Speech #840033910

Ripka calls it: "In reality. the Sudeten Germans are not basing their plans on the justice of the American people. rather they are hoping that Americans * * * will help them realize German ambitions entertained under Hitler." While I have made my position clear on the Sudeten German wish for the right for selfdetermination for all nations in my Congressional insertion of March 25. 1954. here is what Ripka. Zenki and Lettrich called it: "The Sudeten Germans * * in reality * * * are addicted more than ever to aspiring. rapacious. and aggressive panGermanism." The same opinions can be heard from Radio Moscow and Radio Prague. Ripka says: The West was the first to agree to the transfer Ripkas thesis is that the British and United States Governments first reached an agreement with Benes on the deportation of the Sudeten Germans and that the Soviet Union hesitated and gave its approval only when it became known that America had already approved the idea of the German transfer. On page 17 of the Documents on the Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans Dr. Wilhelm Turnwald pictures the way in which the expulsion was agreed upon: "Dr.