Documents on German foreign policy: 1918-1945, Volume 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 |
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Page 101 - Germany, Italy and Japan affirm that the aforesaid terms do not in any way affect the political status which exists at present as between each of the three Contracting Parties and Soviet Russia.
Page 379 - Stalin personally, and did not assume that the latter was inclined towards adventure; but it was impossible to be sure. The German armies in the East were prepared at any time. Should Russia some day take a stand that could be interpreted as a threat to Germany the Fuehrer would crush Russia.
Page 941 - Turkey undertake in the future to consult with one another in a friendly spirit in all questions affecting their common interests, in order to reach an understanding regarding the treatment of such questions.
Page 219 - It must be the aim of the collaboration based on the Three- Power Pact to induce Japan as soon as possible to take active measures in the Far East. Strong British forces will thereby be tied down, and the center of gravity of the interests of the United States of America will be diverted to the Pacific. The sooner it intervenes, the greater will be the prospects of success for Japan in view of the still undeveloped preparedness for war on the part of its adversaries. The 'Barbarossa' operation will...
Page 397 - The military Putsch in Yugoslavia has changed the political situation in the Balkans. Even if Yugoslavia at first should give declarations of loyalty, she must be considered as a foe and therefore must be destroyed as quickly as possible.
Page 670 - France at a time when England and France were both still strong, I believed that he would certainly not make such a decision today, when France was destroyed and England badly battered. On the contrary, I was convinced that Stalin was prepared to make even further concessions to us. It had already been intimated to our economic negotiators that (if we applied in due time) Russia could supply us up to 5 million tons of grain next year. Citing figures, the Fiihrer said he thought that Russian deliveries...
Page 379 - Fuehrer had not concurred, because he had been of the opinion that Germany could not permanently subscribe to such a Russian policy. Germany needed the Balkan Peninsula above all for her own economy, and had not been inclined to let it come under Russian domination.
Page 453 - The Yugoslav Government had proposed to the Soviet Government the negotiation of a Treaty of Friendship and Non-aggression, and the Soviet Government had accepted the proposal. This agreement would be signed today or tomorrow. In its decision to accede to the proposal of the Yugoslav Government, the Soviet Government had been actuated solely by the desire to preserve peace. It knew that in this desire it was in harmony with the Reich Government, which was likewise opposed to an extension of the war.
Page 605 - At the end, the note verbale again emphasizes particularly the expectation of the Commissariat for Foreign Affairs that the German Government will take all the measures necessary in order in future to prevent violation of the national boundaries of the USSR by German planes. The Secretary General asked me to transmit the contents to Berlin, which I promised to do. In view of the fact that the Soviet note verbale refers to previous memoranda on similar border violations by German airplanes, and also...
Page 377 - Fiihrer had pursued the tactics of at first employing only a few U-boats and using the rest to train the personnel necessary for a larger fleet, in order then to proceed to a knockout blow against the enemy with a greater number of units.