Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1935, The British Commonwealth; Europe, Volume II

862.248/112: Telegram

The Ambassador in Germany (Dodd) to the Secretary of State

Berlin, March 12, 1935—6 p.m.
[Received March 12—2:15 p.m.]

46. Interview of Goering²⁸ with Daily Mail representative chosen as means to announce air program. Reliable sources do not believe its announcement is directly retaliatory against British White Paper²⁹ but simply publicly indicates completion of a military plan regardless of treaty stipulations.

Dodd

28. Hermann Goering, German Minister for Aviation.
29. See British Cmd. 4827: Statement Relating to Defense Issued in Connexion With the House of Commons Debate on March 11, 1985. This command paper was dated March 1, 1935, and apparently was released on March 4 in anticipation of the scheduled debate on imperial defense.