Page "Georges Bonnet" Paragraph 35

On his return to Paris, in a meeting with Štefan Osuský, Bonnet was very vehement for Prague to agree to the Anglo-French plan agreed to in London at once.

In a letter to Daladier on 24 September 1938, Bonnet wrote, " If France declared war against Germany, her position would be weaker than at any time since 1919.

In fact, France in this case would have to stand alone on land the force of the combined German and Italian armies, without counting Japan, which in the Far East, will doubtless attack Indo-China .... For five months, night and day, in the course of our confident collaboration, we have struggled for peace.

I beg you to continue in this course.

It is the only one which can save the country ...." At the same time, Bonnet's relations with René Massigli, the Quai d ' Orsay's Political Director, began to deteriorate quite rapidly as Massigli felt that Bonnet was too anxious to avoid a war at any price.