Moreover, nearly everyone in political life in
 
both France and England considers that Benes is an
 
utterly selfish small person who, through his cheap
 
smartness in little things and his complete lack of
 
wisdom in large things, permitted the disintegration
 
of his country.
 
         I have been told that Benes has the Czechoslovak
 
Minister in Washington more or less in his pocket, and
 
I am writing you this letter because I think it is
 
important that our Government should take the same
 
line as the French and British Governments.
 
       There will be a Czech Army formed in France. All
 
the agreements necessary for the setting up of this
 
army will be made and signed by Osusky, the Czech
 
Minister in Paris, who will continue to be recognized
 
as the representative of Czechoslovakia on the principle 
 
that Czechoslovakia "is not dead but sleepeth".
 
     I think our Government should take the same line.
 
You will get into endless embarrassment, if you try to
 
recognize a provisional government which has no exist-
 
ence and no authority anywhere. We can and should keep
 
up the fiction that the Czech Minister in Washington
 
represents the Czechoslovak State. If he asks for
 
advice, he should be told that he should cooperate
 
fully with the Czech Minister in France who is organ-
 
izing the Czech Army and is recognized by the French