"At one point, Herr Hitler complained of a British threat against Germany," the Prime Minister continued.
"To this I replied that he must distinguish between a threat against Germany and a warning, and that he might justly complain if he were allowed to think that Great Britain, in no circumstances, would go to war with Germany.
"So strongly did I get the impression that Herr Hitler was contemplating an immediate invasion of Czechoslovakia, that I asked him whether he had allowed me to travel all that way, since I was evidently wasting my time.
Herr Hitler said that, if I could assure him then and there that the British Government accepted the principle of self-determination, he Was quite ready to discuss ways and means of carrying it out.
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