Leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement (1884–1948) who was President of Czechoslovakia at the time of Hitler’s incursion. TLS signed “Dr. E. Benes,” one page, 8 x 7, president of the Czechoslovak Republic letterhead, December 24, 1942. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “Thank you for your letter…sent to me by the American Friends of Czechoslovakia, and for the generous financial support which you have given them. I much appreciate this expression of your sympathy with my country…We are now following a common path to indisputable victory; there can now be no doubt that the downfall of totalitarianism and the liberation of the oppressed peoples is inevitable.” In fine condition, with vertical and horizontal folds, and scattered creases. RR Auction COA.
