:)))) Более того, почитайте дальше, как уличали Риббентропа в его
лживых показаниях о миролябии Гитлера и его нерешительности в польском вопросе до момента заключения соглашения со Сталиным.
`A. It may be strange to say so, but I should like to say, first, that it looks as if I was not present during this
conference. That was a military conference, and Hitler used to hold these military conferences quite separately
from the political conferences. He did now and then mention that we had to have Lebensraum (living space), but
I knew nothing, and he never told me anything at that time - that is in May 1939 - of an intention to attack Poland.
Yes, I think this was kept apart deliberately as had been done in other cases, because he always wanted his
diplomats to work wholeheartedly for a diplomatic solution.
Q. You mean to say that Hitler was deliberately keeping you in the dark as to his real aims; that Danzig was not
the subject of dispute and what he really wanted was Lebensraum; is that your story?
A. Yes, I assume that he did that deliberately because -
Q. Well now, just look at the very short paragraph a little further on where he says: "There is no question of
sparing Poland, and we are left with no alternative but to attack her at the first suitable opportunity. We cannot
expect a repetition of the Czech affair. There will be war. Our task is to isolate Poland."
Do you tell the Tribunal that he never said that to his Foreign Minister?
A. I did not quite understand that question.
Q. It is a perfectly simple one. Do you tell the Tribunal that Hitler never mentioned what I have just read from his
speech, that there is to be no question of sparing Poland; that you had to attack Poland at the first opportunity,
and your task was to isolate Poland? Are you telling the Tribunal that Hitler never mentioned that to his Foreign
Minister, who would have the practical conduct of foreign policy?
A. No, he did not mention it at that time, but, according to my recollection, only much later - in the summer of
1939 to be exact. At that time he did say that he was resolved to solve the problem one way or another.
Q. And do you say that you did not know in May that Hitler wanted war?
A. Did he want what?
Q. You did not know in May that Hitler wanted war?
И дальше не откажу себе в удовольствии уличить во лжи Ваш источник:)
`Q. It is quite clear from the document that he did want war, is it not?
A. This document, no doubt, shows the intention of an action against Poland, but I know that Hitler often used
strong language to his military men, that is, he spoke as though he had the firm intention of attacking a certain
country in some way, but whether he actually carried it out later is an entirely different question. I know that he
repeatedly told me that one had to talk with military men as if war was about to break out here or there on the
next day.
Q. Now, I want to ask you about another point. You said on Friday that you had never expressed the view that
Great Britain would stay out of a war and would fail to honour her guarantee to Poland. Do you remember
saying that?
A. Yes.
Q. Is that true?
A. Yes.
Q. Well now, I would just like you to look at one or two other documents. Do you remember on the 29th of April,
1939, receiving the Hungarian Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister at three-thirty in the afternoon?
A. No, I do not remember that.
Q. Well, we have the minutes of your meeting signed by - I think von Erdmannsdorf. Did you say this to the
Hungarian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister; "The Reich Foreign Minister added that it was his firm
conviction that, no matter what happened in Europe, no French or English soldier would attack Germany. Our
relations with Poland were gloomy at the moment."
Did you say that?
A. I do not think I ever said that. I consider that impossible.
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Q. Well, if you got a copy -
A. May I perhaps have a look at the document?
Q. Certainly; with pleasure. This will become Exhibit GB 289, Document D-737.
A. I cannot, of course, tell you now in detail what I said at that time, but what is possible is that there was an
attempt at that time to reassure the Hungarians, who were probably concerned about the Polish problem; that is
absolutely possible. But I hardly believe that I said anything like this. One thing, however, is certain. The Fuehrer
knew, and I had told him, that England would march to the aid of Poland.
Q. If you are a little doubtful would you look at Document D- 738, which will be Exhibit GB 290. Apparently you
saw these gentlemen again two days later. Just look at the last sentence of that. "The Reich Foreign Minister
pointed out again that Poland presented no military problem for us. In case of a military clash the British would
coldly leave the Poles in the lurch." That is quite straight speaking, is it not? "The British would coldly leave the
Poles in the lurch"?
A. I do not know on what page that is exactly. ...`
Ну как, будем дальше опираться на оценки этого деятеля, который регулярно обедая в узком кругу с Гитлером умудрился не знать о войне с Польшей:))).