March 21, 1936 London Hopes Reich Accepts

Germany's reply to the Rhineland peace proposals contained in the agreement reached here by the Locarno powers tonight [March 21] was expected tomorrow or Monday. Whitehall hoped Chancellor Adolf Hitler will not risk the dangers of a flat rejection, but will make counter-proposals as a basis for further discussion. "We must hope for the best," remarked Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's Ambassador at Large, this afternoon before he took off from Croydon aerodome for Berlin. Von Ribbentrop would not comment further, but another member of the German delegation to the League said: "We are returning to Berlin in a definitely hopeful spirit."