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Czechs agog as national archive prepares to open mysterious envelope sealed for 20 years

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By Jack Guy and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Citizens of the Czech Republic are waiting with bated breath for a longstanding mystery to be solved: What were the last words of the country’s revered first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk? The final thoughts of the statesman, who governed the Czechoslovak Republic from 1918 to 1935, are believed to have been recorded by his son Jan Masaryk just before his death in September 1937 and have been seal…

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Czechs agog as national archive prepares to open mysterious envelope sealed for 20 years

Citizens of the Czech Republic are waiting with bated breath for a longstanding mystery to be solved: What were the last words of the country’s revered first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk?

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Masaryk's Mysterious Envelope Has Also Attracted Attention Abroad. the Media Mentions the Journey and the Hiding Place

What were the last words of the revered Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk? Czechs are anxiously awaiting the resolution of a decades-long national mystery, while social media is filled with enthusiastic speculation about the content of the final thoughts of the first president of Czechoslovakia. With these words, the American CNN reports on the expected revelation of a letter sealed for 88 years with the last words of TGM, which were written by his son Jan…

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