And then there follows a series of instructions as to the actions that are to be taken on the commencement of the period of crisis, or of actual mobilization, and there is an insistence in the last paragraph but one:
“I request the heads of offices, without waiting for further instructions, to start considering now the measures to be taken in their sphere of activity in the case of an emergency. In the interest of absolute secrecy it must be observed strictly that the number of people informed remains as restricted as possible.”
That suggests, does it not, that as early as April 1938 you were conscious of the imminent approach of actual mobilization; is that so?
VON WEIZSÄCKER: May I ask, is this document really dated the year 1938, or is it 1939? I cannot quite distinguish the date.
MAJOR JONES: It is dated the 25th of April 1938.
VON WEIZSÄCKER: Well, that may be.
MAJOR JONES: Now, you yourself were opposed to Hitler’s aggressive foreign policy, were you not?
VON WEIZSÄCKER: I did not quite understand your question.
MAJOR JONES: You yourself were opposed to Hitler’s aggressive foreign policy, were you not?
VON WEIZSÄCKER: I personally, completely.