After the end of the war, the United States decided to strengthen its position in the European market. To limit the economic opportunities of competitors, the Americans used the issue of the war debts of the former European allies. After the formal entry of the United States into the First World War, they provided the allies (primarily England, France, Italy) in loans in the amount of $ 8.8 billion. The total amount of military debt, including loans provided by the United States in 1919-1921, amounted to more than $ 11 billion.
The debtor countries tried to solve their problems at the expense of Germany, imposing on her a huge amount and extremely difficult conditions for the payment of reparations. As a result of the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles was concluded, according to which the amount of reparations for Germany and its allies was determined. For Germany, this amount was 269 billion gold marks (equivalent to about 100 thousand tons of gold).
In the event of delays in deliveries or payments for repatriation, French troops entered the non-occupied territories of Germany several times. 8.3.21 French and Belgian troops occupied the cities of Duisburg and Dusseldorf. France was able to control ports and receive accurate information on the total exports of coal, steel and finished goods from the Ruhr.
The London ultimatum of 5.5.21 set a schedule for reparations totaling 132 billion gold marks (£ 22 billion), and in case of refusal, the occupation of the Ruhr region was envisaged in retaliation.
In 1922, taking into account the deteriorating economic situation in the Weimar Republic, the Allies abandoned reparations in cash, replacing them with payments in kind (steel, timber, coal). The flight of German capital abroad and tax refusal began. This, in turn, led to a deficit in the state budget, which could only be covered by the mass production of unsecured stamps. The result was the collapse of the German currency - the "great inflation" of 1923, when $ 4, 2 trillion was given for one dollar. stamps. German industrialists began to openly sabotage measures to pay reparations obligations.
9.1.23 The reparations commission stated that the Weimar Republic deliberately delayed deliveries (in 1922, instead of the required 13.8 million tons of coal, only 11.7 million tons, etc.). France used this as an excuse to send troops into the Ruhr Basin. In the period from 11 to 16 January 1923, French and Belgian troops numbering 60 thousand people (later the contingent was increased to 100 thousand) occupied the territory of the Ruhr region, taking the coal and coke production facilities located there as a "production collateral" as security fulfillment by Germany of its reparation obligations. As a result of the occupation, about 7% of the post-war territory of Germany was occupied, where 72% of coal was mined and more than 50% of pig iron and steel were produced.
This was expected by the Anglo-American ruling circles, so that, having allowed France to get bogged down in the undertaken adventure and having proved its inability to solve the problem, to take the initiative into their own hands. US Secretary of State Hughes pointed out: “
In 1923 England, and in 1926 France were forced to sign an agreement with the United States to pay off debts. At the same time, Italy, which has a debt of 2.015 billion dollars, had to pay about 20% of the amount at the rate of 0.4% per annum. Why? Because in 1922, Italy was headed by Prime Minister Mussolini, the leader of the national fascist party, and the upper elite of the United States needed a new war in Europe to expand its zone of influence. The English elite thought to play this card together with the Americans. They did not know that a place among the superpowers was not planned for them …
In Germany, at the beginning of the 1920s, the United States and England, the parties are betting on revanchist sentiments, as well as on the as yet not too well-known, but rapidly gaining popularity politician Adolf Hitler, the leader of the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (NSDAP). By the end of 1923, by the time of the so-called beer putsch (a failed coup attempt by the NSDAP stormtroopers), significant steps had already been taken to bring the Anglo-American and German bankers closer together.
In the depths of the Morgan group, at the direction of Norman, the head of the Bank of England, a program was developed for the penetration of Anglo-American capital into the German economy. This was preceded by active negotiations between Normann's friend, the future head of the Reichsbank Schacht, with British and American colleagues. The plan, providing for a two-fold reduction in reparations and the sources for their payment, was proposed by the American banker Dawes and adopted at a conference in London in the summer of 1924. In the same year, Germany was provided with financial assistance from the United States and England in the form of loans to pay reparations to France.
Due to the fact that the annual payments of reparations went to cover the amount of debts paid by the allies, there was "". The gold that Germany paid in the form of war reparations was sold, pledged and disappeared in the USA, from where it was returned to Germany in the form of "" according to the plan, which gave it to England and France, and they, in turn, paid them the US war debt. The latter, having overlaid it with interest, again sent it to Germany. As a result, everyone in Germany lived in debt, and it was clear that if Wall Street withdraws its loans, the country will suffer complete bankruptcy.
