For further details on the frontier guard see appendix.
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[ITEM 14] [Typescript]
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Berlin, 18 June 1938
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1. DRAFT FOR THE NEW DIRECTIVE
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Part 1
GENERAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES
1. There is no danger of a preventive war by foreign states against Germany.
Germany has not committed herself to any military alliances which would automatically force Germany into a warlike conflict of foreign powers.
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.
Thereby, friends, interested parties and enemies can be called upon to take part in this scheme and other powers can remain indifferent even though they could not be previously placed with absolute certainty in one of these categories.
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.
2. The preparations of the Armed Forces must cover: