Most official German publications have tried to pin war guilt largely on Great Britain. Last week an official statement was issued in Berlin which helped along this favorite Nazi thesis but which also recounted the tricky diplomacy of Georges Bonnet, French Foreign Minister for the 18 crucial months before war's outbreak.
In a dozen French governments 50-year-old Georges Bonnet has held such Cabinet posts as Minister of Pensions, Commerce, Public Works, Posts & Telegraph, Finance. He was also once sent as French Ambassador to Washington, where he was scheduled to talk about a compromise on...
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