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further fodd to Germany, as the situation for the
British people had recently become much more
serious. Montgomery continued to say that Europe’s
future depended upon the development of the Ruhr
and Saar districts. In the first place, the industries
had to get started again. In this connection, he
decidedly disapproved of the French proposal for the
internationalization of the Rhineland, regarding
which negotiations were then pending between the
Allies. He further intimated, that, in his opinion, it
was absolutely necessary that a national
administration be created in Germany. I interposed that I had
noticed that the Germans, as a matter of fact, wanted
the English to stay. This, for certain reasons, he
said he could very well understand.
Montgomery mentioned that he had just been in
Switzerland. On his return, the enormous destruction
in Germany struck him anew. Germany has to be
materially rebuilt from the ground up. He was very
skeptical regarding the German mentality. He
believed that the English could not change the German
character. In any case, it would take at least several
generations to bring about a different way of
thinking from that which was responsible for the recent
epoch in German history.
During the course of the conversation,
Montgomery touched upon the Polish problem. He intimated
that the reason why the English so strongly upheld
Poland was that the Poles, and especially the Polish
pilots, made fantastic contributions during ”The
Battle of Britain” which had been of great value, and
of the greatest importance to the successful conduct
of the war.
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