Documents Concerning German-Polish Relations and the Outbreak of Hostilities Between Great Britain and Germany n September 3,1939 (Cmd 6106, Miscellaneous series No. 9 (1939)

xxviii, 196pp. In blue light card wrappers. An official government report. 8vo. Card wrappers and text block edges are a little worn and discoloured, dog-eared in leading corner (affecting the subsequent two leaves). Internally neat, clean and tight barring small signs of a staple once having been clipped to the title page. Contains a series of contemporary documents revealing of the British position regarding Germany, and its decision to declare war in 1939, such as the German-Polish Agreement; the Prime Minister's speeches to the House of Commons and elsewhere; German-Polish discussions; Correspondence between Herr Hitler and the British Government and Ministers; temporary easing of the Danzig situation; British attitudes to developments in Poland; the treatment of German minorities in Poland; Immediate developments prior to the declaration of war; attempts at mediation by other states and the text of the Prime Minister's broadcast speech to the German people of September 4 1939.