As Prime Minister, he was forced to accept the terms of the Munich Agreement on 30 September. Announcing the acceptance of the agreement in a nationwide radio address, he stated that Czechoslovakia was not in a position to turn the agreement down because without British or French support, the country was outnumbered and that any conflict would result in severe casualties. "We were abandoned", he said. "We stand alone.". Following the resignation of President Edvard Beneš on 5 October, Syrový assumed most presidential duties, in accord with the Czechoslovak Constitution, until Emil Hácha was duly on elected President on 30 November 1938.