One of Butler 's constituents in Saffron Walden was the businessman Ernest Tennant , a leading member of the Anglo-German Fellowship , who pushed for Anglo-German friendship until he became convinced of Hitler 's malignant intentions in the winter of 1938 – 9 . On 30 November Butler gave a speech to a group of politicians and business leaders called “ The Parlour ” . His surviving notes , discussed with Chamberlain 's foreign policy advisor Horace Wilson , indicate that he thought Hitler would “ Bluster West , Infiltrate East ” . In other words , he thought war involving Britain and France was unlikely , but that there would be further changes to eastern European boundaries , including very likely German occupation of the rump of Czechoslovakia , Danzig and Memel and eventual German participation in rule of her former colonies confiscated after the First World War , although the recent Kristallnacht would make Anglo-German agreement difficult for the time being . Butler approved of Chamberlain 's talks with Mussolini and believed that Germany was still economically weak
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Political career of Rab Butler: 1929–1941