A Junkers airliner flies through the clouds, preparing to land.
"Your Excellency Minister, we are about to land soon."
With a reminder, Ribbentrop's thoughts were brought back.
He remembered what the head of state had told him before he came: now Romania must be stabilized, and a new exclusive alliance treaty with Romania needs to be signed, which is very important to Germany.
Yes, the Führer was eyeing the Polish Corridor again. Hitler, who was obsessed with restoring the largest territory of the Third Reich, just after annexing the Czech Republic, summoned the Polish Foreign Minister Colonel Baker, who had previously been pro-German, and issued an ultimatum to him, asking him to accept Germany.
Conditions proposed in 1937-38 regarding Danzig and the Polish Corridor.
Faced with Hitler's request, Colonel Baker refused in accordance with the established policy of the Polish government. On March 31, after receiving the British diplomatic guarantee for Poland's independence, he went to London and signed the "British-Polish Treaty" with the British on April 6.
Security Guarantee Agreement" (a similar agreement was signed with France on May 19).
In response, Hitler formally approved the White Plan to invade Poland on April 3. On April 28, Hitler announced the abolition of the 1935 German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact on the grounds that Poland had signed a security guarantee treaty with the United Kingdom.
", lifted the quasi-alliance status with Poland.
In this case, Romania's importance was brought to the forefront. Romania's dissatisfaction with Germany was increasing due to Germany's annexation of the Czech Republic. Moreover, the Polish Foreign Minister was currently visiting Romania, which made Hitler
Be very vigilant. At this time of conflict with Poland, Romania cannot be allowed to be won over by Poland.
Although Poland cannot offer better conditions than Germany, it has to visit. If Romania is drawn to the Polish side, then Hitler will not dare to attack the Polish Corridor. Poland plus Romania will be a huge challenge to Germany.
Moreover, Britain and France are very likely to take the opportunity to launch an attack behind the scenes, which is a complete replica of a two-front war. Hitler will never allow such a thing to happen.
Moreover, before Hitler came, he gave a concession condition that Romania must remain in the alliance. However, it was entirely up to Ribbentrop himself to decide how to negotiate, so he was both excited and worried about this.
But no matter what his mood was, the Junkers plane landed at the Bucharest airport.
Romanian Foreign Minister Costel, who was waiting on the side, immediately greeted him with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Ribbentrop. Welcome to Bucharest."
"Hello, Your Excellency Costel. Thank you very much for greeting me personally."
After a brief warm greeting between the guests of honor, Ribbentrop and Kostel left together in a car.
In the car, Ribbentrop immediately asked what he was most concerned about at the moment. "I heard that the Polish Foreign Minister, Colonel Baker, was visiting Romania."
"Nothing, Colonel Baker is just here to talk about economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and other issues."
Facing the German Foreign Minister next to him, Kostel replied calmly. Only now did he know how to ask Romania. He didn't even breathe when he dismembered and annexed the Czech Republic. It was also disrespectful to Romania. Yes, diplomacy among dissatisfied people
Minister Coster also has a copy.
Ribbentrop was not angry when Kostel encountered a soft nail. He was also mentally prepared for this. Germany did not get along with Romania about the annexation and dismemberment of the Czech Republic, and everyone had complaints. But this time
He was mentally prepared enough.
When Ribbentrop had just arrived in Bucharest, Polish Foreign Minister Colonel Beck had just walked out of the Prime Minister's Office.
In his conversation with Prime Minister Mihalaka just now, he did not get the result he wanted.
Although he had played all the cards given to him by the Polish government, he still failed to achieve the results he wanted, transforming the Polish Alliance from a simple anti-Soviet alliance into a true alliance.
Colonel Baker thought about the development of relations between the two countries over the years and couldn't help but regret. Why didn't the government see the prodigal ambition of the German head of state before? If it had seen it before, it would have made Poland's diplomacy more proactive. At least with Romania.
It should be further strengthened.
However, it is a pity that after the death of Marshal Piłsudski, Poland's diplomatic work, under the instructions of the government, became more focused on Britain and France. This is not unfounded. According to the military's estimates, as long as the Polish army withstands a German attack on the border,
month, then the attack from Britain and France will be enough to defeat Germany.
Therefore, it is not unreasonable for Poland to focus its diplomatic work on Britain and France. Moreover, the results of its diplomatic work with Britain and France are also very good. It has successively signed the "British-Polish Security Guarantee Agreement" and the "French-Polish Security Guarantee Agreement", allowing Poland to be in the west of Germany.
Gain valuable allies.
And what satisfies Poland the most about these two clauses is that as long as Poland is attacked by Germany, Britain and France will provide unconditional military assistance to Poland and have the obligation to declare war on Germany. Only such a guarantee can satisfy Poland, and
It lives up to Poland’s efforts in recent years to focus its diplomatic work on Britain and France.
However, there are gains and losses. Germany took advantage of Poland's diplomatic work to focus on Britain and France, took the opportunity to strengthen its diplomatic work with Romania, and also signed alliance clauses. This made Poland a little uncomfortable, although it signed the same treaty as Poland.
alliance with the Soviet Union, but I believe that Hitler, like Poland, wanted to transform the terms of this alliance into a substantive alliance.
During Baker's visit to Romania, it was obvious that Romania's attitude was very vague, and they basically did not give any affirmative answers. When asked urgent questions, they would use the excuse of needing to discuss. Although Baker did not understand Chinese, he said that he was willing to sell for a price.
It means he must know.
And just when Colonel Baker was about to return to the car to rest, he saw a car with a Polish emblem screeching to a stop in front of him.
Ambassador Blewski's secretary jumped out. "Minister, I just received the news that German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop arrived in Bucharest and was greeted by Foreign Minister Kostel."
Hearing the news, Baker felt the seriousness of the matter, and his face tightened. "Drive immediately and go back to the embassy. Stop the afternoon trip first."
Colonel Baker thought on his knees that the purpose of the German Foreign Minister's visit must be the same as his own. So now he needs to discuss countermeasures with the embassy, and at the same time send a telegram to Warsaw, asking for better conditions. Baker had a premonition that this time
Diplomatic work was related to the survival of Poland. Although he didn't know why he suddenly felt this way, the idea suddenly appeared in his mind.
