apparent in Germany and there would not appear to be any special
troop concentrations in Austria. There has probably been an acceleration
of arms deliveries in Hungary which may have given rise to stories
ofassembly of material in the East. Meanwhile however the German
army is working at high pressure and training of reservists is
being expedited but reports of special military preparations
would seem to be based on the probability that the German army
was warned to be prepared for all eventualities in the Spring
and has been making the necessary preliminary preparations. While
recent secret information suggests that any plan for mobilization
in early March may have been postponed, reports have recently
reached us pointing to the possibility of a military occupation
of Czecho Slovakia.
5.Herr Hitler is clearly preparing for every possible eventuality.
Rumors of one or other of these plans are continually reaching
us and cannot be lightly discounted. On the other hand there
is no evidence at present that any one of them has been irrevocably
adopted by Herr Hitler and a date fixed for its being put into
force.
6.Sir Nevile Henderson had conversations with Herr von Ribbenthrop,
Field Marshal Goering and Baron von Weiszaker on his return to
Berlin last week and gained the impression that Herr Hitler was
at present planning no immediate adventure. But of course it
was not possible for him