The Prime Minister enjoined members not to think that Herr Hitler was deliberately deceiving him. He did-mot think so for one moment. Hitler's memorandum and map, which proposed that the Sudeten areas be ceded immediately or after a plebiscite, if necessary, was handed to him at the final interview.
"For the first time I found in the memorandum a time limit. Accordingly, on this occasion, I spoke most frankly. I dwelt with all emphasis on the risks which would be incurred on insisting on such terms and the terrible consequences which would follow for all if a war ensued.
"I declared that the language and manner of the document, which I described as an ultimatum, would profoundly shock public opinion in neutral countries, and I bitterly reproached the Chancellor for his failure to respond in any way to the efforts I had made to secure peace"
(cheers).
"Despite these' plain words," the Prime Minister continued, "the conversation was carried on in more friendly terms than any yet preceded it" Qaughter).
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