Powell suggests that Windsor found the German government's response to be sufficiently sympathetic to proceed without delay. In late September, he received a personal invitation from Dr Robert Ley, the head of the German Labour Front (GLF). Windsor first indicated that he intended to accept in a letter to the British chargé d'affaires in Berlin, George Ogilvie-Forbes, on 20 September. A public announcement followed two weeks later. A telegram to the Foreign Office stated:
