DR. STAHMER: Did English Members of Parliament participate in this meeting?
DAHLERUS: No, English businessmen only.
DR. STAHMER: Was a full report on this visit given to Lord Halifax?
DAHLERUS: The English participants left Germany early on 9 August and immediately on their return submitted a report to the Foreign Office.
DR. STAHMER: Did this meeting that was planned then materialize, or how did the matter further develop?
DAHLERUS: I received a confirmation from Göring personally that Hitler agreed to such a conference. The matter was then discussed in London, and on 19 August, a request came to me to go to Paris, evidently to receive a reply from the British side. Before I left, on 21 August, I was informed that a commercial agreement had been concluded between Russia and Germany. On the following day this was extended to an agreement covering other political questions. On 23 August I was requested by Göring, who telephoned me in the morning at 10:30 to come to Berlin, if possible, at once.
DR. STAHMER: Did he, during this conversation, point out the gravity of the situation?
DAHLERUS: Yes. Göring stated that the situation had in the meantime become very serious.
DR. STAHMER: When did you meet Göring then?
DAHLERUS: I arrived in Berlin on the 24th and saw Göring at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.