English Translation

9 Border countries, including Syria, but now have become an English sphere of interest, Turkey has no other way than to play the game that pushed the situation. This path - dås says the nuchterne Überlegung - has to represent itself in a kind of a way.Turkey will continue to offer everything in order to stay away from the war and avoid the pressure of the enemy with the argument that at present it could never have grown militarily to a lightning-like strike by Germany and its allies. It will recognize its obligations to the British, but will always seek new pitfalls in order to postpone its entry into the war. It will demand extensive supplies of war material to achieve its full armament, as it knows that this will take more than half a year without consideration of the training. It is a matter of great concern to you that any violent occupation of Turkish territory and Turkish airfields is a challenge to Turkish honour. It will have to try to reorient its policies towards the Soviet Union and to restore a trusting relationship with Russia to the basis of Cairo's discussions, without, however, giving up the secret hope that the German Eastern Front will succeed in standing up to the Russian attack in the interests of the future of the Balkans, the Balkans on which a leading role is to give it a life issue. For today's political situation in Turkey, the aberration of a Turkish diplomat, who said that it would be interesting to see whether the British arms supplies would continue in spite of Turkey's non-entry into the war. If that were the case, that would be a good sign; this meant a bridge between the English and the Russians on the Turkish question. The somewhat mythical, but constantly repeated kiss of Numan, Turkey's foreign policy remains fundamentally unchanged, gains its meaning. Turkey acknowledges its pledges from the British alliance treaty in order not to break England, but at the same time states that the military and moral prerequisites for the entry into war are still lacking. On behalf of Hemke