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This is John Batchel, continuing my conversation with the author Charles Spicer,

his book, Coffee with Hitler, the untold story of the amateur spies who tried to civilize the Nazis.

Yolkum von Ribbentrop was the ambassador to Great Britain for Hitler during the latter part of

the 30s.

Van Ribbentrop had extremely prominent position early in the rise of national socialism, and he continued

to represent himself as the best person to liaise, to negotiate, to bring under the wing the British

Empire, London, the English gentleman, whom he admired.

He imitated English gentlemen.

And then at some point, he snaps.

And I asked Charles Spicer about what happened.

Why?

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