The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany (231 page)

29
.
TMWC
, XVI, pp. 654–55.

30
. Text,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 42–45.

31
. Text,
DGFP
, IV, p. 241.

32
.
Berlin Diary
, p. 156.

33
.
The Ciano Diaries, 1939–1943
, pp. 9–12.

34
. Text,
DGFP
, IV, pp. 274–75.

35
.
Ibid.
, pp. 273–74.

36
.
DGFP
, VI, pp. 20–21.

37
.
Ibid.
, pp. 16–17, 40.

38
.
Reports of Dirksen, March 18, 1939,
ibid.
, pp. 24–25, 36–39.

39
.
Ibid.
p. 39.

 1
. German memo of meeting,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 104–7. Lipski’s report to Beck,
Polish White Book
, No. 44; given in
NCA
, VIII, p. 483 (N.D. TC–73. No. 44).

 2
. Hitler’s assurance to Lipski, Nov. 15, 1937,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 26–27; assurance to Beck, Jan. 14, 1938,
ibid.
, p. 39.

 3
. Beck’s instructions to Lipski, Oct. 31, 1938,
Polish White Book
, No. 45;
NCA
, VII, pp. 484–86. Ribbentrop’s memo on meeting with Lipski, Nov. 19,
DGFP
, V, pp. 127–29.

 4
. German memo of meeting by Dr. Schmidt,
DGFP
, V, pp. 152–58. Polish minutes on,
Polish White Book
, No. 48;
NCA
, VIII, pp. 48688 (N.D.TC–73).

 5
. Ribbentrop’s memo of the meeting,
DGFP
, V, pp. 159–61. Polish minutes on,
Polish White Book
, No. 49;
NCA
, VIII, p. 488 (N.D. TC–73).

 6
. Ribbentrop’s memo of his meeting with Beck in Warsaw, Jan. 26, 1939,
DGFP
, V, pp. 167–68; Beck’s version is given in the
Polish White Book
, No. 52.

 7
. Dispatch of Moltke, Feb. 26, 1939,
DGFP
, VI, p. 172.

 8
. Lipski’s dispatch to Warsaw on the meeting,
Polish White Book
, No. 61; also in
NCA
, VIII, pp. 489–92 (N.D. TC–73, No. 61). Ribbentrop’s memo of the meeting,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 70–72.

 9
. Foreign Office memo of the meeting,
DGFP
, V, pp. 524–26.

10
.
Ibid.
, pp. 502–4.

11
. Source for this paragraph:
DGFP
, V, pp. 528–30.

12
.
DGFP
, VI, p. 97.

13
.
Ibid.
, pp. 110–11.

14
.
NCA
, VII, pp. 83–86 (N.D. R-100).

15
. Text in
DGFP
, VI, pp. 122–24. Ribbentrop’s report on March 26 meeting with Lipski,
ibid.
, pp. 121–22; Polish version,
White Book
, No. 63.

16
. Dr. Schmidt’s memo of the meeting,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 135–36.

17
. Moltke’s dispatch,
ibid.
, pp. 147–48; Polish version,
White Book
, No. 64.

18
.
DBrFP
, IV, No. 538.

19
. See
DBrFP
, IV, Nos. 485,518, 538 (text of Anglo–French proposal), 561,563,566,571,573.

20
.
Ibid.
, No. 498.

21
.
DBrFP
, V, No. 12.

22
. Quoted by Gisevius,
op. cit.
, p. 363.

23
. The text of Case White,
NCA
, VI, pp. 916–28; a partial translation is in
DGFP
, VI, pp. 186–87, 223–28 (N.D. C–120). The text of the original German is in
TMWC
, XXXIV, pp. 380–422.

24
. Confidential German memos on the Goering-Mussolini talks are in
DGFP
, VI, pp. 248–53, 258–63. See also
The Ciano Diaries
, pp. 66–67.

25
. The circular telegram of April 17, 1939,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 264–65; Foreign Office memo of the answers,
ibid.
, pp. 309–10; Weizsaecker’s call to German minister in Riga, April 18,
ibid.
, pp. 283–84.

26
.
Ibid.
, pp. 355, 399.

27
.
DGFP
, IV, pp. 602–7.

28
.
Ibid.
, (dispatch of Oct. 26, 1938).

29
.
Ibid.
, pp. 608–9.

30
.
Ibid.
, p. 631.

