NC    -2-   # 1578 from London, September 11, 1939
                     
                      (SECTION THREE)
 
 
at the minute result in having the party  thrown out of power and
 
 I rather got the impression fromHoare this morning that it is not
 
 at all inconceivable that this party may make that an issue.  It was
 
not what he said;  it  was the inferenoe I drew.  Lord Trenchard,
 
 whom they all regard here very highly, feels that if they send
 
 English bombers into German territory, the German  morale would
 
break quickly and go to pieces much faster than the British. Of
 
 course that is a gamble that mayhave  to be taken, but I am of the
 
 opinion that the War Cabinet at the moment do not feel justified
 
in taking that risk.
 
 
 
         Hoare was responsible for the statement given out on Saturday
 
 night that the British regardthis as a three year war, in order to keep
 
 their morale stiffened up and not let any disguietingcriticism of the 
 
Government's policy get started too strongly. I could Judge from talking
 
 with theKing on Saturday that this matter is one that is giving the
 
 Govrnment an unholy worry. Theyrealize that a continuation of / a
 
 war or the maintenance of a Government on a war basis means
 
complete economic, financial and social collapse and nothing will
 
 be saved after