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should like to support the plea of by " Janus

" in your last week's issue for the inclusion of the Czech National Anthem among the other National Anthems broadcast by the B.B.C. to the British public on Sunday evenings. I learn from a Czech friend in England that the tune is not a very easy one to catch at first, but she says she " loves it."

I feel sure that it would be a real source of satisfaction to many English people who honour the patient courage of the Czech people and their resilience under the heavy trials which they have suffered, as well as to those Czechs who have found a home in this country, if the Czech National Hymn were added to those of the Allied Nations.—Yours, &c.,

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