“ ‘Operation Green’ ”—or Aktion Grün—“will be set in motion by means of an ‘incident’ in Czechoslovakia which will give Germany provocation for military intervention. The fixing of the exact time for this incident is of the utmost importance.”—I call special attention to that sentence—“The fixing of the exact time for this incident is of the utmost importance.
“It must come at a time when the over-all meteorological conditions are favorable for our superior air forces to go into action and at an hour which will enable authentic news of it”—news of this prepared incident—“to reach us on the afternoon of X minus 1.
“It can then be spontaneously answered by the giving of the X-Order at 1400 on X minus 1.
“On X minus 2 the Navy, Army, and Air Force will merely receive an advance warning.
“If the Führer intends to follow this plan of action, all further discussion is superfluous.