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Hello America, hello CBSS's Berlin. The flames are running fast. Tonight, here in Berlin, we should have a decision whether to do peace or war. It's just 8 minutes to 8, Berlin time, and Senator Alexander Semabrasch, Ambassador, is due to arrive any minute now from London.

A big Mercedes car is waiting for him on the 10th of his air-brown, and the Russian to her Hitler's chance of ruling the Wilhelm Stusser as soon as he arrives. The outcome of this historic meeting is now in the lap of the guards.

Although word has shifted through this afternoon that the British government can't accept the demands which our Hitler made publicly last night, namely a return of dancing in the corridor to Germany, we have held House Stusser when I lifted a few minutes ago was maintaining silence, preferring to wait until it knew what an ambassador Henderson brought back.

Chairman-Dermott circles on the aims of this crucial meaning is stark and well-not compromised, that the right will not budge an inch from its demands on Poland for the return of Densig and the corridor. It is not entirely ruled out of course that the British answer, which its belief contains certain counter-proposers, may necessitate a reply.

But the tension has become so terrific that it does nothing possible to anyone here that it can long continue Probably not past tonight without events taking a turn one way or the other or ever German side Solve or their soul. You're missing already on a complete war footing today How is live stood in lines beginning early this morning to get direction cards?

And with the first time since the more that these cards and read their appearance, and the people who were hardly believed a couple of days ago to go to the world as possible, certainly looked grimer as they stood patiently waiting for their cards.