The official explanation here of the decision not to relay Herr Hitler's speech yesterday over the radio is that the "time of day is not likely 10 arow a large audience of listeners, and jit was therefore decided to make records of the speech, and play them l.ver at an hour when' most people are 11 is insisted that the sudden breakoff of the shortwave relay to the United "States was "due" to a ltechnicat fault or mistake." It is une eficially suggested, however, that herr sitter, having prepared a'speech more veneral tines, containing jtemark of special American interest, re-drafted his speech after the state-Iment made by Mr. Neville Chamber= lain, and concentrated on Britain. As little of special American interest then remained in the speech, it is Joointed out, it was decided at the last isoment not to broadcast the speech to America. Through some technical teh, some of the speech got on the The official version of the speech jas not released until Herr Hitler, who spoke from notes, had had the lcprortunity to study carefully, aboard Inve Strength Through Joy liner Robert JLey, what it looked like sri writing Nobody noticed: any serious dislerepancies between the written version, and that broadcast on gramo-
Lo Bourget, Apr, 2—Viscount Gort, British Chief of Staff, accompanied by his suite of military experts, left by plane for London at 3.05 pain. today, He was seen off at the airport by General Maurice Gamelin, French Chief of Staff—Havas. without permission.
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