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- page four 2 / That the Slovaks, whose overwhelming majority wants an inde- . pendent Slovak State, are again officially denied this e e by the so-called Czechoslovaks abroad. The oresence of Dr, susky, a born Slovak, in the Council, is not accepted, since Drs Osusky is considered to be a Czech by his compatriots. 3 / That a secret deal was passed between the men composing the National Council, according to which free elections should be barred in the country after liberation, by the simple devise of only permitting the candidacy of those political parties reprethe country, has already been agreed with the Americans through the help of the Free Europe Committee. This elimination of the people at home would permit to carry out the agreement between | the leading men today in America, namely to appoint Dr. Osusky as future President, Yr. Zenkl as future Prime Minister and Dr. Ripka as future Foreign Minister. It is to be noted that the latter two collaborated actively with the Communists after 1945, 4 / That the National Council contimes to fight the Germans, It is known in the country, that at the meeting of July 4th of the Council in New York, it had been decided to issue a proclamation in which the expulsion of the Germans would be glorified and it would be pledged that this would be maintained after he Communist regime has fallen, The country also knows, that this was only prevented at the very last moment by the American governement. 5 / That the policy of the National Couneil continues in many asp _ pects to paralell the policies of the Communists at home. 6 / That the Czech broadcasts of Raflio Free Europe are still controlled by notorious past collaborators of the Soviets, whose anti-communism is very much questioned by the people at home. Tha is especially the case for Mr, Peroutka, head of the Czech broadcasts. People do not forget, that, among many other things, he wrote on December Zlst, 1947, in his Review " Dhesek" the he wrote on December 31st, 1947, in his Review "Dnesck" the fol owing remarks : " Te are the Allies of the Soviet Union for life or death, If there should be a conflict between East and West, and if in this conflict the Soviet Union would be defeated, we would be hurt most, we would maybe even be amihilated, if the a casts of such a person - and he is by far not the only one at Radio Free Hurope - are far from effective » that nobody believes theme In fact, these people foster thecfeeling, that the so-calild anti-conmunist eruade of Free Europe is only a sham,
