As he had predicted, so eager were the Nazis to impress Lindbergh that they had given him access to aeroplanes and information they would never have granted a mere attaché. The Germans were equally delighted since it was clear they had succeeded in convincing Lindbergh that the Luftwaffe was more powerful than it really was. And of one thing they could be certain. Any intelligence transmitted to Washington and London by Colonel Lindbergh could not fail to impress.