f ro ▁Kn icker bo cker , ▁who ▁had ▁met ▁both ▁Hitler ▁and ▁H ess , ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁Hitler ▁had ▁sent ▁H ess ▁to ▁deliver ▁a ▁message ▁inform ing ▁W inst on ▁Church ill ▁of ▁the ▁forth coming ▁invasion ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁and ▁offering ▁a ▁negoti ated ▁peace ▁or ▁even ▁an ▁anti - B ols he vik ▁partners hip . ▁Soviet ▁leader ▁Joseph ▁St alin ▁believed ▁that ▁H ess ' s ▁flight ▁had ▁been ▁engine ered ▁by ▁the ▁British . ▁St alin ▁pers isted ▁in ▁this ▁belief ▁as ▁late ▁as ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁when ▁he ▁mentioned ▁the ▁matter ▁to ▁Church ill , ▁who ▁ins isted ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁no ▁advance ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁flight . ▁While ▁some ▁sources ▁reported ▁that ▁H ess ▁had ▁been ▁on ▁an ▁official ▁mission , ▁Church ill ▁later ▁stated ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁The ▁Grand ▁Alliance ▁that ▁in ▁his ▁view , ▁the ▁mission ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁author ized . ▁" He ▁came ▁to ▁us ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁free ▁will , ▁and , ▁though ▁without ▁authority , ▁had ▁something ▁of ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁an ▁en voy ", ▁said ▁Church ill , ▁and ▁referred ▁to ▁H ess ' s ▁plan ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁" l un atic ▁bene vol ence ". ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁Albert ▁Spe er ▁discussed ▁the ▁r ationale ▁for ▁the ▁flight ▁with ▁H ess , ▁who ▁told ▁him ▁that ▁" the ▁idea ▁had ▁been ▁inspired ▁in ▁him ▁in ▁a ▁dream ▁by ▁super natural ▁forces . ▁We ▁will ▁guarantee ▁England ▁her ▁emp