§ Mr. Morgan Jonesasked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make as to the position of affairs in Czechoslovakia?
§ The Prime MinisterI am glad to be able to say that since the meeting between the Czechoslovak Prime Minister and Herr Henlein on 23rd May the two parties have remained in contact. The remaining communal elections appear to have passed off without serious incidents. In several recent interviews with President Benes and members of the Czechoslovak Government, His Majesty's Minister in Prague has continued to emphasise the urgent importance of reaching a comprehensive and lasting settlement by negotiation with the Sudeten Party. I am hopeful that with the good will which both parties are now showing such a settlement can be reached. But if these delicate and difficult negotiations are to be carried on in a suitable atmosphere it is essential that the utmost patience and restraint should be exercised both in Czechoslovakia itself and elsewhere.