Herr Hitlers desire for British friendship was also apparent throughout the incidents recorded in the document, which registers the opinion that Germany ordered the advance into Poland on August 25. The subsequent delay was probably due to a desire to detach Britain from Poland, Herr Hitler had unlimited confidence in his army and air force, however, the Ambassador declares, and was certainly not averse from using them in Poland, "In two months, he told me, the war in the east would have ended, and he would then hurl 160 divisions against the west if England were so unwise as to oppose his plans."
The Ambassador alludes to Herr Hitler's friendly and reasonable demean our during the negotiations in the last days of August until August 29, when the press published an allegation regarding the murder of six Germans in Poland, which story was probably exaggerated by extremists in fear lest he should be weakening. The interview that day, however, closed with an honest harangue about Herr Hitler's constant endea-your to win British friendship, his respect for the British Empire, and his liking for Englishmen generally.
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