Although formally loans were issued to secure payments, it was actually about restoring the country's military-industrial potential. The Germans paid for loans with shares of enterprises, so that American capital began to actively integrate into the German economy. The total amount of foreign investment in German industry in 1924-1929 amounted to almost 63 billion gold marks (30 billion of which accounted for loans), and the payment of reparations - 10 billion marks. 70% of financial receipts were provided by US bankers, mostly Morgan banks. As a result, already in 1929 german industry came out in second place in the worldbut it was largely in the hands of the leading American financial and industrial groups.
"I. G. Farbenindustry "- the main supplier of the German military machine for 45% who financed Hitler's election campaign in 1930, was under the control of Rockefeller's Standard Oil. The Morgan, through General Electric, controlled the German radio and electrical industry represented by AEG and Siemens (by 1933, 30% of the AEG was owned by General Electric), through the ITT communications company, 40% of the German telephone network. owned 30% of the shares of the aircraft company "Focke-Wulf". Opel was controlled by General Motors, which belonged to the Du Pont family. Henry Ford controlled 100% of the shares of the Volkswagen concern. In 1926, with the participation of the Rockefeller bank Dillon Reed and Co., the second largest industrial monopoly of Germany after IG Farbenindustri emerged - the metallurgical concern Fereinigte Stahlwerke (Steel Trust) Thyssen, Flick, Wolf and Fegler and others.
American cooperation with the German military-industrial complex was so intense and pervasive that by 1933 key branches of German industry and such large banks as Deutsche Bank were under the control of American financial capital. Dresdner Bank, Donat Bank, etc.
At the same time, a political force was being prepared, which was called upon to play a decisive role in the implementation of the Anglo-American plans to conquer most of the world. We are talking about financing the Nazi Party and personally A. Hitler.
As former German Chancellor Brüning wrote in his memoirs, starting with 1923 years, Hitler received large sums from abroad … It is not known where they came from, but they came through Swiss and Swedish banks. It is also known that in 1922, in Munich, Hitler met with the US military attaché in Germany, Captain Truman Smith, who drew up a detailed report on her to the Washington authorities (to the Office of Military Intelligence), in which he spoke highly of Hitler. It was through Smith that Ernst Franz Zedgwik Hanfstaengl, a Harvard University graduate who played an important role in the formation of Hitler as a politician, who provided him with significant financial support and provided him with acquaintance and connections with high-ranking British figures, was introduced to Hitler's circle of acquaintances.
In 1930, a new reparations plan was adopted, which was called the Young plan. Young's plan provided for a reduction in the total amount of reparations from 132 to 113.9 billion marks, the payment period was envisaged in 59 years, and annual payments were reduced.
To finally resolve the issue of reparations, a conference was convened in Lausanne, which ended with the signing of an agreement on July 9, 32, on the repurchase by Germany for 3 billion gold marks of its reparation obligations with the redemption of bonds within 15 years. The Lausanne Treaty was signed by Germany, France, England, Belgium, Italy, Japan, Poland and the British dominions.
This agreement was not enforced because after Hitler came to power in Germany on 30.1.33, the payment of reparations payments was stopped. After World War II, Germany again began to make payments on the above reparation payments. On October 4, 2010, the German Federal Bank made the last payment.
In the fall of 1929, after the collapse of the American stock exchange, provoked by the US Federal Reserve Service, a new stage in the strategy of the Anglo-American financial circles began to be implemented. The Federal Reserve Service and the Morgan Banking House decide to end lending to Germany, prompting a banking crisis and economic depression in Central Europe. In September 1931, England abandoned the gold standard, deliberately destroying the international payment system and completely cutting off the financial oxygen of the Weimar Republic.
However, a financial miracle occurs with the NSDAP: in September 1930, as a result of large donations from Thyssen “I. G. Farbenindustri and Kirdorf, the party receives 6.4 million votes, ranks second in the Reichstag, after which generous infusions from abroad will intensify. Schacht becomes the main link between the largest German industrialists and foreign financiers.
4.1.32 a meeting of the largest English financier Norman with Hitler and von Papen took place, at which a secret agreement was concluded on the financing of the NSDAP. The Dulles brothers, American politicians, were also present at this meeting.
