I had with Mr. Eden shortly after my return to                                       ' .....
 
London, in which X mentioned the President's inter-
 
est in the inclusion in the Czechoslovak Government
 
of the four principal minorities of the former
 
Czechoslovak State in order that that Government
 
might be made as representative as possible. While
 
the recommendations with respect to recognition con-
 
rained in the enclosed memorandum have been superceded
 
by the act of formal recognition which the British 
 
Government felt it advisable to extent following the 
 
step taken in this regard by the Russian Government,
 
I believe that an account Of the interim developments,
 
as given by an official of the Foreign Office, may be 
 
of some interest to the Department.
 
     It will be recalled from the Embassy's telegram
 
No. 2214 of May 50, 1941, that in reply to Dr. Benes'
 
wish for complete de jure recognition of his Government,
 
the Eritish Government in its communication of May 26
 
mentioned its concern that such recognition might force 
 
the Hacha Government in Prague to take a stand against 
 
Dr. Benes or be ejected from office by the Germans. It 
 
will be recalled further that the British Government
 
stated in its communication that it wished to be assured
 
that formal recognition of Dr. Benes would not jeopardize
 
the collaboration at present existing between him and 
 
the Hacha Government, and would not be detrimental to 
 
the common Allied cause. The Foreign Office informs me