Referring to the Munich Declaration, Sir Samuel Hoare said that he refused to accept the view of those critics who declared that they could mot believe the pledges of the German Chancellor, He must admit, he went on, that ithe occasions when, having disclaimed the use of force, Herr Hitler had yet had recourse to it gave cause for anxiety, He recalled the Naval Agreement between Great Britain and Germany, however, by which Germany had stood faithfully, as a powerful reassurance of Herr Hitler's desire for friendship with Great Britain.
He added that friendly relations with England had always been a cardinal point in Herr Hitler's policy.
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