English Translation

-16- If His Majesty had not at that time completely forgotten the existence of his letters in France, he would not have let me speak these words, for as I said - he would otherwise have foreseen the answer of Clemenceau. An attack on Clemenceau was not at all defensible with this speech, but rather the emphasis on the firmness of our alliance. The conquest of Elsaes-Lothringen was the general Wunach of France. The statement that the Miniater president shared the position of all of France was a matter of course, which was not to be proved first. To prove wax sher was the imperial point of view, when he would not let the Elenees-Lothringian question be trodden between himself and Berlin. Mysteries did not exist. We had/France negotiated, the negotiations had run out of results, because Glemenceau had maintained the position of all of France on cleavage Lorraine and Emperor Karl that of the Grisons. Even in the English Parliament, after Mennsdorff Smith's submission, the same was spoken of and we did not find any. In his answer, the French Prime Minister stressed that the negotiations would not have been provoked by Frenkreich, but by Gesterreich-Ungarh. It is therefore necessary to publish briefly the history of these negotiations.Unfortunately, my private acts in this regard are not complete. (d) lisdtta Cottonccautetde t Siddrtrbd Antntoturedaata Ettreictddot dupetda Cttdgoedneudaine toiteter- toloutdooGbr aeciem amam Raymnindge- u Datummeoa--oma-amon dane dpusttweara -Amand abgelst pdeCa -etch Utefwee dotzpind-C-levente in the inge cean-din agglomerations eu) 207