It had been Hitler’s intention that the Reichstag should meet this day, but he was not ready. He had been so taken up with meetings that he had only just started drafting his speech. Despite the entreaties of the Japanese to hold the session earlier, the meeting of the Reichstag was delayed again, and scheduled for 3 p.m. on the next day (December 11). The timing was dictated not so much by the need to reach a German audience, but by the necessities of global messaging.