On 14 January 1993, Hitler met with Schroeder, Papen and Kepler, where Hitler's program was fully approved. It was here that the issue of transferring power to the Nazis was finally resolved, and on January 30, Hitler became Reich Chancellor. Now begins the implementation of the next stage of preparing Germany for a new war.
The attitude of the Anglo-American ruling circles towards the new government became extremely sympathetic. When Hitler refused to pay reparations, which naturally called into question the payment of war debts, neither Britain nor France made any claims to him about the payments. Moreover, after a trip to the United States in May 1933 by Schacht, who was put again at the head of the Reichsbank.and his meetings with the president and major bankers America provided Germany with new loans totaling one billion dollars. In June, during a trip to London and a meeting with Norman, Schacht is seeking a British loan of $ 2 billion and a reduction and then termination of payments on old loans. Thus, the Nazis got what the previous governments could not achieve.
On February 28, 1933, Germany's external debt was 23.3 billion marks (5.55 billion dollars). During 1934, this debt was written off by 97%, which saved Germany 1.043 billion marks. American banks, to which Germany owed $ 1.788 billion, agreed to the concessions, since they received $ 13 billion only for the placement of bonds according to the plans of Dawes and Jung. The United States pushed Germany to develop.
In the summer of 1934, Britain entered into an Anglo-German transfer agreement, which became one of the foundations of British policy towards the Third Reich, and by the end of the 30s Germany was becoming Britain's main trading partner. Schroeder Bank becomes Germany's main agent in Great Britain, and in 1936 its New York branch merges with the Rockefeller House to create the Schroeder, Rockefeller & Co. investment bank, which Time magazine has described as "the economic propagandist of the Berlin-Rome axis. ". As Hitler himself admitted, he conceived his four-year plan on the financial basis of a foreign loan, so he never gave him the slightest alarm.
In August 1934, the American Standard Oil purchased 730,000 acres of land in Germany and built large refineries that supplied the Nazis with oil. At the same time, the most modern equipment for aircraft factories was secretly delivered to Germany from the United States, on which the production of German aircraft will begin. Germany received a large number of military patents from the American firms Pratt and Whitney, Douglas, and Bendix Aviation, and the Junkers-87 was built using American technologies. By 1941, when World War II was raging, American investments in the German economy totaled $ 475 million. Standard Oil invested 120 million in it, General Motors - 35 million, ITT - 30 million, and Ford - 17.5 million.
American bankers don't want peace in Europe, they need war. That's not why they spent billions of dollars. This is somewhat reminiscent of our recent past, when using the "policy of chaos" the peace in the countries of North Africa and in the Arab world was practically blown up….
As a consequence, the expenditure on the German armed forces increases. If Germany's military expenditures in 1932 amounted to 0, 254 billion dollars, then in 1936 and 1939 this amount was 3, 6 and 4.5 billion dollars, respectively.
From 1933-34 in the foreign policy of England and the United States, the idea of "appeasing" Germany at the expense of Eastern Europe and the USSR came to the fore. The Americans would not mind grabbing pieces of the Far Eastern and northern territories from the defeated Soviet Union. But as always, I wanted to do it “by someone else's hands”.
At dawn on March 7, 1936, 19 infantry battalions of the German army and several military aircraft were deployed to the Rhineland. This was the first attempt to try to destabilize and reshape the tranquility in Central Europe. Hitler later said: "".
Sources of information mention that the German troops, when entering the Rhineland, did not even have cartridges and shells. The Americans and the British held the French by the trousers. The French did not know then that these countries were preparing to sacrifice them …
Separate negotiations between the United States and Britain with Germany in November 1937 showed the German leadership that neither Britain, nor the United States, nor France would interfere in the case of the annexation of Austria, the Sudetenland and Danzig, if these changes did not lead to war in Europe. Attempts Austria find support in England and France futile … On March 12-13, 1938, Austria was annexed by Germany. European democracy surrendered the first sovereign country to the Nazis.
Please note that the time in question is somewhat reminiscent of our time. Then, too, they tried to be guided not by the principles of security and the prevention of war, but just the opposite - the gradual kindling of a world fire. The press also distorted the information: white was said to be black, and black - white. It was possible to accuse and not present evidence. European civilization has again slipped to the threshold of world war. And again, as before the first war, everything happens according to the scenario painted in the United States. And again on the sidelines England …
On March 11-19, 1938, Poland began to put pressure on Lithuania in order to obtain from it the establishment of diplomatic relations and the recognition of the Vilna region as Polish territory. These ultimatum demands were supported by Germany, which was interested in the return of the German Memel (Klaipeda). Soviet intervention and France's refusal to support Poland's actions limited Polish demands only to the establishment of diplomatic relations. The USSR at that time helped Lithuania to maintain its integrity. We see that at that time Poland was ready to become the same aggressor as Germany.
