Adolf Hitler22 September 1938
Hitler claimed that conditions had changed since the Berchtesgaden meeting one week earlier.
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Hitler claimed that conditions had changed since the Berchtesgaden meeting one week earlier.
Hitler demanded immediate evacuation of Czechoslovak authorities from the territories marked on his map.
Hitler rejected a prolonged international process for transferring Sudeten German areas to Germany.
Hitler rejected the Anglo-French transfer plan presented by Chamberlain as inadequate and outdated.
Hitler insisted that German troops, rather than international forces, occupy the ceded districts.
Ribbentrop attended the talks and supported Hitler’s rejection of the Anglo-French proposals.
Hitler claimed prompt German occupation was necessary to protect Sudeten Germans from Czechoslovak authority.
Hitler refused to guarantee Czechoslovakia’s remaining frontiers without Polish and Hungarian participation.
Hitler required Czechoslovak troops, police, and officials to withdraw from designated districts by October 1.
Hitler stated that Germany would become a satisfied continental power after settlement of the Sudeten question.
Hitler supplied a map identifying territories for immediate occupation and areas proposed for plebiscites.
Hitler demanded plebiscites in additional areas not assigned directly to Germany by the population map.
Hitler linked settlement of German claims to unresolved Polish and Hungarian minority demands.
Hitler allowed Chamberlain to soften the memorandum’s wording but refused changes to its essential demands.
Hitler approved a written memorandum defining Germany’s expanded demands and accelerated occupation timetable.
Hitler demanded immediate release of ethnic Germans held in Czechoslovak prisons.
Hitler demanded that German-speaking soldiers be released from the Czechoslovak armed forces.
Hitler required evacuated territory to retain fortifications, factories, rail equipment, food, and livestock.
Ribbentrop presented the German memorandum and its accompanying territorial map to the British delegation.
Weizsacker helped manage diplomatic communications after Chamberlain departed from Godesberg.
Hitler publicly repeated his territorial demands and threatened action if the Sudetenland was not transferred.
Hitler rejected Horace Wilson’s attempt to reopen negotiations on terms less severe than the memorandum.
Hitler maintained the Godesberg demands while German military preparations continued near Czechoslovakia.
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