UNITED KINGDOM: London: A secret meeting takes place between Ambassador Herbert von Dirksen (German Ambassador to Great Britain) and Sir Horace Wilson, head of His Majesty's Civil Service, the Prime Minister's closest adviser. Britain was prepared to increase trade with Germany, talk constructively about Germany's need for colonies, take a helpful view of Germany's need for expansion in south-east Europe, announce jointly a co-operative programme to help improve the world economic situation, look seriously at the possibility of limiting armaments (including a possible loan to Germany to offset the financial difficulties limitation would bring), and finally, agree not to intervene in matters concerning the Greater Reich, which would include Danzig. There was only one pre-condition: that Germany and Britain should sign a treaty of non-aggression, in which both sides would renounce unilateral aggressive action as a policy method.