as hereinafter set forth. In the execution of this
phase of the conspiracy the Nazi conspirators did the following acts:
(a) They led Germany to enter upon
a course of secret rearmament from 1933 to March 1935, including the
training. of military personnel and the production of munitions of
war, and the building of an air force.
(b) On 14 October 1933, they led Germany to leave the
International Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations.
(c) On 10 March 1935, the Defendant GÖRING announced
that Germany was building a military air force.
(d) On 16 March 1935, the Nazi conspirators promulgated a
law for universal military service, in which they stated the
peace-time strength of the German Army would be fixed at 500,000 men.
(e) On 21 May 1935, they falsely announced to the world,
with intent to deceive and allay fears of aggressive intentions, that
they would respect the territorial limitations of the Versailles
Treaty and comply with the Locarno Pacts.
(f) On 7 March 1936, they reoccupied and fortified the
Rhineland, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles and the Rhine
Pact of Locarno of 16 October 1925, and falsely announced to the
world that "we have no territorial demands to make in
Europe."
3. Aggressive action against Austria and
Czechoslovakia.
(a)The 1936-1938 phase of the
plan. planning for the assault on Austria and
Czechoslovakia.
The Nazi conspirators next entered upon the specific planning for
the acquisition of Austria and Czechoslovakia, realizing it would be
necessary, for military reasons, first to seize Austria before
assaulting Czechoslovakia. On 21 May 1935, in a speech to the
Reichstag, Hitler stated that: "Germany neither intends nor
wishes to interfere in the internal affairs of Austria, to annex
Austria, or to conclude an Anschluss." On 1 May 1936, within two
months after the reoccupation of the Rhineland, Hitler stated:
"The lie goes forth again that Germany tomorrow or the day after
will fall upon Austria or Czechoslovakia." Thereafter, the Nazi
conspirators caused a treaty to be entered into between Austria and
Germany on 11 July 1936, Article 1 of which stated that ``The German
Government recognizes the full sovereignty of the Federated State of
Austria in the spirit of the pronouncements of the German Führer
and Chancellor of 21 May 1935." Meanwhile, plans for aggression