▁influen cing ▁the ▁campaign ▁to ▁free ▁him . ▁On ▁ 2 5 ▁June ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁a ▁Soviet ▁guard ▁caught ▁G abel ▁attempting ▁to ▁sm ug gle ▁out ▁a ▁statement ▁by ▁H ess , ▁causing ▁G abel ▁to ▁be ▁fired . ▁H ess ' s ▁statement ▁claimed ▁that ▁Hitler ▁had ▁not ▁wanted ▁a ▁war ▁with ▁Poland ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁but ▁British ▁guarante es ▁to ▁Poland ▁had ▁made ▁a ▁peace ful ▁resolution ▁of ▁the ▁Dan zig ▁crisis ▁impossible , ▁and ▁hence ▁Britain ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁World ▁War ▁Two . ▁The ▁same ▁statement ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁Hitler ▁had ▁not ▁wanted ▁to ▁in va de ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁cont ending ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁that ▁was ▁plan ing ▁to ▁in va de ▁the ▁Reich ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁thus ▁forcing ▁Hitler ▁to ▁launch ▁a ▁pre empt ive ▁war ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 4 1 .   H ess ▁wrote ▁that ▁he ▁and ▁Hitler ▁had ▁spent ▁much ▁ ▁of ▁the ▁winter ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 0 – 4 1 ▁discuss ing ▁what ▁he ▁claimed ▁had ▁been ▁over wh el ming ▁evidence ▁that ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁had ▁planned ▁to ▁attack ▁Germany . ▁H ess ▁concluded : ▁" In ▁recognition ▁of ▁this ▁danger ▁from ▁the ▁East , ▁there ▁was ▁for ▁us , ▁but ▁one ▁conclusion : ▁to ▁anticip ate ▁the ▁Soviet ▁attack , ▁and ▁to ▁attack ▁ourselves . ▁Att ack ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁possible ". ▁▁ ▁H ess ▁further ▁wrote ▁that ▁he ▁believed