The specific content of the work of Czechoslovak diplomats in the USA in the first years of the existence of the Republic of Czechoslovakia was also adequate acquisition of information about the revisionist activities of Hungary, which questioned the Versailles system. The Czechoslovak diplomats in the USA for this reason also mapped and responded to the visits of the Hungarian political leaders and their comments on Czechoslovakia, which were carried by the American press. From 1922, the number of reports on Hungarian propaganda in the reports of diplomats in the USA declined in connection with the adoption of the Act on the dethroning of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine in Hungary as well as for reason of signature of the, so-called, Treaty of Lány between the representatives of the Republic of Czechoslovakia and Austria and accession of Hungary to the United Nations.
World War I significantly changed the economic position of the USA when a debtor became a creditor, and a world economic power with increasing industry and an abundance of free capital. It is proved by the fact that the export of American goods to European countries was six times higher than import in 1919–1920. The increase of stronger Czechoslovak-American business relations was limited by the customs system of the Czechoslovak Republic, which was of a strong protectionist character. It was recognisable mainly with the efforts of American traders to increase automobile import to Czechoslovakia. The USA therefore increased pressure on the annulment of the trade agreement between Czechoslovakia and France, which was considered a barrier and discriminatory tool. Despite a long-term effort of the American diplomacy, this discrimination almost paralysed automobile export from the U.S.A to the Czechoslovak Republic.
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První světová válka výrazně změnila hospodářské postavení USA, když se z dlužníka stal věřitel a tím i světová ekonomická velmoc s rostoucím průmyslovým dostatkem volného kapitálu. Svědčí o tom i fakt, že vývoz amerických výrobků do evropských zemí byl v letech 1919–1920 až šestkrát větší než dovoz. Navázání hlubších československo-amerických obchodních vztahů ale bránil celní systém ČSR, který měl silný protekcionistický charakter. Ten se projevoval především při snahách amerických obchodníků zvyšovat vývoz automobilů do ČSR. USA proto vyvíjely nátlak zejména na zrušení kartelové dohody mezi ČSR a Francií, již americká strana považovala za překážku a diskriminační nástroj. Tato diskriminace — i navzdory dlouhodobé snaze americké diplomacie — téměř ochromila export automobilů z USA do ČSR.
The position of Slovakia and Austria in international relations during the Second World War had a different character – whereas for the fi rst time in its history Slovakia gained its (limited) autonomy, Austria lost its independence and became an integral part of the German Reich. At the Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the USA, USSR and Great Britain in October 1943 in Moscow, however, an agreement was reached: Austria was to acquire a unique status in the post-war period: although it was perceived as a war ally of Germany, Austria should still be treated as a free and again independent country after the war. The post-war fate of Slovakia was quite the opposite: in agreement with the Czechoslovak government in exile in London, the Allied Powers confi rmed the restoration of the pre-conditions of the Munich Agreement, according to which the First Slovak Republic ceased to exist after the defeat of Germany in May 1945.
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