800.51W89 Czechoslovakia/198
The Czechoslovak Minister (Veverka) to the Secretary of State
Excellency: In reply to Your Excellency’s note of December 13th, 1932, and following the suggestion contained therein, I have the honor to state that the Czechoslovak Government, in view of circumstances presented in this note, has decided to pay the December installment.
In bringing this decision to your attention, I am instructed to recall and stress again all the considerations, conclusions and serious consequences mentioned in my previous notes.
I also take the liberty to point out that this payment constitutes in the utmost self-denial of the Czechoslovak people their final effort to meet the obligation under such extremely unfavorable circumstances.
It is, therefore, the profound conviction of the Czechoslovak Government that only negotiations entered into at the earliest possible date concerning the reconsideration and revision, and also the inclusion of this last installment into the forthcoming arrangement can bring some alleviation to the present most distressing situation.
Accept [etc.]