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<H4 ALIGN="center">No. 280 : <BR>M. LÉON NÖEL, French Ambassador in Warsaw, to M. Georges Bonnet, Minister for Foreign Affairs. Warsaw, August 28, 1939. 8.10 p.m.</H4>
<P>(Received at 10.40 p.m.) </P>
<P>THE British Ambassador has just informed Colonel Beck of the substance of the reply which the British Government is giving to Herr Hitler. He requested him at the same time to confirm that Poland was still prepared to hold direct conversations with Germany under the conditions set out in the British document. </P>
<P>Colonel Beck, who expressed great satisfaction at the English answer, replied in the affirmative to the British Ambassador's question.</P>
<P>LÉON NÖEL.</P>
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