Yeah reading 1939 by Carrey has really gotten across that Churchill, evil though he was, did not trust Hitler one bit. He sought out officials from both sides to push for them to fulfill their planned staff talks and unfulfilled obligations of French arms to the USSR. As well as talking with Soviet ambassadors about Soviet accomplishments, he was apparently "thrilled" about the industrialization east of the Urals.

Appeasement was Chamberlain and Halifax, through and through