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16–17, 40.
    38 .Reports of Dirksen, March 18, 1939,
ibid.
, pp. 24–25, 36–39.
    39 .
Ibid.
p. 39.
CHAPTER 14
     1 . German memo of meeting,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 104–7. Lipski’s report to Beck,
Polish White Book
, No. 44; given in
NCA
, VIII, p. 483 (N.D. TC–73. No. 44).
     2 . Hitler’s assurance to Lipski, Nov. 15, 1937,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 26–27; assurance to Beck, Jan. 14, 1938,
ibid.
, p. 39.
     3 . Beck’s instructions to Lipski, Oct. 31, 1938,
Polish White Book
, No. 45;
NCA
, VII, pp. 484–86. Ribbentrop’s memo on meeting with Lipski, Nov. 19,
DGFP
, V, pp. 127–29.
     4 . German memo of meeting by Dr. Schmidt,
DGFP
, V, pp. 152–58. Polish minutes on,
Polish White Book
, No. 48;
NCA
, VIII, pp. 48688 (N.D.TC–73).
     5 . Ribbentrop’s memo of the meeting,
DGFP
, V, pp. 159–61. Polish minutes on,
Polish White Book
, No. 49;
NCA
, VIII, p. 488 (N.D. TC–73).
     6 . Ribbentrop’s memo of his meeting with Beck in Warsaw, Jan. 26, 1939,
DGFP
, V, pp. 167–68; Beck’s version is given in the
Polish White Book
, No. 52.
     7 . Dispatch of Moltke, Feb. 26, 1939,
DGFP
, VI, p. 172.
     8 . Lipski’s dispatch to Warsaw on the meeting,
Polish White Book
, No. 61; also in
NCA
, VIII, pp. 489–92 (N.D. TC–73, No. 61). Ribbentrop’s memo of the meeting,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 70–72.
     9 . Foreign Office memo of the meeting,
DGFP
, V, pp. 524–26.
    10 .
Ibid.
, pp. 502–4.
    11 . Source for this paragraph:
DGFP
, V, pp. 528–30.
    12 .
DGFP
, VI, p. 97.
    13 .
Ibid.
, pp. 110–11.
    14 .
NCA
, VII, pp. 83–86 (N.D. R-100).
    15 . Text in
DGFP
, VI, pp. 122–24. Ribbentrop’s report on March 26 meeting with Lipski,
ibid.
, pp. 121–22; Polish version,
White Book
, No. 63.
    16 . Dr. Schmidt’s memo of the meeting,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 135–36.
    17 . Moltke’s dispatch,
ibid.
, pp. 147–48; Polish version,
White Book
, No. 64.
    18 .
DBrFP
, IV, No. 538.
    19 . See
DBrFP
, IV, Nos. 485,518, 538 (text of Anglo–French proposal), 561,563,566,571,573.
    20 .
Ibid.
, No. 498.
    21 .
DBrFP
, V, No. 12.
    22 . Quoted by Gisevius,
op. cit.
, p. 363.
    23 . The text of Case White,
NCA
, VI, pp. 916–28; a partial translation is in
DGFP
, VI, pp. 186–87, 223–28 (N.D. C–120). The text of the original German is in
TMWC
, XXXIV, pp. 380–422.
    24 . Confidential German memos on the Goering-Mussolini talks are in
DGFP
, VI, pp. 248–53, 258–63. See also
The Ciano Diaries
, pp. 66–67.
    25 . The circular telegram of April 17, 1939,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 264–65; Foreign Office memo of the answers,
ibid.
, pp. 309–10; Weizsaecker’s call to German minister in Riga, April 18,
ibid.
, pp. 283–84.
    26 .
Ibid.
, pp. 355, 399.
    27 .
DGFP
, IV, pp. 602–7.
    28 .
Ibid.
, (dispatch of Oct. 26, 1938).
    29 .
Ibid.
, pp. 608–9.
    30 .
Ibid.
, p. 631.
    31 .
DGFP
, VI, pp. 1–3.
    32 . Davies,
Mission to Moscow
, pp. 437–39. Ambassador Sieds’s dispatch,
DBrFP
, IV, No. 419.
    33 . Boothby, I
Fight to Live
, p. 189. Halifax statement to Maisky,
DBrFP
, IV, No. 433.
    34 .
DGFP
, VI, pp. 88–89.
    35 .
Ibid.
, p. 139.
    36 . German memo of Goering-Mussolini talk, April 16, 1939,
ibid.
, pp. 259–60.
    37 .
Ibid.
, pp. 266–67.
    38 .
Ibid.
, pp. 419–20.
    39 .
Ibid.
, p. 429.
    40 .
Ibid.
, pp. 535–36.
    41 .
Nazi–Soviet Relations, 1939–41
[hereafter referred to as
NSR
], pp. 5–7, 8–9.
    42 .
French Yellow Book
, Dispatches Nos. 123, 125. I have used the French-language edition (
Le Livre Jaune Français
), but I believe the English edition carries the same numbers for dispatches.
    43 .
DGFP
, VI, pp. 1, 111. Appendix Iof this volume contains a number of memoranda on the staff talks taken from the German naval archives.
    44 .
The Ciano Diaries
, pp. 67–68.
    45 . German memo on the Milan meeting,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 450–52. Ciano’s minutes,
Ciano’s Diplomatic Papers
, pp. 282–87.
    46 . Text of the treaty of alliance,
DGFP
, VI, pp. 561–64. A secret protocol contained nothing of significance.
    47 . Schmundt’s minutes, May 23,