44. DGFP, II, p. 801.
45. Ibid., p. 810.
46. Feiling, op. cit., p. 367.
47. NCA, VI, p. 799 (N.D. C–2).
48. DGFP, II, pp. 863–64.
49. British White Paper, Cmd. 5847, No. 2. Text also in DGFP, II, pp. 831–32.
50. See Berlin Diary, p. 137.
51. The chief sources for the Godesberg conference are: Schmidt’s notes on the two Godesberg meetings, DGFP, II, pp. 870–79, 898–908; Schmidt’s description of the talks, Hitler’s Interpreter, pp. 95–102; texts of correspondence exchanged between Hitler and Chamberlain on September 23, DGFP, II, pp. 887–92; notes by Kirkpatrick on the meeting, DBrFP, Third Series, II, pp. 463–73, 499–508; Henderson’s description in Failure of a Mission, pp. 156–62.
52. NCA, IV, p. 367 (N.D. 1780–PS).
53. Jodl’s diary, Sept. 26, 1938, ibid.
54. Text of the Godesberg memorandum, DGFP, II, pp. 908–10.
55. The Times, London, Sept. 24, 1938.
56. Text of the Czech reply, British White Paper, Cmd. 5847, No. 7.
57. Text of Chamberlain’s letter to Hitler of Sept. 26, 1938, DGFP, II, pp. 994–95.
58. Though Dr. Schmidt’s notes on this meeting are missing from the German Foreign Office papers, his own account of it appears in his book, op. cit., pp. 102–3. Kirkpatrick’s notes are in DBrFP, Third Series, II, No. 1, p. 118. Henderson’s version in his book, op. cit., p. 163.
59. Items 31–33 of “Green” file, NCA, III, pp. 350–52 (N.D. 388–PS).
60. Dispatch from Paris, DGFP, II, p. 977.
61. The text of Roosevelt’s two appeals and Hitler’s answer to the first one are in DGFP, II.
62. Dispatch from Prague, DGFP, II, p. 976.
63. Text of Hitler’s letter of Sept. 27, 1938, DGFP, II, pp. 966–68.
64. Chamberlain’s plan, DGFP, II, pp. 987–88. The Prime Minister’s messages are quoted by Wheeler-Bennett in Munich, pp. 151–52, 155, from the Czech Archives.
65. Ibid., p. 158.
66. Text in British White Paper, Cmd. 5848, No. I. The letter was handed to Hitler by Henderson at noon the next day.
67. Henderson, op. cit., p. 144. DBrFP, Third Series, II, p. 614.
68. Jodl’s diary, Sept. 28, 1938, NCA, IV, p. 368 (N.D. 1780–PS).
69. Sources: Halder’s interrogation at Nuremberg by Capt. Sam Harris, a New York attorney, NCA, Suppl. B, pp. 1547–71: also Halder’s memorandum, which was given to the press at Nuremberg but is not included in either the NCA or TMWC volumes. Gisevius, To the Bitter End, pp. 283–328; his testimony at Nuremberg, TMWC, XII, pp. 210–19. Schacht. Account Settled, pp. 114–25.
70. Gisevius, To the Bitter End, p. 325. Also his testimony on the stand at Nuremberg, TMWC, XII, p. 219.
71. Erich Kordt’s memorandum, made available to the writer. Allen Dulles, Germany’s Underground, p. 46. also gives an account of the call.
72. Accounts of the meetings in the Chancellery on the forenoon of Sept. 28 are given by some of the participants: Schmidt, op. cit., pp. 105–8; François-Poncet, op. cit., pp. 265–68; Henderson, op. cit., pp. 166–71.
73. Schmidt, op. cit., p. 107.
74. Ibid., p. 107.
75. Henderson, op. cit., pp. 168–69. Schmidt, op. cit., p. 108.
76. Masaryk later described this scene to the writer, as he did to many other friends. But my notes on it were lost, and I have used Wheeler-Bennett’s moving account in Munich, pp. 170–71.
77. From Halder’s interrogation, Feb. 25. 1946. NCA, Suppl. B, pp. 1553–58.
78. Schacht, op. cit., p. 128.
79. Gisevius, op. cit., p. 326.
80. Ciano’s Hidden Diary, 1937–1938, p. 166. In a telegram dated June 26, 1940, Mussolini reminded Hitler that at Munich he had promised to take part in the attack on Britain. The text of the telegram is in DGFP, X, p. 27.
