And his answer is:
“Yes, it is true. I remember this order was given to me by telephone probably in September 1938...”—and so on and so forth.
Then in Question 4...
“It is true that the German Embassy...”
THE PRESIDENT: The witness has already said once it was so.
DR. EXNER: [Turning to the defendant.] Then I shall only refer to the testimony of Toussaint. In addition it has been said that the incident had been staged by us. We need not go into that in detail. Did the incident really happen?
JODL: No, there was neither a preparation for the incident, nor was it necessary. Incidents kept multiplying day after day, and the solution was a political one and entirely different.
DR. EXNER: So that this note, which we have often read, remained purely theoretical, did it?
JODL: It was merely work on paper, an idea, which was not really necessary at all.
But it has already been made clear that as soon as the political discussions started I made continuous efforts to prevent the provocations, apparently desired on the part of the Czechs, from leading to any military measures on our part.