If such views existed at the time of the conclusion of the Locarno Treaty, It would have been the duty of the contracting parties to draw attention to them, in which ease the Locarno Treaty would never have been concluded.
Gen. von Ribbentrop declared the French contention that the Pranco-Russian Pact was necessary as a counferpoise to German re-armament obviously rested upon an error, for the Locarno Treaty stipulated the restoration of military equality between Franco and Germany, because the concluding protocol confirmed the obligation of France as well as other nations to follow German disarmament, Because France refused to restore equality in this way, Germany was! compelled to achieve equality by following its, own path towards 1 Locarno objective, Germany, Gen, von Ribbers-added, did not conclude mili ary ances of any sort.
He recalled Germany's repeated' offers of pacification to France, all of which, he said, were refused or Ignored.
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