Agreement concluded at Munich, September 29, 1938, between Germany, Great
Britain, France and Italy
GERMANY, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, taking into consideration the
agreement, which has been already reached in principle for the cession to Germany
of the Sudeten German territory, have agreed on the following terms and conditions
governing the said cession and the measures consequent thereon, and by this agreement
they each hold themselves responsible for the steps necessary to secure its fulfilment:
(1) The evacuation will begin on 1st October.
(2) The United Kingdom, France and Italy agree that the evacuation of the territory
shall be completed by the 10th October, without any existing installations having
been destroyed, and that the Czechoslovak Government will be held responsible
for carrying out the evacuation without damage to the said installations.
(3) The conditions governing the evacuation will be laid down in detail by
an international commission composed of representatives of Germany, the United
Kingdom, France, Italy and Czechoslovakia.
(4) The occupation by stages of the predominantly German territory by German
troops will begin on 1st October. The four territories marked on the attached
map will be occupied by German troops in the following order:
The territory marked No. I on the 1st and 2nd of October; the territory marked
No. II on the 2nd and 3rd of October; the territory marked No. III on the 3rd,
4th and 5th of October; the territory marked No. IV on the 6th and 7th of October.
The remaining territory of preponderantly German character will be ascertained
by the aforesaid international commission forthwith and be occupied by German
troops by the 10th of October.
(5) The international commission referred to in paragraph 3 will determine
the territories in which a plebiscite is to be held. These territories will be
occupied by international bodies until the plebiscite has been completed. The
same commission will fix the conditions in which the plebiscite is to be held,
taking as a basis the conditions of the Saar plebiscite. The commission will also
fix a date, not later than the end of November, on which the plebiscite will be
held.
(6) The final determination of the frontiers will be carried out by the international
commission. The commission will also be entitled to recommend to the four Powers,
Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, in certain exceptional cases, minor
modifications in the strictly ethnographical determination of the zones which
are to be transferred without plebiscite.
(7) There will be a right of option into and out of the transferred territories,
the option to be exercised within six months from the date of this agreement.
A German-Czechoslovak commission shall determine the details of the option, consider
ways of facilitating the transfer of population and settle questions of principle
arising out of the said transfer.
(8) The Czechoslovak Government will within a period of four weeks from the
date of this agreement release from their military and police forces any Sudeten
Germans who may wish to be released, and the Czechoslovak Government will within
the same period release Sudeten German prisoners who are serving terms of imprisonment
for political offences.
Munich, September 29, 1938. ADOLF HITLER,NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN,EDOUARD DALADIER,BENITO
MUSSOLINI.
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