Editing Jan Masaryk (section)

== After the war ==
Masaryk remained Foreign Minister following the liberation of Czechoslovakia as part of the multi-party, communist-dominated [[National Front (Czechoslovakia)|National Front]] government.<ref name="Cook, Bernard A. 2001 p. 251">Cook, Bernard A. (2001) ''Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1,'' p. 251 New York: Taylor & Francis</ref> The Communists under [[Klement Gottwald]] saw their position strengthened after the [[1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election|1946 elections]] but Masaryk stayed on as Foreign Minister.<ref name="Cook, Bernard A. 2001 p. 251"/><ref name="Owen, John M. 2010 p. 185">Owen, John M. (2010) ''The Clash of Ideas in World Politics,'' p. 185 Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press</ref> He was concerned with retaining the friendship of the Soviet Union, but was dismayed by the veto they put on Czechoslovak participation in the [[Marshall Plan]].<ref name="Cook, Bernard A. 2001 p. 251"/><ref name="Owen, John M. 2010 p. 185"/>

Czechoslovakia [[Arms shipments from Czechoslovakia to Israel 1947–49|sold arms]] to [[Israel]] during the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]]. The deliveries from Czechoslovakia proved important for the establishment of Israel. Masaryk personally signed the first contract on 14 January 1948.<ref name="Sachar2010p56"/> Because Masaryk was viewed as the most sympathetic to the Jews of members of the postwar government, he was given the task of "appeasing Jewish organisations in the west" in terms of the government's plans to [[expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia|expel the country's German population]], including German-speaking Jews.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Láníček |first1=Jan |title=Czechs, Slovaks and the Jews, 1938-48: Beyond Idealisation and Condemnation |date=2013 |publisher=Springer |location=New York |isbn=978-1-137-31747-6 |language=en|pages=121–122}}</ref>
[[File:WFUNA flag new.pdf|thumb|Flag of the [[World Federation of United Nations Associations]] of which Jan Masaryk was president from 1947 to 1948.]]
In February 1948 the majority of the non-communist cabinet members resigned, hoping to force new elections, but instead a communist government under Gottwald was formed in what became known as the [[Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948|Czech coup]] ("Victorious February" in the Eastern Bloc).<ref name="Cook, Bernard A. 2001 p. 251"/><ref name="Owen, John M. 2010 p. 185"/> Masaryk met the visiting Soviet deputy foreign minister, [[Valerian Zorin|Zorin]], who told him that he hoped that he would become a member of the "new government", which confused Masaryk as the current government had not fallen.{{sfn|Powell|1950|p=337}} Zorin told him that "Gottwald is our only guarantee. The government must be cleaned up. We are determined to build a new one, which is more friendly to us and we shall support Gottwald".{{sfn|Powell|1950|p=337}}   Masaryk remained Foreign Minister, and was the only prominent minister in the new government who was neither a Communist nor a [[fellow traveller]].<ref name="Owen, John M. 2010 p. 185"/> 

Masaryk served as the President of the [[World Federation of United Nations Associations]]. A memorial to his memory and his presidency of the Organisation is located in Geneva, Switzerland.