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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Timing his visit to coincide with the start of the Anglo-Italian negotiations in Rome, Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, will arrive in London tomorrow for a series of talks that will show whether or not Anglo-German negotiations are possible also in the near future.

So how did the talks go?

14 posted on 03/09/2008 12:53:27 PM PDT by delapaz
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To: delapaz
Here is what William Shirer has to say about how the talks went:

"On March 9, Ribbentrop, the new German Foreign Minister, had arrived in London to wind up his affairs at the embassy, where he had been ambassador. He had long talks with Chamberlain, Halifax, the King and the Archbishop of Canterbury. His impressions of the British Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, he reported back to Berlin, were "very good." After a long conference with Lord Halifax, Ribbentrop reported directly to Hitler on March 10 as to what Britain would do "if the Austrian question cannot be settled peacefully." Basically he was convinced from his London talks "that England will do nothing in regard to Austria.""

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Pg 344

16 posted on 03/09/2008 4:08:22 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("I’m not liking the way the 21st Century is shaping up logic wise." - AU72)
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