my colleagues but that I anticipated that an essential element 
      in their judgment would be the knowledge, if it could be supplied, 
      of what in fact would be the attitude of the Polish, Turkish, 
      Greek and Yugoslav Governments in the circumstances foreshadowed.
 
      
 
 
His Majesty's Representatives in these four countries were 
      then instructed urgently to sound the governments to which they 
      are accredited. His Majesty's Ambassador at Moscow was also instructed 
      to inform the Soviet Government of the Rumanian demarche and 
      to enquire whether they could give any indication that they would, 
      if requested by the Rumanian Government, actively help the latter 
      to resist German aggression. His Majesty's Government also consulted 
      the French Government with a view to concerting policy.
 
      
 
 
Subsequent information has cast doubt on the accuracy of the 
      account given by the Rumanian Minister of what had passed between 
      the German and Rumanian Governments. None the less His Majesty's 
      Government have thought it essential in view of the situation 
      resulting from the German action in Czecho Slovakia to pursue 
      their enquiries in the capitals chiefly concerned. They have 
      therefore instructed His Majesty's Representatives in Paris, 
      Moscow and Warsaw in the following terms:-
 
      
 
 
In spite of doubts as to the accuracy of reports of a German 
      ultimatum to Rumania, the recent German