT (page 3290)

HLSL Item No.: 453597

Notes:The German officials mentioned were Goering and von Neurath.

Trial Issue

Wars of aggression

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TC-27: German Assurance to Czechoslovakia, 11 and 12 March 1938, as reported by M. Masaryk, Czech Minister to London, to Viscount Halifax: