TERMS OF NAZI MEMORANDUM

Southland Times, Issue 23624, 27 September 1938, Page 7

TERMS OF NAZI MEMORANDUM

Czechs To Withdraw From Frontier

SURRENDER OF WHOLE SUDETENLAND

(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) LONDON, September 25. The Press Association learns authoritatively that Herr Hitler’s plan, which was forwarded to Czechoslovakia without comment by Mr Chamberlain after the final meeting at Godesberg, asks for:—

(1) The withdrawal of Ute whole of the Czech armed forces, police, Customs officials and frontier guards from an area which is to be handed over on October 1. (2) The Czech Government is to discharge immediately all Sudeten Germans serving in the . military forces and in the police in Czech territory and is to permit them to go home. . (3) The Czechs are to liberate all political prisoners of the German 13 (4) The evacuated territory is to be banded, over in its present condition.

The German Government will agree that a plenipotentiary representative of the Czech Government and army should be attached to the headquarters of the German military forces to deal with details of the evacuation. The German Government agrees to a plebiscite in the areas, requiring a clear definition before November 25 at the latest. Alterations to the new frontier arising from the plebiscite will be settled by a German and Czech or international commission. The plebiscite will be carried out under the control of an international commission. TEXT OF DEMANDS The full text of Herr Hitler’s memorandum states:

Reports, increasing in number hour by hour about incidents in Sudeten- | land show that the situation has become completely intolerable for the Sudeten Germans, and consequently to the peace of Europe. It is therefore essential that the separation of Sudetenland —to which Czechoslovakia has agreed—should be effected without further delay. On x the attached map the Sudeten area which is to be ceded is shaded in red. The areas in which a plebiscite is also to be held, in addition to the areas to be occupied, are drawn unshaded. The final deliniation of the / frontier must correspond with the wishes of those concerned. In order to determine these wishes a certain period is necessary for preparation for a plebiscite. During this time disturbances must under all circumstances be prevented and a situation of parity must be created. The area designated in the attached map as a German area is to be occupied by German troops, without taking into account whether in the plebiscite they may prove to be in this or that part of an area with a Czech majority. On the other hand, the Czech territory is to be occupied by Czech troops without taking into account whether within this area there lie German language islands in which the plebiscite majority will doubtless express its German national feeling. With a view to bringing about the immediate and final solution of the Sudeten German problem these proposals are submitted by the German Government. / All economic and traffic materials, especially railway rolling stock, in the designated areas is to be handed over undamaged; also utility services (gasworks, power stations, and so on). Finally, no foodstuffs, goods, cattle, raw materials, and so on, are to be moved.

Czechoslovakia regards Herr Hitler s proposals as involving absolute capitulation by the Czechs, and states that the areas marked in red include places where it is asserted the Germans are no

more than 50 per cent, of the inhabitants. .The Press Association states that it obtained the full text of Herr Hitler’s plan from an authoritative source, and the other agencies are issuing a similar text. The Press Association also states that it has learned that the general view in Prague is that the proposals are neither feasible nor acceptable.