1.As a result of conversations held in London on April 4th to April 6th, 1939 between the Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs on the one side and the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on the other the Polish Government and His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom record the following conclusions: 2.The Polish Government and His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom have decided to place their collaboration on a permanent basis by the exchange of reciprocal assurances of assistance. They are accordingly prepared to enter into a formal agreement on the following basis: a. If Germany attacks Poland His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom will at once come to the help of Poland; b. If Germany attempts to undermine the independence of Poland by processes of economic penetration or in any other way His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom will support Poland in resistance to such attempts. If Germany then attacks Poland the provisions of paragraph (a) above will apply. In the event of other action by Germany which clearly threatened Polish independence and was of such a nature that the Polish Government considered it vital to resist it with their national forces His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom |