The former Ambassador who knew Hess very well while he was in Germany, said "I regard Hess as the adopted son of Hitler; a man to whom Hitler was devoted and who was devoted to Hitler. He was one of the first men to join the Nazi movement. I.think his number is 21, and it is considered a distinction in Germany to be among the first 100. I don't know much more than you do about his flight, but I do know Hes:
"I do not think Hess has come to Britain to give away German secrets, nor has he come as a spy. The momentous step which he has taken, and which he knew would cause fury and resentment on the part of his leader, showed how deep the feeling must be in Germany today."
What Hess had done was to accelerate Germany's war effort, They would try to force an issue before next winter. When the hope was expressed that "the Government would not make a fool of Hess," Sir Neville Henderson replied: "You can be quite easy. The Government will not treat Hess as anything but a Nazi"—Reuter.
It would be a revolution, adds the newspaper, even if the hero of Verdun could get the French people: used to thinking for themselves, to think for him.
However, it is not generally expected that President Roosevelt's appeal to Frenchmen will succeed where Mr. Churchill's failed last year. American policy for some time has been based on the theory that France, or at least her empire, must be brought back into the Allied camp. as a fighting partner, and the American failure to bring this about is a measure of the tremendous disappointment felt in official circles.
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