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coordinate the
education of the
people" (propaganda).
reach an agreement with Italy to preserve the legitimate
interest of both countries in the Mediterranean.
4.
"political
To
To
To
mutual problems with Germany.
express the hope to Germany that her methods of selfassertion be such as will not hinder mutual discussions by arous
5.
6.
discuss
ing British public opinion against her.
The two most important
decisions in this plan are the
one for
the conscription of labor in peace time and the effort to force
France to break the Franco-Soviet pact by choosing between Eng
land and Russia.
Consider conscription
first and the motives behind it:
whose workers are strongly organized starts
any country
veering towards fascism, it must either win over the trade-unions
in one way or another or destroy them, for rebellious labor can
prevent fascism by means of the general strike. British labor is
When
known
among
has learned that fascism destroys,
other things, the value of the trade-unions and all that
to hate fascism since
they have gained after
it
many
England toward fascism and
years of struggle.
the trade-unions; hence, the decision
education of the
people."
Any
fascist alliances spells
"to
This move
veering by
trouble with
coordinate the political
is
particularly necessary
important arma
have already stated publicly that unless the work
industry,
ers were given assurances that the arms labor was manufacturing
would be used in defense of democracy and not to destroy it,
since
some trade-union
leaders, especially in the
ment
they would not cooperate.
Hence "the education of the
and the conscription of
people"
labor in peace time which would ultimately lead to government
control over the unions. With some variations it is the same
procedure followed by Hitler in getting control of the once
extremely powerful German trade-unions.
A few days after this historic week-end, the Times came out