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I'm John Batser with Charles Spicer. The book is Coffee with Hitler, the untold story of

the amateur spies who tried to civilize the Nazis. The catastrophes ahead, it is May of

1937, the coronation, George VI. The embassy, the German embassy in London is three buildings

put together by the ribbon trops. We need to introduce a driving force in ribbon trops

attempt to win the affection of the British public and then eventually to put the two states

together. The formula being Germany will take care of the continent and England can pay

attention to its empire on the seas. However, the ribbon trops are guided by an Elise

ribbon trop. I tell Charles we must attend to Annelise because she outlived ribbon trop

who was hanged in 1945, I believe. And 47.

47, thank you. She wrote afterwards about her memories of living in London where she

was offended by the English habit of making fun of newcomers or the new boys. Annelise,

she was well to do when she married, walking from ribbon trop. As I remember, her father

was a champagne maker, is that right Charles? Yes, sect, which is the German version of

champagne, the Henkel family. And the Henkel brand is still, I believe, the leading brand

of sparkling German wine. And her ambitions were to dominate British society. She wanted

her son to eat and her daughter privately schooled or to a private school that is equal

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