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| 1935–38 |
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EDUARD BENE , president. He continued to guide the republic's foreign policy, though on Feb. 29, 1936, Kamil Krofta, well-known Czech historian, became foreign minister. | 1 |
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| 1936, March 9–10 |
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Premier Hod a visited Vienna. On April 2 a trade treaty was concluded between Czechoslovakia and Austria. This rapprochement reflected the Austrian desire for support in the face of German hostility and Italian uncertainty, as well as the hope of the Czechs, backed by France, to bring Austria, and perhaps Hungary, into association with the Little Entente. The Czech government had already embarked upon an extensive program of armament and had undertaken the construction of a strong line of fortifications along the German frontier. | 2 |
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| Sept. 10 |
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| Joseph Goebbels, the German minister of propaganda, publicly accused Czechoslovakia of harboring Soviet army planes and permitting Soviet aerodromes on Czech soil. Despite Czech protests, these accusations were repeated, and there developed a Nazi campaign of denunciation and recrimination reminiscent of the Nazi campaign against Austria. | 3 |
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