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 that his political life and probably his personal life as well could not
 last more than three months.  He expected Hitler, as soon as the Polish
 attack should have been completed, to launch the entire German Air 
 Force against France. The bombardments of France would
 be so terrible that the French people would blame him for the lack of French
 planes and would drive him from political life and indeed would probably kill him.
 He did not consider that the lack of planes was his fault but he would be blamed for it.
 
        I do not know whether these pessimistic views wil be justified by the event,
 but it is certain that, if they should be justified and if Germany after someweeks
of combat should be able to drive the French and British Air Forces from the air, the
bombardments of French land communications and the bombardments of British shipping
might be as effective as the bombardments of Polish communications during the past
 two weeks.
 
Under the circumstances, I think you ought to have studied now in all its aspects
 the military and naval problem that will face the United States in case France 
and England should be defeated during the next eight months. I am convinced
 that if Hitler should be able to win during this period, he would be able to obtain
 the support of the Italians and the Japanese and would be