81. Text of the Chamberlain and Beneš notes, DBrFP, Third Series, II, pp. 599, 604.
82. The minutes of the two Munich meetings, DGFP, II, pp. 1003–8, 1011–14.
83. Henderson, op. cit., p. 271. François-Poncet, op. cit., p. 271.
84. Schmidt, op. cit., p. 110.
85. Text of the Munich Agreement, DGFP, II, pp. 1014–16.
86. From the official report of Dr. Masarik to the Czech Foreign Office. The sources for this section on the Munich Conference are: DGFP, II, as cited above in note 83; text of the Munich Agreement, ibid., pp. 1014–16; DBrFP, Third Series, II, No. 1, p. 227; and Ciano. Schmidt, Henderson, François-Poncet and Weizsaecker, op. cit.
87. Berlin Diary, p. 145.
88. The sources for this Chamberlain-Hitler meeting are: DGFP, II, p. 1017, for text of declaration; DGFP, IV, pp. 287–93, for Schmidt’s official memorandum on the meeting; Schmidt’s book, op. cit., pp. 112–13. DBrFP, Third Series, II, No. 1228, gives a slightly different version of the conversation.
89. DGFP, IV, pp. 4–5.
90. Jodl’s diary, NCA, IV, p. 368 (N.D. 1780–PS).
91. Keitel’s testimony, April 4, 1946, TMWC, X, p. 509.
92. Manstein’s testimony, Aug. 9, 1946, TMWC, XX, p. 606.
93. Jodl’s testimony, June 4, 1946, TMWC, XV, p. 361.
94. Gamelin, Servir, pp. 344–46. A disappointing book! Pertinax, The Grave Diggers of France, p. 3, confirms the General here. These are also the sources of Gamelin’s advice on Sept. 26 and 28.
95. Churchill, The Gathering Storm, p. 339.
96. DGFP, IV, pp. 602–4.
97. Schacht on the stand at Nuremberg, TMWC, XII, p. 531.
98. Speech to the commanders in chief, Nov. 23, 1939, NC A, III, p. 573 (N.D. 789–PS).
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1. “Green” file, Item 48, NC A, III, pp. 372–74 (N.D. 388–PS).
2. Ibid.
3. Hitler’s directive, Oct. 21, 1938, NCA, VI, pp. 947–48 (N.D. C–136).
4. DGFP, IV, p. 46.
5. Heydrich’s orders to the police for organizing the pogrom, NCA, V, pp. 797–801 (N.D. 3051–PS); Heydrich’s report to Goering on the damage and the number of killed and wounded, NCA, V. p. 854 (N.D. 3058–PS). Report of Walter Buch, chief party judge, on the pogrom, NCA, V, pp. 868–76 (N.D. 3063–PS); Major Buch gives lurid details of numerous murders of Jews and blames Goebbels for the excesses. Stenographic report of the meeting of Goering with cabinet members and government officials and a representative of the insurance companies on Nov. 12, NCA, IV, pp. 425–57 (N.D. 1816–PS). Though the complete report is missing, the part which was found runs to 10,000 words.
6. TMWC, IX, p. 538.
7. DGFP, IV, pp. 639–49.
8. DBrFP, Third Series, IV, No. 5.
9. Ciano’s Hidden Diary, entry for Oct. 28, 1938, p. 185; Ciano’s Diplomatic Papers, pp. 242–46.
10. DGFP, IV, pp. 515–20.
11. Schmidt, op. cit., p. 118; his notes on the meeting, DGFP, IV, pp. 471–77.
12. DGFP, IV, pp. 69–72.
13. Ibid., pp. 82–83.
14. Ibid., also in NCA, VI, pp. 950–51 (N.D. C–138).
15. Dispatch of the chargé, DGFP, IV, pp. 188–89.
16. DGFP, IV, p. 215.
17. Memoranda of Chvalkovsky’s two talks, with Hitler and Ribbentrop, on Jan. 21, 1939, DGFP, IV, pp. 190–202. Chvalkovsky’s own report to the Czechoslovak cabinet on Jan. 23, Czech Archives, quoted by Wheeler-Bennett in Munich, pp. 316–17. Also see French Yellow Book, pp. 55–56.
18. Text, DGFP, IV, pp. 207–8.
19. Text, ibid., pp. 218–20.
20. Memorandum of meeting, ibid., pp. 209–13.
21. Text, ibid., pp. 234–35.
22. Based on an account later given by the British minister in Prague, NCA, VII, pp. 88–90 (N.D. D–571).
23. Secret minutes of Tiso-Hitler talk, DGFP, IV, pp. 243–45.
24. See DGFP, IV, p. 250.
25. Ibid., For Ambassador Coulondre’s dispatch, see French Yellow Book, p. 96 (No. 77).
26. Dispatch from Prague, March 13, 1939
, DGFP, IV, p. 246.
