DR. EXNER: That in itself already answers the accusation brought against you in the trial brief, namely “planning against Poland.”
Had you prepared a plan against Poland?
JODL: No. Not by a single stroke of the pen did I participate in the preparations for the Polish war.
DR. EXNER: Then I am right in saying, to sum up, that when you left Berlin there was not yet a plan of operations against Poland?
JODL: No.
DR. EXNER: And when you returned to Berlin the plan was ready?
JODL: Yes. The plan of attack was completely worked out.
DR. EXNER: Did you hear the Führer’s speech of 22 August 1939 which has been so often quoted here?
JODL: No; on that day I was still in Vienna.
DR. EXNER: When did you hear of that speech?