by merely renewing the former normal diplomatic relations between the Holy   
See and the Czechoslovak Republic and, on the collapse of Germany, concretely   
settling, in the spirit of the modus vivendi, the problems with which this   
terrible war will confront us. The Czechoslovak Government would welcome this.   
Such an arrangement would undoubtedly prevent many difficulties which will   
otherwise certainly arise as a sequel to the chaos which the defeat of the   
Axis States is certain to leave in its train in Central Europe.
 
     
 
 
VII. If the Holy See does not consider this course of action possible or   
suitable for itself, or if the Holy See Judges that such a course of action   
could be acceptable only in a restricted measure in view of the events of the   
war, the Czechoslovak Government would be grateful for an expression of   
opinion on the part of the Holy See in this extremely delicate matter. The   
Czechoslovak Government would here emphasise that it regards it as its duty   
to take steps now towards the consolidation of post-war conditions. In  
view of the chaos which will undoubtedly arise throughout