The aggravation of the situation in Czechoslovakia in April-May 1938 also demonstrated the unwillingness of England and France to interfere in the affairs of Eastern Europe. Britain and France, as well as the United States behind them, prepared a corridor for Hitler to march against the USSR. Therefore, the proposals of the USSR to conduct military negotiations with France and Czechoslovakia from 04/27/38 and 05/13/38 were not accepted, since it would have been "". The armed forces of Czechoslovakia and the USSR could easily disperse the troops of Germany at that time. But the Anglo-Americans did not need it …
In May 1938, Britain and France stepped up pressure on Czechoslovakia in favor of transferring the border regions to Germany. The British feared that the intransigence of Czechoslovakia could lead to an American-German rapprochement. The United States, for its part, through the Ambassador in London on 20.07.38 hinted to Berlin that in case of cooperation with them Washington would support German claims on England or would have done everything to satisfy the German demands on Czechoslovakia.
On September 29-30, 1938, England and France handed over the Sudetenland to Germany in exchange for a declaration of non-aggression. As a result of this agreement France's military alliance system collapsed … The plan to weaken France was gradually being implemented. France could be left alone in the battle with Germany and therefore she kept her "ally" England …
On October 21-22, Poland began a probe for the normalization of Soviet-Polish relations.
On October 24, Germany proposed to Poland to settle the problems of Danzig and the "Polish corridor" on the basis of cooperation within the framework of the Anti-Comintern Pact. However, Poland continued its policy of balancing between Germany and the USSR.
On November 26, the German Embassy in Warsaw learned that the Polish Telegraph Agency intended to publish an official Polish-Soviet declaration in a few hours. Two hours later, the text of the declaration became known. The German ambassador was amazed and postponed the planned trip. In delivering the text of the declaration to Berlin, he stressed in his report that the declaration was caused by the economic needs of Poland and in its political formulations was unequivocally directed against Germany.
On November 27, a communiqué was signed on the normalization of relations. The Polish leadership was afraid loss of independence with rapprochement with Germany. On the same day, the Polish government and the German embassy awaited Berlin's reaction with bated breath.
On November 28 in Berlin newspapers one could read an explanation that the Polish-Soviet declaration was really necessary, since the existing relationship between the two countries could no longer be tolerated. Polish government circles took this reaction with great relief. In the evening of the same day, the press department of the Polish Foreign Ministry telephoned all German correspondents in Warsaw: “
On December 1, at a reception by Ribbentrop of the German ambassador to Poland, it became clear that Ribbentrop had not yet received any instructions regarding the policy that Germany would take towards Poland. Further, it turned out that Ribbentrop was personally incapable of assessing the significance of the Polish-Soviet step. He was very surprised when it was again reported to him that this step was primarily directed against Germany. "", - he replied …
In October 1938 - in March 1939, secret Anglo-German negotiations took place. On March 15-16, a cartel agreement was signed by industry representatives from both sides.
From October 1938, France also tried to improve relations with Germany.
In the fall of 1938, Germany began to establish economic relations with the USSR. On 19.12.38 the Soviet-German trade agreement was extended for 1939.
On January 5-6, 1939, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs paid a visit to Germany. Beck showed flexibility and German territorial claims were not accepted. Accept Germany's proposal, and Poland was among Germany's allies in the war with the USSR. She really wanted to be among the equal allies of Germany, but this was unprofitable for England and the United States.
Special message of the RU RKKA 10.2.39: «…»
On January 12, Hungary announced its readiness to join the anti-Comintern pact.
On February 19, a Soviet-Polish trade agreement was signed.
From the end of February, Poland begins to develop a plan ("Zahud") for a war with Germany.
In mid-March, England, France and the United States have information about Germany's preparation for the occupation of Czechoslovakia, but the guarantors of the Munich Agreement did not provide for any countermeasures. As in the case with Ukraine in 2014, the "guarantors" do not guarantee anything. Real dzheltemeny - I want to give the floor, I want - I will take it.
