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What happened heppened waa was that whenHaOH when whenHanl whenflabn Hanl flabn Dieckhoff Dleckhoft ' . , Germaa German ambassa amba ambassa-dor ambassa dor . . . . - . dor to Washington WalhlDBton . , , returned to Beeiln Ber- Ber Bee- Bee BerlID B - r-lia r lia - lID iln in 1939 lD3B 1998 , . , ? he broucbt brou.d1t broud1t brought . bade back a .b'onB .bonB bonB abong abongreport . strongreport .b'onBreport ' report that the United Staf State States . would wouldeater wouldenter wouldenter eater enter the war eveatually eventllaIq eventually if GetrnaDJ Germany Germanybecame Germanybecame ' became the affressor aggres.or aggresor aggressor . He was wasread1 wasready waaready read1 ready ' to warn that Germany faced faceda a repetition of 1917-1B 1917 1B 1917-18 18 1914.18 191418 - . . . But ForeifnMinister ForeJ Foreign ForeignMinister MInlater Minister Von Kibbentrop RibbeDtrop ltibbentrop would notlet not notlet notlet let him see , ee Hitler IDtlet HitlerRIbbentrop HitlerRlbbentrop ' RIbbentrop Rlbbentrop , , probably probabq the mo.t mot most mo.tambitious mostambitious mo < . tambitious ambitious man around der Fuehrer Fuebrer Fuehrerand Fuebrerand Fuehrerand and a great areat friend of H1Quner Himmler ! Himmlerwanted , . waDted wanted to be the funnel for all aU ad- ad advice advice ad advice - vice going ( , oini oin to mtl Hitler Alio Also Alec be e waa was waafeedJna wasfeeding waafeeding feedJna feeding him hJm his hi * . OWQ own kind Jdnd of a'Brea- a'Brea aBrea aggres- aggres a'Breaslve aggressive a ( ' re - - - slve sive Ive advice , not Dot the tho coolinf cool1n8 cooling c.utlon cutlon caution c.utlonof cautionof cautionef . of Ambassador Amb.sador Ambsador . Dieckhofl Dleckbofl Dleckhoff . In the same cautious cauttoW cau school .chool chool . withthe with withthe withthe the ambassador amb.ador ambador . . were Baron VonNeurath Von VonNeuratb VonNeurath Neuratb Neurath , recently recentJy ousted ouated . as . govee goveenor , forernor over- over overnor - * nor of Czec Czechoslovakia oelov kta because becauIe of ofhi ofhis ofhis hi his . moderate Tiews view views . , RJalmar RJalmarSchacht Hja HjalmarSchacbt mar marSchacht Schacht . . , coTernor Bovernor governor of the Rllch Itefebs Itefebsbank Relcbs-bank Relcbs bank - bank bank , , now DOW in virtual retirement retirementand , and Capt . . Fritx Fritz Wiedemann Wledemann . , Hitler Hitler's Hitlers Hitler'sformer Hitler'sformer Hitlersformer ' ' . tofIDer former commander and more recently re- re recently re recently - - cently consul eeneral en.eral eneral general . at San Fran l'raD- l'raD lraD l'raDci.co ' Francisco - . cisco ci.co cico . Kren EveD Even Pield Field Marshal Manhal Goerlag Goerinc Goer- Goer GoerIng - * Ing lag was much more moderate Q10derate thanVon than thanVon thanVon Von Xibbentrop Rlbbentrop Ribbentrop . . . Cxeeh Cseeh Czech Putscb Putsch r tscla Delayee Deta7e4 Relayed . It wa wap , Captain Capta1n Captalu me9 ilHedemann Wiademann . mau . , Wbo who whoaround , . around May , . 1938 , lt3t 138 , , chiefly chtefJy , persuaded persuadedHItler persuadedHitler persuadedHitler HItler not to invade Czechoslovakia CzechoslovakiaHe He was wu then Hitler's Hitlers Hitler ' ' . military millta1'7 millta17 ' aide aideand aideand aideand and attended a rneetinx meeting of desFuebrer's der des derFuehrer's derFuehrer's derFuehrers Fuehrer's Fuehrers Fuebrer's Fuebrers ' ' ' Inner advisers at which whichgeneral whichgeneral whicheneral general ( staff statr stall advised caution eautlon . . Final Floal Final- Finally Finally . - ly Hitler HiUer , exasperated exa.perated exaperated . . , threw up hisarms his hisarms hisarms arms aad and ordered them all aU out of theroom the theroom theroom room . . But Wiedemann stayed be- be behind be behind - hind and finally nally persuaded bis hIa his chief chiefto chiefto chiefto to delay the march into Cezchoslo- Cezchoslo Cezchoslovakla Cezcboslo-vakia Cezcboslo vakia - . - vakla vakia at least until W1til the tall faU fall of 1938- 1938 1938which 1938which 1 - 3 - which was doneLater doneLater done doneLater Later It was Wiedemann and bfs his bfsmoderates hismoderates hismoderates moderates who persuaded Hitler HiUer to toreoelve toreoelve toreoelve reoelve Chamberlain and Daladierat Daladlerat Daladler Daladier at Munich But by this Unte time Um it wastoo was wastoo wastoo too late la te tor for Ambassador Dieckhoffto Dieckhoftto Dleckhofto Dieckhoft Dleckhof to tell ten hi bis his . storynlbbenb'op storyltibbentrop