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1. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs gave the Cabinet an account of the conversations he and the Lord Privy Seal had held with representatives of the French, Belgian and Italian Governments in Paris on the previous day.

The following comments are extracted from various communications passing through the British Foreign Office and represent the views of government ministers, officials, ambassadors and others, as noted. It is clear that both the British and French governments were receiving reliable information from both their own and German sources as to the pace and extent of German rearmament beyond the limits authorized by Part V of the Treaty of Versailles.

Background: In this blunt speech, Goebbels addresses Czechoslovakian artists and journalists who were visiting Berlin. Goebbels tells his audience that they had better get used to the fact of German rule. The speech was given on 11 September 1940. Goebbels credited himself with a rhetorical masterpiece.

A streetcar decorated with swastikas passes billboards displaying Hitler's face. The billboards urge Austrians to vote "Ja" (Yes) in the upcoming plebiscite on the German annexation of Austria. Vienna, Austria, April 1938.