1 The copy in the Bruce papers gives this time of receipt (on file
AA: M100, September 1939).

2 At 5.40 a.m. Berlin time German radio broadcast Hitler's
proclamation to the Army: 'Poland has refused a peaceful
settlement and has appealed to arms. In order to put an end to the
intolerable conditions existing I have no other choice than to
meet force with force'. News of the proclamation was received in
Australia at 4.30 p.m. In Canberra time (see AA: A1608, A41/1/1,
iv). At 5.30 p.m. Canberra time a radio report from New York
announced that German aeroplanes had bombed three railway stations
in Poland (AA: A1608, A41/1/1, iv). The evening news (c. 7 p.m.)
reported fighting on the German-Polish border and bombing of
Polish towns (Melbourne Age, 2 September 1939, p. 27).