intentions toward his subsequent victims:

There are Germans and Poles in Europe, and they ought to
live together in agreement. The Poles cannot think, of
Europe without the Germans and the Germans cannot think of
Europe without the Poles. (Oct. 24, 1933)

_Germans and Poles must reconcile themselves as to the fact
of each others' existence._ It has seemed to me necessary to
demonstrate by an example that it is possible for two
nations to talk over their differences without giving the
task to a third or a fourth ...

_The assertion that the German Reich plans to coerce the
Austrian State is absurd and cannot be substantiated or
proved_ ... The assertion of the Austrian Government that
from the side of the Reich an attack would be undertaken or
planned I must emphatically reject ... The German Reich is
always ready to hold out a hand for a real understanding,
with full respect for the free will of Austrian Germans ...
(Jan. 13, 1934)

_The lie goes forth again that Germany to-morrow or the day
after will fall upon Austria or Czecho-Slovakia_. I ask
myself always: Who can these elements be who will have no
peace, who incite continually, who must so distrust, and
want no understanding? Who are they? I know they are not the
millions who, if these inciters had their way, would have to
take up arms. (May 1, 1936)

Germany and Poland are two nations, and these nations will
live, and neither of them will be able to do away with the
other. I recognized all of this, and we all must recognize
that a people of 33,000,000 will always strive for an outlet
to the sea ... _We have assured all our immediate neighbors
of the integrity of their territory as far as Germany is
concerned. That is no hollow phrase; it is our sacred will_
...
(Sept. 26, 1938)[108]
(Document 14, _post_ pp. 233, 234, 238, 240-241.)

Yugoslavia is a State that has increasingly attracted the
attention of our people since the war. The high regard that
the German soldiers then felt for this brave people has
since been deepened and developed into genuine friendship.
Our economic relations with this country are undergoing
constant development and expansion, just as is the case with
the friendly countries of Bulgaria, Greece, Rumania, Turkey,
Switzerl