The "Fourth Plan" drafted by the Czechoslovak Government, September 7, 1938 
 The "Fourth Plan" drafted by the Czechoslovak Government, September 7, 1938 
 Source: Documents on International Affairs , vol.II, 1938, p.XX. 
 Note : In communicating the German text of the Plan to the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the Czechoslovak Government in London accompanied it by the following official commentary: 
 'The Plan was drafted by Dr. Benes personally on express and repeated pressure from Lord Runciman. When handing the Plan over to Lord Runciman, Dr. Benes accompanied it by a special Note, making clear that the Plan, applying almost completely the so-called Eight Carlsbad Points from the statement made by Konrad Henlein, has been drafted upon pressure from the British and French diplomatic representatives. 'Dr. Benes emphasised that the application of these so-called Eight Carlsbad Points appeared to be utterly absurd, for it would establish for one section of the population a Totalitarian system within the democratic Czechoslovak Republic. In the desire to prove the Czechoslovak Government's good-will to the Western Democracies, and knowing that - because of the well-known plans of the Berlin Government and of Henlein's and his Party aims - even this plan was very unlikely to be accepted by the Germans and that the Czechoslovak Government's offer would be made in vain - Dr. Benes, nevertheless, was loyal and sincere enough to have Plan drafted and put before Henlein and his party. A reply came - which was exactly as, with certainty, expected by Dr. Benes.'