memorandum and have certain amendments to propose in some passages which relate to the attitude of His Majesty's Governments in the United Kingdom and in the Dominions towards CzechoSlovakia which is incorrectly described by the Czechoslovak Government. His Majesty's Government obviously cannot undertake the responsibility of forwarding a document to the Vatican containing misleading references to their own policy and they are informing the Czechoslovak Government accordingly." Though I cannot be sure, because the Department received no copy of the earlier text, I presume that the present text is to be considered a substitution for the memorandum which Dr. Benes handed to you, the necessary revision having been made, in view of the British objections mentioned above, after Dr. Benes' return to London. Faithfully yours, Enclosure: Memorandum from Dr. Benes, May 10, 1943. |