September 21st 1939

Thursday September 21st

Lull continues.

I foresee the invasion of Belgium and Luxemburg even Holland in order to get at us and France, and turn the flank of the Maginot Line.

America has made some investigations into the finances of the Nazi leaders, subordinates to Hitler, and find that they have some millions invested abroad for a rainy day. Such touching faith in their own regime.

Ribbentrop tops the list with over £1,500,000. Goebbels and Goering come next with over £1,000,000 each, and Himmler, Hess, and Ley and Streicher have some hundred thousands. Hitler, to do him justice, has no foreign securities that can be traced.