Paris Peace Conf. 760f.63/1
The Embassy in France to the
Commission to Negotiate Peace
Paris
, December 30,
1918.
The American Embassy at Paris presents its compliments to the American
Commission to Negotiate Peace, and has the honor to enclose herewith, for
its information, copy and translation of a note received from Mr. Edward
Benes, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czecho-Slovak Countries,
transmitting copy of a telegram received from Vienna by the President of the
Council at Prague, which, Mr. Benes states, tends to demonstrate the
inexactitude of the Viennese Government’s allegations in regard to the
Czechs’ attitude relative to the revictualling of Vienna.
[Enclosure—Translation]
The Czechoslovak Minister for Foreign Affairs
(
Beneš
) to the American Ambassador in France
(
Sharp
)
B–397
Paris
, December
21, 1918.
Mr. Ambassador: I have the honor to forward
you herewith a telegram which has reached us from Prague, regarding the
revictualling
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of Vienna by the
Czecho-Slovak countries. This will very clearly prove how incorrect was
the information given by the Government of Vienna to the Entente
Governments when it claimed that the Czechs were opposed to the
revictualling of Vienna.
Kindly accept [etc.]
[Subenelosure—Telegram—Translation]
The President of the Czechoslovak Council of
Ministers (
Kramar
) to the Czechoslovak Minister for Foreign
Affairs (
Beneš
)
[
Prague
,] December 17, 1918—3:30
p.m.
Yesterday we received the following telegram from Vienna.
His Excellency Doctor Kramar, President of the Council of Ministers
at Prague. Reaching Vienna after accomplishing our mission near Your
Excellency, we are happy to be able to recognize the humane
dispositions which the Czecho-Slovak Government has been pleased to
show in regard to the population of Vienna so sorely tried. We also
hasten, Mr. President of the Council, to thank you particularly for
the gracious welcome you granted us and for the numerous attentions
we received at the hands of the population of the Czecho-Slovak
Republic. We seize this occasion to present to you the homage of our
high esteem. (Signed) Bourcart, Minister of Switzerland, Ewerloeff,
Minister of Sweden.
I send you my greetings.
