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no diplomatic exchange took place even after the event,
but a proclamation was issued by Hitler — a proclamation from which
I read an extract — at 5 o'clock that Sunday morning some 2 hours
before Belgrade was bombed.
In the case of Greece once again, it was at 20 minutes past 5 that M.
Koryzis was informed that German troops were entering Greek territory.
The manner in which this long series of aggressions was carried out is
in itself further evidence of the essentially aggressive and treacherous
character of the Nazi regime. Attack without warning at night to secure
an initial advantage and proffer excuses or reasons afterwards. Their
method of procedure is clearly the method of the barbarian, of the state
which has no respect for its own pledged word nor for the rights of any
people but its own.
One is tempted to speculate whether this technique was evolved by the
honest broker himself or by his honest clerk. the Defendant Ribbentrop.
THE PRESIDENT Mr. Alderman, will you be ready to go on after a short
adjournment? That's what you were intending to do?
MR. ALDERMAN: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT We'll adjourn for 10 minutes.
[A recess was taken.]
MR. ALDERMAN: May it Please the Tribunal, before
Proceeding with the presentation of the evidence relating to the
aggression against the Soviet Union, I shall take about 15 minutes to
offer two further documents relating to the aggression against Austria.
These two documents are stapled in a supplementary book, supplement to
Document Book N. Both documents are correspondence of the British
Foreign Office. They have been made available to us through the courtesy
of our British colleagues
First I offer in evidence Document 3045-PS as Exhibit USA-127. This is
in two parts. The first is a letter dated 12 March 1938, from Ambassador
Nevile Henderson at the British Embassy, Berlin, to Lord Halifax. It
reads:
"My Lord:
"With reference to your telegram Number 70 of March 11th, I have
the honor to transmit to Your Lordship herewith a copy of a letter
which I addressed to Baron Von Neurath in accordance with the
instructions contained therein and which was delivered on the some
evening