12 MAY 1939, Page 22

THE OCCUPATION OF CZECHO-SLOVAKIA

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—On March 4th, a British financier visiting Norway informed an Oslo banker, quite definitely, of the German intention to occupy Czecho-Slovakia on the isth. My in- formant, a Norwegian friend on whose accuracy I can rely, had this from the banker in question. I am aware that "what the soldier (or in this case the banker) said is not evidence "; nevertheless, I feel perfectly satisfied that the facts are as I have stated them.—Yours faithfully, G. M. GATHORNE-HARDY.

Donnington Priory, Newbury.