June 21st, 1940

War in the East is imminent. While our strike on the Austrians was successful, the ensuing invasion has been bogged down. We must begin our preparations for war immediately.

Repeating a tactic from Austria, we shall use German airships with civilian markings to reconnoiter Polish air bases, particularly around Warsaw, Lodz, Poznan and Katowice. The airships shall report on the number and type of planes at each base encountered, but take good care to not overfly the air bases directly. If confronted the airships shall stand their ground and refuse to land, insisting they are overflying neutral territory (no state of war exists between the German Empire and Poland) on their way to Ukraine or Lithuania.

The worldwide reaction to the bombing of the Austrian parliament has been negative, but if rash Polish action results in the destruction of one our airships public opinion may sway again in our favor.

The military airships LZ 131, LZ 147 as well as the civilian airships SL 102, SL 103 and SL 105 will be used for this operation, all with civilian markings.