It would be disastrous [Bonnet told him] if, in consequence of a Polish refusal, the Russian negotiations were to break down… It was an untenable position for the Poles to take up in refusing the only immediate efficacious help that could reach them in the event of a German attack. It would put the British and French Governments in an almost impossible position if we had to ask our respective countries to go to war in defense of Poland, which had refused this help.
