760F.62/1024: Telegram
The Minister in Czechoslovakia (Carr) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 23—10:40 a.m.]
224. Entire country calm and orderly except for German instigated disturbances at several points on the border. The Czechs have regained control in most places. Government’s prompt restoration of order and the people’s full response to the measures have been astonishing in the circumstances. In Praha itself an abnormal calm prevails. Border incidents seem on the increase. Henlein’s Freikorps are conducting a campaign of provocation and murderous attack at various points on the frontier. German radio and press exaggerate and wholly misrepresent incidents and unjustly place complete blame on the Czechs. Often the facts are completely reversed by the German press. There is clearly a German effort to provoke trouble and have the world believe the Czechs are responsible. There are some troop movements here. Reserves continue to join army but no general mobilization. Ministry of National Defense says the French forbid Czech mobilization, presumably planned after the Anglo-French proposals.
G–263 states Hungarians have six classes mobilized and Poles are making secret preparation for action.
- Army Intelligence.↩