In response to British requests for direct negotiations to avoid war, Germany made demands on Poland, which served as a pretext to worsen relations. On 29 August, Hitler demanded that a Polish plenipotentiary immediately travel to Berlin to negotiate the handover of Danzig, and to allow a plebiscite in the Polish Corridor in which the German minority would vote on secession. The Poles refused to comply with the German demands, and on the night of 30–31 August in a confrontational meeting with the British ambassador Nevile Henderson, Ribbentrop declared that Germany considered its claims rejected.
In response to British requests for direct negotiations to avoid war Germany made demands on Poland which served as a pretext to worsen relations On 29 August Hitler demanded that a Polish plenipotentiary immediately travel to Berlin to negotiate the handover of Danzig and to allow a plebiscite in the Polish Corridor in which the German minority would vote on secession The Poles refused to comply with the German demands and on the night of 30–31 August in a confrontational meeting with the British ambassador Nevile Henderson Ribbentrop declared that Germany considered its claims rejected