M.M. [Litvinov] informs me that the lecture on the British constitution which Simon is to read in Paris on 26 February will be used for a meeting between the British and French governments on the line they should take in connection with the German response to the proposals of 3 February. Roughly the following steps are envisaged: the British government will be authorized to negotiate with the German government, for which S. will go to Berlin (he is very keen on doing so), while the French government will be authorized to demand a final response from Germany on the Eastern Pact. The British government, by all appearances, is thinking of focusing attention primarily on the air convention.