Appeasement Falters in a ‘War of Nerves’ 3-4*
Fascism Resumes Home Jobs 5-6
Mystery Clothes Talks in Moscow 7
Time is Britain’s Ally in Rush to Be Ready 8-10
‘Have-Not’ Powers Seeking New World Order 11-13
*Talk of appeasement in the form of loans or other forms is taken as a sign of weak nerves. Yet the British are driven by temperament and habit to deplore force and to strive to replace it by reason, or at least by negotiation. German diplomacy is essentially military and demands unconditional surrender.
British = American. German = Islamofascist. Still works.
Ping.
what was the date that germany invaded poland?
It would be important for us to know whether the remarks made to Astakhov and Babarin have met with any response in Moscow. If you see an opportunity of arranging a further conversation with Molotov, please sound him out on the same lines. If this results in Molotov abandoning the reserve he has so far maintained you could go a step further . . . This applies in particular to the Polish problem. We would be prepared, however the Polish problem may develop . . . to safeguard all Soviet interests and to come to an understanding with the Government in Moscow. In the Baltic question, too, if the talks took a positive course, the idea could be advanced of so adjusting our attitude to the Baltic States as to respect vital Soviet interests in the Baltic Sea.
Two days later, on July 31, the State Secretary wired Schulenburg “urgent and secret”:
With reference to our dispatch of July 29, arriving in Moscow by courier today:
Please report by telegram the date and time of your next interview with Molotov as soon as it is fixed.
We are anxious for an early interview.
For the first time a note of urgency crept into the dispatches from Berlin to Moscow.
William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The parallels are really shocking. Your posts continue to be must-reads for me.
WRT Mussolini, at least he seems to have had a birth certificate :D < ducking >