story storyRIbbentrop RIbbentrop nlbbenb'op nlbbenbop ltibbentrop ' never torcave forgave Wiede Wiede- Wiedemann Wiedemann Wiedemann - - mann tor for this Also his hIa vauntlna vaunting vauntlnaambition vauntingambition vauntincambition ambition would permit no rival close closeto closeto closeto to Hitler HlUer So , shortly thereafter , . b be begot hecot . got VTiedemann Wiedemann tranafen transferred ' to . a . dis dI- dI dis- dItant distant distant . - tant and relatively re1atlvel7 unimportant unimportantGerman unimportantGerman I IGerman German consulate to In the USA U USA.Later USALater S A . . Later when Wiedemann was deport deport- deported deported deported - - ed from till thU thia . country countty . , It is sicnin-cant sicnin cant slgnift signifi- signifi significant - . - cant that RIbbentrop Itibbentrop once again againtransferred againtransferred afaintransferred transferred him a as . far as possible possiblefrom possiblefrom possiblefrom from Berlin-this Berlin this Berlin - - this time to Tientsin Tientstn Tientsin.China TientsinChina Tientsin.ChinaThe , . . , China Mina ChinaThe MinaThe The toreicn foreign minister ot of Germany Germanywant Germanywants Germanywants want wants . no moderates around . . . . . ANYTHING ANYTJDNG CAN DAPPENDon HAPPENDon HAPPEN DAPPEN HAPPENDon Don t be surprised if a U S war warship warship ship hip disembarks a load of Nazisailors Nal Nazi Nalsailors Nazisailors % sailors and turns them over to theJustice the thejustice thejustice justice department to be tried oncharges on oncharlies eneharges charlies charges : of piracyIt piracy piracyIt It la Is even possible that in Ia the"bzw the the"haul thehaul 'hlW hlW "bzw bzw ' " ' : ' ' may be an armed Nazi raid raider raider raider er or two that had been operati operating operatingdown operatindown * down Brazil BrazU wayAnything wayAnything way wayAnythine Anythine Anything may happen bappen these the.e thee . even event- event eventful event-mi event mi - - fu1 ful days da7s since 'IDce IDce smce ' the President enunelated enW1 enun enW1dated enunelated dated elated U S determination to maintain maiD main maiDtala mainlain tala lain freedom of the seas .eas eas . andbranded and andbranded andbranded branded Nazi submarines and surface sur sur- surface surface - face raiders rBiders in American waters aspirates aspirates as aspirates pirates Armed Nazi Nal % snips ahips ships are areprowling areprowling areprowlinf prowling American waters and theU the theU theU U S navy nkV ) ' has baa its ordersIt orders ordersIt It can be revealed that neither neitherthe neitherthe neitherthe the justice nor DOl ' war department departmentwould departmentwould departmentwould would be surprised U 11 if they the , . bad had some'pirate somepirate 80me some 80me'pirate some'pirate 'pirate pirate ' ' ' seamen and * . , pirate ' craftto craft craftto craftto to deal with soon Both have beenquietly been beenquietly beenquietly quietly studying for a week the lawand lawand law laweventuality and precedents concerning such an aneventuality aneventuality eventuality eventualityThe ' ! The be war department enters the thepicture thepicture thepicture picture because under the law aU ail aUwar ailwar allwar war prisoners prlsonen landed on U S 5 soil soilcome soilcome soilcome come under custody of the arm7 army arm7However armyHowever armyHowever However the U S is not at warso war , so there is doubt over the army arm7 sjurisdiction s sjurisdiction sjurisdiction jurisdiction . . No final ftnal anal decision decialon has been beenrcached beenreached beenreached rcached reached . , but the consensus of thelegal the thelegal theleffal legal experts is that any 8D3 such"pirates such pirates 'pirates- 'pirates "pirates ' " 'piratesshoU1d ' * - ' should shoU1d be turned ever over to tothe tothe tothe the justice departmentOne department . . One _ suxeested suggested Cested procedure is . that thatthe thatthe thatthe the NazlJr Hula- Hula Nazis Hulabe - be landed at t a s U . B S 8 portand port portaDd portand aDd and th then D Jailed jalled by the Justice ju.Uce juUce . de- de - departmatt department de department partment partmatt . as . aliens aU without past-ports past ports PUll- PUll pam- pam PUllports pamports - - - ports . , But most moat of the Ibe lacal legal te . author .utb utb author- authorities authorities . t- t - tlties - ities lties : contend conte d that the tb Nazi Na.d Nad Nazltt . * 4Ibo 34 sboul4 34be sboul4be boul4be be dealt with agwralysabuceaneerL stiuarely as . .bucean bucean Buccaneers . . |