cause certain complications between the Czechoslovak Republic and the Holy See at the end of the present war. Taking into account this point of view of the Holy See hitherto and especially the presence in the Vatican of the delegate of Slovakia the Czechoslovak Government is already now considering how these difficulties might be avoided in good time. It takes this opportunity of putting on record the following facts about the present internal situation in the Czechoslovak territories: Apart from an insignificant number of individuals, the whole of the Czech people are opposed to present-day Germany. They never recognised and never will recognise what Gemmay has done against our country since September,1938, and unconditionally support the present Czechoslovak Government with its headquarters in London. The same attitude is adopted by the great majority of the Slovak people. In Slovakia the political, |