Moreover, as one British civil servant wrote on August 22, 1938:We have had similar visits from other emissaries of the "Reichsheer", such as Dr. Goerdeler, but those for whom these emissaries claim to speak have never given us any reasons to suppose that they would be able or willing to take action such as would lead to the overthrow of the regime. The events of June 1934 Night of the Long Knives and February 1938 Blomberg–Fritsch Affair do not lead one to attach much hope to energetic action by the Army against the regime. Ulrich von Hassell wrote in his diary that Goerdeler was "imprudent" but at least "wants to act rather than grumble", which was a marked difference to the generals who indicated that perhaps they would or perhaps they would not act against the Nazi regime should Czechoslovakia be attacked.