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And what had happened? The German Government now had
 
the complete archives of Warsaw. It had incontrovertible
 
proof that England had incited the Polish Government to re-
 
fuse to conclude this agreement; it had incontrovertible
 
proof that England had incited the Poles to determine upon
 
war against Germany, and it had incontrovertible proof that
 
statesmen of' countries not in the slightest degree connected
 
with the issues involved had urged the Polish Government to make
 
no concession of any nature to Germany.
 
     Here the Minister paused and looked pointedly at me.
 
My belief is that he desired me to understand that the German
 
authorities have records of representations made to Poland
 
by Bullitt through Biddle and the Polish Ambassador in Paris,
 
in addition to Bullitt' s telephone conversation with Biddle,
 
already published by the German Foreign Office.
 
Finally, the German Government had proof that the British
 
guarantee of military support had been thrust upon Poland,
 
against the wishes and advice of Colonel Beck, and, solely as
 
a means of persuading Poland against reaching any fair under-
 
standing with Germany.
 
      When this stage had been reached the Poles had undertaken 
 
every kind of cruel repression against the German minority in 
Poland. The German Government had attempted time and again to 
 
point out to Poland the dangerous results of such a policy. Torture 
 
and mutilation of Germans were so unbelievable that the Minister 
 
would give me photographs and documentary evidence if I so desired.
 
     And finally Germany, to protect Germans in Poland, and as a 
 
means of self-defense against Polish mobilization had been forced to 
 
take military action. She had even at this last moment attempted to 
 
keep peace with England and France.