Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, General, Volume I

863.00/1432: Telegram

The Chargé in France (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Paris, March 12, 1938—7 p.m.
[Received March 12—5 p.m.]

389. A member of the British Embassy tells me that the Anglo-French representations last night in Berlin were made on the insistence of the French, the British having very reluctantly consented. He said that it was a mistake to have made representations because Hitler knew perfectly well that neither Government intended to do anything effective for Austria.

He remarked that the best hope of salvation for the Czechs would be concessions to the Germans.

He believes that the German aggression against Austria will have no effect on the Anglo-Italian negotiations except perhaps to accelerate them.

Wilson