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Peace in Our Time
United Kingdom, Primary Documents ^ | 30 September, 1938 | Neville Chamberlain, Adolph Hitler

Posted on 03/04/2003 12:32:58 PM PST by richardtavor

Peace For Our Time by Neville Chamberlain

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is the wording of the printed statement that Neville Chamberlain waved as he stepped off the plane on 30 September, 1938 after the Munich Conference had ended the day before: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We, the German Führer and Chancellor, and the British Prime Minister, have had a further meeting today and are agreed in recognizing that the question of Anglo-German relations is of the first importance for our two countries and for Europe. We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo-German Naval Agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again. We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and we are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference, and thus to contribute to assure the peace of Europe." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chamberlain read the above statement in front of 10 Downing St. and said: "My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: appeasement; hitler; iraqwar; nevillechamberlain
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To: Wallaby
Did you see that resignation letter from the Foggy Bottomer (State Department Lifer) who extolled Woodrow Wilson as a hero of world peace? Hitler bought his tickets on the Wilsonian Bus Line -- Hitler could never have gained the power and office he did except for the utopian socialist jealous blindness typical of Wilson and the elite then.
21 posted on 03/06/2003 2:47:23 PM PST by bvw
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To: Wallaby
LOL!


Peace in our time.

22 posted on 03/06/2003 6:57:05 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: richardtavor
Great post.
23 posted on 04/01/2003 11:41:33 PM PST by kimosabe31
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