27. TMWC, IX, pp. 303–4.
28. The sources for the foregoing section, “The Ordeal of Dr. Hácha,” are: Secret minutes of the meeting of Hitler and Hácha, DGFP, IV, pp. 263–69; it is also in the Nuremberg documents, NCA, V, pp. 43340 (N.D. 2798–PS). Text of the declaration of the German and Czechoslovak governments, March 15, 1939, DGFP, IV, pp. 270–71; the first part was issued as a communiqué; it was actually drafted in the Foreign Office on March 14. Proclamation of the Fuehrer to the German People, March 15, NCA, VIII, pp. 402–3 (N.D. TC–50). Coulondre’s dispatch, French Yellow Book, p. 96 (No. 77). Schmidt’s description of meeting, his book, op. cit., pp. 123–26. Henderson on, his book, op. cit., Ch. 9. Scene with secretaries, A. Zoller, ed., Hitler Privat, p. 84.
29. TMWC, XVI, pp. 654–55.
30. Text, DGFP, VI, pp. 42–45.
31. Text, DGFP, IV, p. 241.
32. Berlin Diary, p. 156.
33. The Ciano Diaries, 1939–1943, pp. 9–12.
34. Text, DGFP, IV, pp. 274–75.
35. Ibid., pp. 273–74.
36. DGFP, VI, pp. 20–21.
37. Ibid., pp. 16–17, 40.
38. Reports of Dirksen, March 18, 1939, ibid., pp. 24–25, 36–39.
39. Ibid. p. 39.
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1. German memo of meeting, DGFP, VI, pp. 104–7. Lipski’s report to Beck, Polish White Book, No. 44; given in NCA, VIII, p. 483 (N.D. TC–73. No. 44).
2. Hitler’s assurance to Lipski, Nov. 15, 1937, DGFP, VI, pp. 26–27; assurance to Beck, Jan. 14, 1938, ibid., p. 39.
3. Beck’s instructions to Lipski, Oct. 31, 1938, Polish White Book, No. 45; NCA, VII, pp. 484–86. Ribbentrop’s memo on meeting with Lipski, Nov. 19, DGFP, V, pp. 127–29.
4. German memo of meeting by Dr. Schmidt, DGFP, V, pp. 152–58. Polish minutes on, Polish White Book, No. 48; NCA, VIII, pp. 48688 (N.D.TC–73).
5. Ribbentrop’s memo of the meeting, DGFP, V, pp. 159–61. Polish minutes on, Polish White Book, No. 49; NCA, VIII, p. 488 (N.D. TC–73).
6. Ribbentrop’s memo of his meeting with Beck in Warsaw, Jan. 26, 1939, DGFP, V, pp. 167–68; Beck’s version is given in the Polish White Book, No. 52.
7. Dispatch of Moltke, Feb. 26, 1939, DGFP, VI, p. 172.
8. Lipski’s dispatch to Warsaw on the meeting, Polish White Book, No. 61; also in NCA, VIII, pp. 489–92 (N.D. TC–73, No. 61). Ribbentrop’s memo of the meeting, DGFP, VI, pp. 70–72.
9. Foreign Office memo of the meeting, DGFP, V, pp. 524–26.
10. Ibid., pp. 502–4.
11. Source for this paragraph: DGFP, V, pp. 528–30.
12. DGFP, VI, p. 97.
13. Ibid., pp. 110–11.
14. NCA, VII, pp. 83–86 (N.D. R-100).
15. Text in DGFP, VI, pp. 122–24. Ribbentrop’s report on March 26 meeting with Lipski, ibid., pp. 121–22; Polish version, White Book, No. 63.
16. Dr. Schmidt’s memo of the meeting, DGFP, VI, pp. 135–36.
17. Moltke’s dispatch, ibid., pp. 147–48; Polish version, White Book, No. 64.
18. DBrFP, IV, No. 538.
19. See DBrFP, IV, Nos. 485,518, 538 (text of Anglo–French proposal), 561,563,566,571,573.
20. Ibid., No. 498.
21. DBrFP, V, No. 12.
22. Quoted by Gisevius, op. cit., p. 363.
23. The text of Case White, NCA, VI, pp. 916–28; a partial translation is in DGFP, VI, pp. 186–87, 223–28 (N.D. C–120). The text of the original German is in TMWC, XXXIV, pp. 380–422.
