JODL: It was in Court here that I first heard about this conference and about the things which were purportedly discussed at that time; and I am not able to judge whether it is correct, for I did not hear it, not even from Keitel, not even later.
MR. ROBERTS: Very good. Did you hear about the speech made by the Führer on the 22d of August 1939?
[Turning to the Tribunal.] I do not know if the Court has got this. It is not in the Document Book; 798-PS, in Document Book Number 4. There are some loose copies, My Lord.
[Turning to the defendant.]
“Those countries”—Holland, Belgium—“and Scandinavia will defend their neutrality by all available means. England and France will not violate their neutrality.”
You always thought Hitler was a good prophet, didn’t you? You thought Hitler was a good judge.
JODL: Very often, yes, very often.
MR. ROBERTS: And he was a good judge that England and France would keep their word, whereas Germany would break hers.
Now, then, that is August. Now then I want to...
JODL: But that I don’t know.