31
.
DGFP
, VI, pp. 1–3.

32
. Davies,
Mission to Moscow
, pp. 437–39. Ambassador Sieds’s dispatch,
DBrFP
, IV, No. 419.

33
. Boothby, I
Fight to Live
, p. 189. Halifax statement to Maisky,
DBrFP
, IV, No. 433.

34
.
DGFP
, VI, pp. 88–89.

35
.
Ibid.
, p. 139.

36
. German memo of Goering-Mussolini talk, April 16, 1939,
ibid.
, pp. 259–60.

37
.
Ibid.
, pp. 266–67.

38
.
Ibid.
, pp. 419–20.

39
.
Ibid.
, p. 429.

40
.
Ibid.
, pp. 535–36.

41
.
Nazi–Soviet Relations, 1939–41
[hereafter referred to as
NSR
], pp. 5–7, 8–9.

42
.
French Yellow Book
, Dispatches Nos. 123, 125. I have used the French-language edition (
Le Livre Jaune Français
), but I believe the English edition carries the same numbers for dispatches.

43
.
DGFP
, VI, pp. 1, 111. Appendix I
of this volume contains a number of memoranda on the staff talks taken from the German naval archives.

44
.
The Ciano Diaries
, pp. 67–68.

45
. German memo on the Milan meeting,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 450–52. Ciano’s minutes,
Ciano’s Diplomatic Papers
, pp. 282–87.

46
. Text of the treaty of alliance,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 561–64. A secret protocol contained nothing of significance.

47
. Schmundt’s minutes, May 23, 1939,
NC A
, VII, pp. 847–54 (N.D. L–79). There is also an English translation in
DGFP
, VI, pp. 574–80. The German text is in
TMWC
, XXXVII, pp. 546–56.

48
. For details of the plan, see N.D. NOKW-2584. This is in the
TWC
volumes [
Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals
].

49
.
NCA
, VI, pp. 926–27 (N.D. C–120).

50
.
TMWC
, XXXIV, pp. 428–42 (N.D. C–126). The English translation of this document in
NCA
, VI, pp. 937–38, is so abbreviated that it has little value.

51
.
NCA
, VI, p. 827 (N.D. C–23).

52
. Text of the Anglo–French draft,
DBrFP
, V, No. 624; the British ambassador’s account of Molotov’s reaction is in the same volume, Nos. 648 and 657.

53
. “Urgent” dispatch of May 31,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 616–17.

54
. Dispatch of June 1,
ibid.
, pp. 624–26.

55
.
Ibid.
, p. 547.

56
.
Ibid.
, pp. 589–93.

57
.
Ibid.
, p. 593.

58
. Letter, Weizsaecker to Schulenburg, May 27, with postscript of May 30, pp. 597–98.

59
.
Ibid.
, pp. 608–9.

60
.
Ibid.
, pp. 618–20.

61
.
Ibid.
, pp. 790–91.

62
.
Ibid.
, pp. 805–7.

63
.
Ibid.
, p. 810.

64
.
Ibid.
, p. 813.

65
.
DBrFP
, V, Nos. 5 and 38.

66
.
Pravda
, June 29, 1939.

67
. Dispatch of June 29,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 808–9.

68
.
TMWC
, XXXIV, pp. 493–500 (N.D. C–142). It is given much more briefly in English translation in
NCA
, VI, p. 956.

69
.
NCA
, IV, pp. 1035–36 (N.D. 2327—PS).

70
.
NCA
, VI,’ p. 934 (N.D. C–126).

71
. The secret minutes of the meeting of the Reich Defense Council, June 23, 1939,
NCA
, VI, pp. 718–31 (N.D. 3787–PS).

72
.
DGFP
, VI, pp. 750, 920–21.

73
.
Ibid.
, pp. 864–65.

74
. Text of notes,
DGFP
, VII, pp. 4–5, 9–10.

75
. Report of Burckhardt to the League of Nations, March 19, 1940. Text in
Documents on International Affairs, 1939–1946
, I, pp. 346–47.

76
.
DGFP
, VI, pp. 936–38.

77
.
Ibid.
, pp. 955–56.

78
. Schnurre’s memo,
ibid.
, pp. 11069.

79
.
Ibid.
, pp. 1015–16.

80
.
Ibid.
, pp. 1022–23.

81
.
Ibid.
, pp. 1010–11.

82
.
Ibid.
, p. 1021.

