Chapter 90:
I had prodded Britain with some expectation, and when I told them the Soviet Union showed signs of pulling troops from Finland to invade Poland, they hastily offered to mediate the conference.
While they were enjoying watching Europe trade blows from the sidelines, if the Soviet Union were to gobble up Poland, the Conservative Party would have to face an aftermath worse than the annulment of the Munich Agreement, so they couldn't just stand by any longer.
For once, even Perfidious Albion Britain was being more cooperative than expected, yet it was the Polish bastards who seemed to be testing the limits of our patience.
Do these guys really think Germany had no interest in Poland's internal affairs?
A figurehead Prime Minister, Składkowski, is the person in charge of the peace negotiation, and the general representing the military is Lieutenant General Sikorski, from whom they've stripped all real power.
On top of that, they want the conference venue to be Warsaw. Isn't that the same as saying they want to toss over some expendable scapegoat and dictate the peace negotiation to their liking?
So I requested that Hungary, a third party with decent national sentiment towards both Germany and Poland, provide the conference venue, and Hungary readily accepted.
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March 1, 1940