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said upon that occasion. The exact statement, according to him, whlch Monsieur Bonnet had 
 
made, was that France renounced all political interests in Eastern Europe, and specifically agreed 
 
not to influence Poland against the conclusion of an agreement with Germany whereby Danzig
 
would return to Germany, and Germany would receive an extraterritorial corridor across the 
 
corridor from East Prussia to Greater Germany.
 
          In his statement of German objectives, the Field Marshal was very clear. Germany had 
 
renounced forever any ambitions upon Alsace-Lorraine. Germany not only had no desire to impair 
 
the integrity of the British Empire; it believed in her own interest that the British Empire should be 
 
maintained intact. Germany must retain as an integral part of the German Reich, Austria, the 
 
Sudetenland, and all of those portions of Poland inhabited by German peoples. During the war 
 
Germany would continue her military occupation of Bohemian-Moravia and of Poland. If peace 
 
came, Germany would grant independence to the Czechs, but upon the understanding that they
 
would remain completely demilitarized, so that never again would the Czechs or the Slovaks 
 
constitute a threat toGermany's military security in Central Europe. The Polish people who were 
 
really Poles would be installed in a free and independent Poland with access to the sea. Germany 
 
must regain her colonies. In addition to this, Germany must possess a recognized position of 
 
economic preference in Eastern Europe.
 
          From this point the Field Marshal went on and discussed British policy, and the inability of 
 
Hitler to reach any form of understanding with England. The Field Marshal said that he knew 
 
Hitler so well that he realized that, as a result of so