It is for all these reasons that I thought a time  
had come when some sort of unofficial contact should be  
re-established between the new Czechoslovak Government now  
in London and the Holy See. All arrangements that had  
previously been made regarding ecclesiastical questions  
between the Vatican and the Republic were destroyed by the  
Nazi Government. The conditions in Slovakia are very bad and   
the servitude of the present Slovak Government of Father Tiso   
will have a very deep influence upon the position of the Catholic   
Church in Slovakia after the war. The persecution of the Czech   
Catholics in the Czech "Protectorate" by the Nazis will also   
be of great importance for the post-war policy of the Czech people.
 
     
 
 
The Poles, the Belgians and others continue to have such   
contacts and are able to discuss with the Holy See their common   
interests and their post-war policy in respect of these matters.   
For the Czechoslovaks no such opportunity, from March, 1939 till   
to-day, - has yet been provided. The Slovak delegate to the   
Holy See is the representative of a State which is completely   
in the hands of the Nazi Government.  I think that in these   
circumstances it is highly desirable