Telegram of November 10th          [1939]
 
MOST SECRET
 
     Latest reports point clearly to possibility of at-
tack by Germany on Holland and Belgium.  In consequence
the British Ambassador at Brussels was instructed early
on November 10th to represent to the Belgian Government
that in either event it would be essential that resis-
tance of Belgium and Holland should at once be support
by France and Great Britain, but that in order to render
such support effectively, plans should be concerted im-
mediately with Begian military authorities.
 
     Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs told the
British Ambassador on the morning of November 10th in
reply that he would refer matter at once to the Prime 
Minister and the Minister of Defence.  He gave the 
assurance that he was personally in favour of immediate
staff contact.  In any case the Belgian Military Attache
at Paris had been instructed to see General Gamelin.
The attitude of Belgian military authorities would de-
pend on the reception given to the Belgian Military At-
tache and whether it was made clear to him that French
and British forces were prepared to come to the assis-
tance of Belgium immediately and in sufficient force.
Finally he emphasised the need of absolute secrecy since
the Germans were only seeking an excuse to justify an attack.
 
     Meanwhile His Majesty's Government learn from the
British Ambassador at Paris that the French Government
yesterday made a similar communication to the Belgian 
Government and that according to the French Government
the Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, who had
hitherto refused to entertain military conversations, 
was now appealing for them urgently.  A French General
would be sent at once to Brussels.