After the presidential elections had ended , Schleicher held a series of secret meetings with Hitler in May 1932 , and thought that Hitler had agreed to support the new `` presidential government '' Schleicher was building . After the presidential elections had ended , Schleicher held a series of secret meetings with Hitler in May 1932 , and thought that he had obtained a `` gentleman 's agreement '' in which Hitler had agreed to support the new `` presidential government '' that Schleicher was building .