English Translation

- 17 - The British interests in Eastern and South-East Europe can be characterised by one word of integration: the countries between the Baltic Sea and the Aegean Sea have unheard of real and punctual reserves. Germany has concentrated its industry to a large extent in Bohemia, Silesia, Austria and other remote areas in order to keep its industrial production as far as possible away from the Allied airfields. In the middle zone - which was not the case after the last war - a very large industrial, as well as an agricultural community is formed. The population owns, whether in some ways it is split up by stiffness of neck, certain deeper material-related plants and is brought closer together by the common danger. The desire for some kind of confederation of states deepens and increases, especially among the younger generation. In those countries which are divided within themselves - in Poland, for example, where there is a contradiction between Poland and Ukrainians, in Czechoslovakia between Czechs and Slovaks, and in Yugoslavia between Serbs and Croats - there is an extension of a broader bond which will overcome antagonism within. After a few years of peace, the Middle Zone could become a political, military and economic unity on a federal basis. Their population would increase due to the rising birth rates of East and South-East Europe. Their production would also increase, and their standard of living would rise ever more. It would become a market for British and American foreign trade and an area for investment by Britain and America. If the Middle Zone has reached a certain concentration, it will become at least even as power Germany and over time will be superior to it. In this context, Russia will enjoy complete security on its western border, and in Asia too, because if Russia has no fear of attack in Europe, it will be sufficiently strong to deal with every enemy in Asia.