Telegram dated August 26th, 1939,              
 
               from His Majesty's Ambassador                
 
                         at Berlin                          
 
 
In my immediately preceding telegram I give the
text of verbal communication which Chancellor made to 
me this morning, He was absolutely calm and normal and
spoke with great earnestness and apparent sincerity. 
Minister for Foreign Affairs was present but took
practically no part in the conversation.
 
 
2. Herr Hitler began by saying that he had always
and still desired good relations with Great Britain
and his conscience compelled him to make this final
effect to secure them. It was his last attempt. He   
suggested that I should fly to England myself in order
to put the case to His Majesty's Government.
 
 
3. Conversation lasted an hour; my attitude
being that Russian pact in no way altered standpoint 
of His Majesty's Government and that I must tell him               
quite honestly that Britain could not go back on her
word to Poland and that I knew his offer would not
be considered without a negotiated settlement of Polish
question. Herr Hitler refused to guarantee this on
the ground that Polish provocation might at any moment
render German intervention to protect German nationale              
inevitable. I again and again returned to this point 
but always got the name answer.
 
 
4. I told Herr Hitler that I could not discuss
the rights and wronds of mutual provocation and incidents;
that was for Polish Ambassador to discuss with Her Von
Ribbentrop and I suggested that he should do so. Herr
Hitler's reply was that M. Lipski had seen General Goering
 
 
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