1938
When the meeting broke up
at 1:30 am, noted Schmidt,”Chamberlain bid a hearty farewell to the Führer.” As he
left the Dreesen, a newspaperman intercepted him to ask: “Is it hopeless, sir?”
Chamberlain replied: “I would not like to say that. It is up to the Czechs
now.” In other words, peace was possible unless the Czechs stubbornly insisted
on defending their homeland.
From The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940 by William Manchester,p 343
2013
Reuters)
- Israel should avoid taking any action
that would undermine the interim nuclear agreement reached between Iran and world powers at the weekend,
Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday.
Urging
world leaders to give the interim deal a chance, Hague said it was important to
try to understand those who opposed the agreement. But he urged Israel and others to confine their
criticism to rhetoric.
"We
would discourage anybody in the world, including Israel, from taking any steps
that would undermine this agreement and we will make that very clear to all
concerned," Hague told parliament.
Hague
added that he had not seen any sign that any country opposed to the agreement
would try to disrupt it "in any practical way". But he said Britain
would be "on its guard".
He was
speaking after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced
the nuclear deal as an "historic mistake". Netanyahu is sending his
national security adviser to Washington for talks about the agreement.
Hague
told parliament he hoped a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Tehran could be
reached within a year, but warned that world powers could swiftly reverse any
sanctions relief they had granted Iran if Tehran reneged on the deal.
