"I told him, however," Mr. Chamberlain went on, "that' such a principle could not be considered and that It was useless to continue the con "T agreed to return to consult my colleagues if ho would refrain from hostilities until 1 had obtained their reply. His assurance, provid willing happened in Czechoslovakia, would bind his hands.
"That assurance," the Prime Minister said, "has remained binding ever since."
Lora Runciman returned to London, from Prague, at the same time as he did, Mfr. Chamberlain went on. He told the Cabinet that, in his opinion, the responsibility for the final breach In the negotiations in Prague rested with the Sudeten extremists.
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