14.03 - Slovakia declared independence.
15.03 - German troops entered the Czech Republic.
21.03 - England put forward a proposal to sign the Anglo-French-Soviet-Polish declaration on consultations in the event of aggression. On the same day, Germany again proposed to Poland to resolve the issue of transferring Danzig and the "Polish corridor" in exchange for joining the Anti-Comintern Pact with the prospect of anti-Soviet actions. Poland continued to "maneuver" between Berlin and Moscow. Paris and London tried to unite Poland and Romania in a single union - Poland was not going to worsen relations with Berlin, so it refused.
On March 21-23, Germany, under the threat of the use of force, forced Lithuania to transfer the Memel region to it.
Special message 03/22/39: «…»
Special message 03/23/39: «…»
There is no Soviet threat for these countries, but they are surrendered and pushed hard in the back into Hitler's camp.
On March 23, a German-Romanian economic agreement was signed. Poland begins covert mobilization deployment of four divisions and one cavalry. brigades.
On April 1, Berlin threatened England to terminate the Anglo-German naval agreement of 1935 if London did not end its policy of encircling Germany.
Special message, 1.04.39: «…»
On April 3, OKW Chief of Staff Keitel informed the commanders-in-chief of the ground forces, the Air Force and the Navy that the project "." and a draft plan for the war with Poland ("Weiss"). By May 1, you must submit your views on the use of troops against Poland. Complete War Preparations to 1.09.39 G.
On April 7-12, Italy occupied Albania.
On April 12, Britain and France gave security guarantees to Turkey in order to exclude its rapprochement with Germany.
On April 13, England and France gave security guarantees to Greece and Romania.
On April 14, 1939, the British government invited the Soviet government to make a public statement that "".
In this sentence there were no obligations of England and France in the event of a direct German attack on the USSR, although in relation to each other, both Western powers were already bound by obligations of mutual assistance. According to the British project, the Soviet Union was to provide assistance (ie, fight) against the aggressor in the event of his attack on any of the European neighbors of the USSR, on the condition that Soviet assistance "turns out to be desirable."
A sort of Russian sepoys … And after a new war, English and French soldiers will come and finish off the remaining German, Russian and other East Slavs …
The European neighbors of the USSR were Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Romania. The last two states had guarantees from England and France, and, consequently, by providing them with assistance, the Soviet country could count on fighting against the aggressor in alliance with two other great powers. However, in the event of a fascist attack on Finland, Estonia or Latvia, the British proposal gave the Soviet Union no reason to count on their support. Meanwhile, for the USSR, Germany's attack on the Baltic countries, due to their geographical position, was no less dangerous than her attack on Poland and Romania. By binding the Soviet Union with an obligation to help the Baltic states, the British proposal left England and France "hands free."
On April 15, the US president offered Germany and Italy to make promises not to attack the 31 countries mentioned in his message in exchange for support on the issue of equal rights in international trade.
Special message. "Ramsay", 04/17/39: “Over the next year or two years, German policy will be exclusively focused on the French and British issues, taking into account all issues related to the USSR. The main goal of Germany is to achieve such a political and military strength that England I had to recognize Germany's claims for hegemony in Central Europe and her colonial claims without war … Only on this basis will Germany be ready to conclude a long-term peace with England, even renouncing Italy, and start a war with the USSR.
In the near future, according to the secretary, the most dangerous development of events in Europe is expected, as Germany and Italy must hurry take over England, for they know that in two years it will be too late in view of the fact that England has large reserves …"
On April 28, Germany terminated the 1935 Anglo-German naval agreement and the 1934 non-aggression pact with Poland.
On April 30, Germany informally informed England and France that if they did not convince Poland to compromise, Berlin would become improve relations with the USSR.
On May 9-10, 1939, in response to Soviet proposals, Poland announced that it would not agree to an alliance with Moscow. Probably, the Poles were advised by their "friends" from England and France.
On May 14-19, the Franco-Polish negotiations on military convection take place. France promised support to Poland in the German attack.
Special message. "Ramsay", 05.05.39: «»
Special message of the 5th Directorate of the Red Army 9.5.39: «»
The international situation and actions of the countries in the near future are well predicted. Germany at this time is more afraid of the Red Army than the armed forces of England and France.
