Polish-Czechoslovak Treaty of 1947 on Friendship and Mutual Assistance
Polish-Czechoslovak Treaty of 1947 on Friendship and Mutual Assistance
a treaty signed on March 10 in Warsaw by J. Cyrankiewicz, chairman of the Council of Ministers, and Z. Modzelewski, minister of foreign affairs, for Poland, and by K. Gottwald, chairman of the government, and J. Masaryk, minister of foreign affairs, for Czechoslovakia. It was concluded for a period of 20 years.
The parties pledged to undertake all necessary measures to eliminate any threat of aggression from Germany or any other state uniting with it and to participate in all international actions aimed at safeguarding peace and security. The parties agreed to provide each other with immediate military aid and other forms of assistance in the event of aggression against them, to not participate in alliances and coalitions directed against the other contracting party, and to conclude agreements concerning economic and cultural cooperation between the two countries.
PUBLICATIONS
Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, 1948, no. 7, citation 47.Sbírka zákonů a naŕízení Republiky Československé, 1947, no. 154, pp. 805–10.