It was a warm day. The doors to the balcony were open. I was standing nearby when I saw Remondeau [French military attaché] take von Pappenheim [a senior officer on the German General Staff] by the arm and draw him out on the balcony. I edged nearer, my back to the balcony and them. I heard Remondeau ask: ‘Are you going to reoccupy the Rhineland?’… Pappenheim was taken by surprise. He turned red and began to stammer … ‘No surely not.’ ‘Do you swear on your honour?’ ‘Ich schwöre.’ … I could scarcely wait to tell Truman that the reoccupation was certain!