20.05. Germany offered the USSR to resume economic negotiations.
The Soviet side hinted at the need to fit the relationship into a "political base."
Berlin received information from London about the difficulties in the Anglo-French-Soviet negotiations.
France probes Germany's position on improving relations.
21.05. Germany decided not to rush events in Moscow.
22.05. signed "Steel Pact" between Germany and Italy.
24.05. England decided to support negotiations in Moscow for some time.
May 23-30. Anglo-Polish negotiations. London promised to provide 1,300 warplanes and undertake aerial bombardments of Germany in case of aggression against Poland.
27.05. Moscow received new Anglo-French proposals: a mutual assistance agreement for 5 years and so on.
30.05. Having learned about the proposals of the USSR from England and France, Germany specifies in Moscow what the phrase about "political base" means.
31.05. At the session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR V. Molotov criticized the position of Britain and France in the negotiations, which did not want to give guarantees to the Baltic countries [about aggression against these countries].
On 2.06, Soviet-German economic contacts were resumed.
The USSR presented Britain and France with a new draft treaty.
Estonia and Latvia spoke out against guarantees from Britain, France and the USSR.
07.06. Latvia and Estonia concluded non-aggression pacts with Germany.
June 06-07. England and France spoke in favor of an agreement with the USSR.
08.06. Germany achieved from the USSR consent to the resumption of economic negotiations.
12.06. Moscow notified London that without guarantees the Baltic countries would not agree to sign the treaty.
13.06. Britain probed Germany's position on the curtailment of the arms race, an economic agreement and the colonies.
15.06. Berlin hinted to London that the British guarantees to Poland provoke Germany to use force and they must be withdrawn. The final version of the Weiss plan has been prepared.
16.06. The USSR again demanded from England and France reciprocity and guarantees to the Baltic countries or the conclusion of a simple triple treaty without guarantees to third countries.
17.06. Economic contacts between Germany and the USSR failed. Germany considered the proposals of the Soviet side too high.
21.06. A new Anglo-French proposal from the USSR followed.
22.06. The USSR again proposed the conclusion of a simple tripartite treaty.
27.06. England again probed Germany's position on the subject of negotiations.
Economic contacts between Germany and the USSR failed. Germany again considered the proposals of the Soviet side too high.
28.06. Germany declared the need to normalize Soviet-German relations.
In June, during the next Anglo-French negotiations, it was decidedthat the allies would not help Poland. Will try to keep Italy from entering the war and will not attack Germany.
During the Anglo-Polish negotiations, it turned out that England will not supply the latest military equipment, and the loan requested by the Poles for military needs was cut from 50 to 8 million pounds sterling.
Germany still has not received a firm answer: what will England and France do in the event of a German-Polish war.
01.07. Britain and France agreed with the USSR's proposals for guarantees to the Baltic countries.
Moscow hinted to Berlin that "".
03.07. The USSR refused to guarantee Holland, Luxembourg and Switzerland, making it a condition of guarantees to conclude bilateral treaties with Poland and Turkey [we are talking about non-aggression].
07.07. Germany decided to resume economic contacts on Soviet terms.
08.07. Britain and France noted that the treaty was generally agreed upon, but a discussion about "indirect aggression" began.
Germany agreed to a secret meeting with the British.
Special message of the 5th Directorate of the Red Army 9.7.39: «…»
10.07. England decided to reach a compromise with the USSR on the basis of mutual concessions, but "". It turned out that Moscow is not making concessions.
17-19.07. British General W. Ironside visited Poland. Made sure that she will not be able to resist the German offensive for a long time and they did nothing about strengthening the defense capability of Poland. Everything goes according to plan…
18.07. Economic contacts between Germany and the USSR continued in Berlin. The USSR made some concessions.
19.07. The British leadership decided never to recognize the Soviet formulation of "indirect aggression", but to agree to further negotiations in order to complicate Soviet-German contacts.
22.07. Germany decided to renew the political probe of the position of the USSR.
23.07. Britain and France agreed to the military negotiations proposed by Moscow, and notified it on 25.07.
24.07. Germany once again probed the USSR, offering to take into account Soviet interests in Romania and the Baltic states in exchange for refusing the treaty with Britain.
22-25.07. An agreement was reached on an informal meeting in Schleswig of representatives Germany and England.
They found out about these contacts in France and on 24.07 they passed the information to the press.
The author used materials from the article Yuri Rubtsov
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