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British complacency was perhaps unjustified on other grounds. German Army spokesmen hinted that the pause was not enforced but deliberate. "You may be sure," said one, "that there is a plan; also that the German Army doesn't rush into adventures, a policy which eliminates to the greatest degree humanly possible any chance of failure." The plan was perhaps to wait until British troops were evacuating Greece, then try to greet them in Alexandria. But plan or no plan, the week's developments pointed up the Libyan campaign as definitely more important to Britain now than the outcome in the Balkans.