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Music Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Second World War, Episode 72, The Munich Agreement

Part 4, Plan Z.

One of the major events leading up to the Munich Agreement was a series of two personal

conversations between the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler. The original

idea for these conversations originated in London during discussions that would occur in late August.

These conversations would occur between Chamberlain and his inner circle of advisors and ministers,

with Chamberlain describing the idea as, quote, unconventional and daring, which was somewhat

accurate, I guess. The concept of one national leader jumping on an airplane and going to have

direct conversations to discuss a discrete issue with another national leader, with very little

warning or preparation, was something that was not really done at this point in history.

Chamberlain hoped that it would be just the kind of gesture that would cause the ongoing

negotiations between the Czechoslovakian government and the Sudaten Germans to be shaken from their

ongoing deadlock and to a resolution.

Henderson, the British ambassador in Berlin, would be informed of the idea when he was in London in

late August, and it would be given the codename Plan Z, or Zed, depending on where you're at in the

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