| In Berlin... After plotting with Halder and Beck
to arrest Hitler, unless he relents on the plan for a western offensive,
the Commander in Chief of the German Army, von Brauchitsch, meets Hitler to discuss the plans for
an attack in the west. He argues very strongly that it should not take place as scheduled on November 12th because of weaknesses in the army. Hitler loses his temper during the meeting but is unconvinced by the arguments.
Brauchitsch loses his nerve and returns to OKH (Army High Command)
headquarters at Zossen, where the conspiracy collapses. Meanwhile,
Colonel Hans Oster of the Abwehr (German Military Intelligence)
-- one of the Zossen conspirators -- warns Colonel Sas, the Dutch
military attache in Berlin, of the impending invasion of the Low
Countries. Sas informs the Belgian military attache.
In Oslo... The German government lodges a protest against the
release of the interned City of Flint and the German prize crew.
The protest is rejected.
In Paris... Churchill, British First Lord of the Admiralty,
visits the French Marine Headquarters.
In Moscow... Finnish-Soviet negotiations continue. The Finnish
delegation reports to Helsinki and asks for further instructions.
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