83
.
DBrFP
, IV, No. 183.

84
. See
DBrFP
, VI, Nos. 329, 338, 346, 357, 358, 376, 399.

85
.
Ibid.
,

86
. Two dispatches of Aug. 1,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 1033–34.

87
.
DBrFP
, Appendix V, p. 763.

88
. Burnett’s letter in
DBrFP
, VII, Appendix II, p. 600; Seeds’s telegram,
ibid.
, VI, No. 416.

89
.
DGFP
, VI, p. 1047.

90
.
Ibid.
,

91
.
Ibid.
,

92
.
Ibid.
,

93
.
Ibid.
,

94
.
French Yellow Book
, Fr. ed., pp. 250–51.

95
. Text of two letters,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 973–74.

96
. Attolico’s dispatch on his July 6 meeting with Ribbentrop is printed in I
Documenti diplomatica italiani
[hereafter cited as
DDI
], Seventh Series, XII, No. 503. I have used the quotation and paraphrasing from
The Eve of the War
, ed. by Arnold and Veronica M. Toynbee.

97
. Memo of Weizsaecker,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 971–72.

98
.
The Ciano Diaries
, pp. 113–14.

99
.
lbid.
, pp. 116–18.

100
.
The Ciano Diaries,
pp. 118–19, 582–83. Ciano’s minutes of the meeting with Ribbentrop are in
Ciano’s Diplomatic Papers
, pp. 297–98; also in
DDI
, Eighth Series, XIII, No. 1. No German record of this meeting has been found.

101
. The captured German minutes of the meetings on Aug. 12 and 13 were presented at Nuremberg as documents 1871–PS and TC–77. The latter is the more complete and is published in English translation in
NCA
, VIII, pp. 516–29. I have used the version signed by Dr. Schmidt, in
DGFP
, VII, pp. 39–49, 53–56. Ciano’s record of his two talks with Hitler are in
Ciano’s Diplomatic Papers
, pp. 303–4, and in
DDI
, XIII, Nos. 4 and 21. Also the entries for Aug. 12 and 13, 1939, and Dec. 23, 1943, in his
Diaries
, pp. 119–20, 582–83.

102
. This extract from Halder’s diary is published in
DGFP
, VII, p. 556.

103
. See
DDI
, Seventh Series, XIII, No. 28, and
DBrFP
, VI, No. 662.

 1
. Schnurre’s memo of the meeting, taken from his dispatch to the embassy in Moscow, Aug. 14, 1939,
DGFP
, VII, pp. 58–59.

 2
. Text of Schulenburg’s letter,
ibid.
, pp. 67–68.

 3
. Text of Ribbentrop’s telegram,
ibid.
, pp. 62–64.

 4
. The memo of the British businessmen was found in a file of Goering’s office and is published in
DGFP
, VI, pp. 1088–93. There are numerous jottings on the document in Goering’s handwriting. “Oho!” he scribbled several times opposite statements that obviously he could not believe. The whole fantastic and somewhat ludicrous story of Dahlerus’ peace mission which brought him briefly to the center of the stage at a momentous moment is told in his own book,
The Last Attempt.
Also in his testimony at Nuremberg,
TMWC
, IX, pp. 457–91, and in Sir Lewis Namier’s
Diplomatic Prelude
, pp. 417–33; the chapter is entitled “An Interloper in Diplomacy.”

 5
. Interrogation of Halder, Feb. 26, 1946,
NCA
, Suppl. B, p. 1562.

 6
. Hassell,
op. cit.
, pp. 53, 58–59.

 7
. Thomas, “Gedanken und Ereignisse,”
Schweizerische Monatshefte
, December 1945.

 8
. Memo of Canaris on conversation with Keitel, Aug. 17, 1939,
NCA
, III, p. 580 (N.D. 795–PS).

 9
. Naujocks affidavit,
NCA
, VI, pp. 390–92 (N.D. 2751–PS).

10
. Dispatch of Schulenburg, 2:48
A.M
., Aug. 16,
DGFP
, VII, pp. 7677. The ambassador gave a fuller account in a memo dispatched by courier, and he added details in a letter to Weizsaecker,
ibid.
, pp. 87–90, 99–100.

11
.
DBrFP
, Third Series, VII, pp. 41–42. For Ambassador Steinhardt’s reports see
U.S. Diplomatic Papers, 1939
, I, pp. 296–99, 334.