Ideová a koncepčná východiska zahraničnopolitického programu Rady slobodného Československa (1948–1953)

The history of the so-called Third Czechoslovak resistance and particularly that of the Council of Free Czechoslovakia has already been a subject of relative intense research in Czech and Slovak historiography. Yet, one can still pose some questions which were not addressed in-depth heretofore. One of these is the question of whether some of the Czechoslovak exiles attended the Congress of Europe held in The Hague in May 1948 or not. According to the official list of participants, ten persons from among the Czechoslovak exiles participated to the event. Was this possible, however, in the light of extremely complicated situation many emigrants faced in the uneasy post-war years? And, in the context of development The Hague Congress foreshadowed, one may ask what attitudes the Czechoslovak exile movement took towards the European questions. Hence, lastly, what objectives did the Council’s European program seek in the first half of the 1950s?