Brussels: Below is told by Berlin to open the sealed document he received on Wednesday and deliver the note inside to the Belgian government at 7.00 P.M. The note claims the French are about to attack Germany through Belgium and the Germans must be allowed to come through Belgium to repel this attack.
He is to give the impression to the Belgian government that he received the note just that afternoon. The Belgian reply is to be in Berlin by 1.00 P.M. the next day, Monday, 3 August. [More]