VON NEURATH: I believe it has been clearly expressed here that at the last moment Hitler did that.
THE TRIBUNAL (Gen. Nikitchenko): You were against the seizing of Czechoslovakia?
VON NEURATH: Yes.
THE TRIBUNAL (Gen. Nikitchenko): And the German Government, in spite of this, seized Czechoslovakia?
VON NEURATH: I was no longer a member of the Government at that time.
THE TRIBUNAL (Gen. Nikitchenko): But as a statesman whose opinion should have been considered, you, of course, expressed your opinion against it, did you not?
VON NEURATH: Always.
THE TRIBUNAL (Gen. Nikitchenko): You were against the attack on Poland?
VON NEURATH: Yes.
THE TRIBUNAL (Gen. Nikitchenko): And in spite of that Germany did attack Poland.