24. Confidential German memos on the Goering-Mussolini talks are in DGFP, VI, pp. 248–53, 258–63. See also The Ciano Diaries, pp. 66–67.
25. The circular telegram of April 17, 1939, DGFP, VI, pp. 264–65; Foreign Office memo of the answers, ibid., pp. 309–10; Weizsaecker’s call to German minister in Riga, April 18, ibid., pp. 283–84.
26. Ibid., pp. 355, 399.
27. DGFP, IV, pp. 602–7.
28. Ibid., (dispatch of Oct. 26, 1938).
29. Ibid., pp. 608–9.
30. Ibid., p. 631.
31. DGFP, VI, pp. 1–3.
32. Davies, Mission to Moscow, pp. 437–39. Ambassador Sieds’s dispatch, DBrFP, IV, No. 419.
33. Boothby, I Fight to Live, p. 189. Halifax statement to Maisky, DBrFP, IV, No. 433.
34. DGFP, VI, pp. 88–89.
35. Ibid., p. 139.
36. German memo of Goering-Mussolini talk, April 16, 1939, ibid., pp. 259–60.
37. Ibid., pp. 266–67.
38. Ibid., pp. 419–20.
39. Ibid., p. 429.
40. Ibid., pp. 535–36.
41. Nazi–Soviet Relations, 1939–41 [hereafter referred to as NSR], pp. 5–7, 8–9.
42. French Yellow Book, Dispatches Nos. 123, 125. I have used the French-language edition (Le Livre Jaune Français), but I believe the English edition carries the same numbers for dispatches.
43. DGFP, VI, pp. 1, 111. Appendix I of this volume contains a number of memoranda on the staff talks taken from the German naval archives.
44. The Ciano Diaries, pp. 67–68.
45. German memo on the Milan meeting, DGFP, VI, pp. 450–52. Ciano’s minutes, Ciano’s Diplomatic Papers, pp. 282–87.
46. Text of the treaty of alliance, DGFP, VI, pp. 561–64. A secret protocol contained nothing of significance.
47. Schmundt’s minutes, May 23, 1939, NC A, VII, pp. 847–54 (N.D. L–79). There is also an English translation in DGFP, VI, pp. 574–80. The German text is in TMWC, XXXVII, pp. 546–56.
48. For details of the plan, see N.D. NOKW-2584. This is in the TWC volumes [Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals].
49. NCA, VI, pp. 926–27 (N.D. C–120).
50. TMWC, XXXIV, pp. 428–42 (N.D. C–126). The English translation of this document in NCA, VI, pp. 937–38, is so abbreviated that it has little value.
51. NCA, VI, p. 827 (N.D. C–23).
52. Text of the Anglo–French draft, DBrFP, V, No. 624; the British ambassador’s account of Molotov’s reaction is in the same volume, Nos. 648 and 657.
53. “Urgent” dispatch of May 31, DGFP, VI, pp. 616–17.
54. Dispatch of June 1, ibid., pp. 624–26.
55. Ibid., p. 547.
56. Ibid., pp. 589–93.
57. Ibid., p. 593.
58. Letter, Weizsaecker to Schulenburg, May 27, with postscript of May 30, pp. 597–98.
59. Ibid., pp. 608–9.
60. Ibid., pp. 618–20.
61. Ibid., pp. 790–91.
62. Ibid., pp. 805–7.
63. Ibid., p. 810.
64. Ibid., p. 813.
65. DBrFP, V, Nos. 5 and 38.
66. Pravda, June 29, 1939.
67. Dispatch of June 29, DGFP, VI, pp. 808–9.
68. TMWC, XXXIV, pp. 493–500 (N.D. C–142). It is given much more briefly in English translation in NCA, VI, p. 956.
69. NCA, IV, pp. 1035–36 (N.D. 2327—PS).
70. NCA, VI,’ p. 934 (N.D. C–126).
71. The secret minutes of the meeting of the Reich Defense Council, June 23, 1939, NCA, VI, pp. 718–31 (N.D. 3787–PS).
72. DGFP, VI, pp. 750, 920–21.
73. Ibid., pp. 864–65.
74. Text of notes, DGFP, VII, pp. 4–5, 9–10.
75. Report of Burckhardt to the League of Nations, March 19, 1940. Text in Documents on International Affairs, 1939–1946, I, pp. 346–47.
76. DGFP, VI, pp. 936–38.
77. Ibid., pp. 955–56.
78. Schnurre’s memo, ibid., pp. 11069.
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