'I happen to trust Herr Hitler'

In his biography, Chaim Weizmann relates the story of a visit to his home by Jan Masaryk, the son of the founder and first President of the Czech Republic, shortly after Masaryk had visited Neville Chamberlain to try to convince him not to abandon his country to Hitler. Here's part of what Weizmann reported.

For a while he was silent, then he turned to
us and, pointing to the little dog he