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March 12, 19:58.
 
B-1
 
Sec state
 
Washington
 
 
3 87, March 12, 4 P.M.
 
Following message from Ambassador Biddie:
 
STRICTLY
 
 
My several conversations with authoritative Polish
and Italian circles in London and Paris bring, to light
the following essential points which have an inportant
bearing on conceivable developments in Central Europe in
terms of the immediate and long-range outlook:
                     1. The following set of circumstances have caused Chamberlain to shift temporarily at least his aim from
a four-power conference to bringing about a revised
Stresa Front;
 
 
2. British Ambassador to Berlin, Henderson, had
reported to London Hitler's insistence on (a) Germany's 
claims in colonial domain; (b) a free hand for Germany
in Austria and Sudeten Deutsch.
Moreover,