“(Signed) Zeitzler
“Oberstleutnant on the General Staff.”
(388-PS, Item 11)
Three weeks later, on 18 June 1938, a draft for a new directive was prepared and initialed by Keitel. It does not supersede the 30 May directive. It reads, in part:
“The immediate aim is a solution of the Czech problem by my own, free decision; this stands in the foreground of my political intentions. I am determined to use to the full every favorable political opportunity to realize this aim.”
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“However, I will decide to take action against Czechoslovakia only if I am firmly convinced as in the case of the occupation of the demilitarized zone and the entry into Austria that France will not march and therefore England will not intervene.”
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“The directives necessary for the prosecution of the war itself will be issued by me from time to time.”
“K [Initialed by Keitel]