the discussions and have been greatly pleased with your replies to
Hitler. [3]

I could best sum up the attitude of the great majority of
Australians by saying that we would not consider Danzig or the
Corridor intrinsically worth a war but that we do attach great
importance to protecting Poland against being weakened and
subsequently destroyed since that would begin a process the end of
which cannot be seen but which we believe would be deplorable. At
the same time our impression of Germany's proposals to Poland are
that they exhibit much more reasonableness than might have been
expected and that any point blank refusal on the part of Poland
might very well adversely affect public opinion even here. Despite
a few academic and disgruntled critics you have a good public in
Australia and my own complete confidence in the wisdom of your
approach to these momentous matters.

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