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Appendices to

R & A No. 3114

NAZI PLANS TO DOMINATE EUROPE

7 August 1945

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APPENDICES Page

A. Classification of Principal Sources Quoted 1

B. Reichstag Election Results, 1920-1933 5

C. Speech by Hitler, 30 January 1944 8

D. Civil Affairs Handbook: Communications and Control of Public

Opini on 9

E. Nazi Party Program 10

F. Nazionalsozialistische Bibliographie 15

G. Wehrmacht Personnel in Nazi Agencies 16

H. Report of a Conversation held in the Reich Chancellery on

5 November 1937, 19

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Germany _.

Government

Deutsche Justiz.

Das Recht des Generalgouvernements,

Reichsgesetzblatt.

Verordnungsblatt des Reichsstatthalters im Reichsgau Wartheland.

Official NSDAP publications

Nationalsozialistische Briefe - published by the Pressepolitisches Amt

of the Reichspressestelle of the N5DAP.

Nationalsozialist sehe Parteikorrespondenz - same.

NS Presse Korrespondenz - same.

Nationalsozialistisches Jahrbuch - ed. in collaboration with the

Reichsleitung of the NSDAP.

Organisationsbuch der NSDAP - Zentralverlag des NSDAP.

Partei Statistik - edited by the Reichsorganisationsleiter der NSDAP.

Deutsches Recht - published by the NS Rechtswahrerbund.

Das Archiv - magazine edited by Ernst Jaenicke, head of the Gau Press

Office, Berlin, and published by Kurt Jahncke, Ministerial

Counsellor in the Reich Ministry for Propaganda.

Die SS, Geschichte, Aufgabe und Organisation - Gunter d'Alquen

(Commissioned by the Reich Leader of the SS), Berlin, 1939

Die SA - Ernst 3ayer (Commissioned by the SA High Command), Berlin,1938.

Das Programm der NSDAP - Gottfried Feder (Feder was the official

interpreter of the Party program), Munich, 1933.

publications by Persons whose Government Positions Rendered them Official

Werner Best - Die Deutsche Polizei, Darmstadt, 1940 (Best held a

leading position in the Gestapo).

-'ürossraumorlnung und Grossraumverwaltung", in

Zeitschrift für Politik, 1941. (Best was German

delegate in Denmark at the time of publication).

- "Grundlagen einer deutschen Grossraumverwaltung", in

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Werner Daitz - Der Weg zur vBlkischen Wirtschaft und zur Europäischen

Grossraumwirtschaft, Dresden, 1938. (Daitz had been

deputy for economic questions in the Party leadership

since 1931, and was in the Foreign Political Office of

the Party).

- Deutschland und die Europäische Grossraumwir t schaf t .

- Aussenhande lppol i t ik und Ost raumpol i t ik

Emil Ehrich - Die Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP, Berlin, 1957

(Ehrich held the position of Gauamtsleitur and Personal

Assistant of the Gauleiter of the Auslands-Organisation

of the NSDAP).

Joseph Goebbels - Vom Kaiserhof zur Reichskanzlei, Munich, 1937.

" i->cr ^griff - Aufsätze aus der Kampfzeit, 1936,

Hermann Göring - Aufbau einer Hation, Berlin, 1934.

- Reden und Aufsätze, Munich, 1942.

Adolf Hitler - Mein Kampf.

Alfred Rosenberg - Der Rcichsparteitag der NSDAP, Munich, 1927.

(Rosenberg was one of the earliest adherents of

the Party and the editor for a long period of the

party newspaper Völkischer Beobachter).

- Der Mythus des 20 Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1933.

Arthur Seyss-Inquart - "Die politische Aufgabe des Reichskommissars",

in Zeitschrift, für völkische Verfassung und

Verwaltung, 1942, vol. VII« (Seyss-Inquart

was ReichsStatthalter in the Ostmark and

Reichskommissar der besetzten niederländischen

Gebiete),

Franz Alfred Six - Probleme des Europäischen Grossw*rtSchaftsraumes,

Berlin, 1943. (Head of the Vllth Office of the

Security Service of the Reichsführer SS, and at the

same time head of the Kulturpolitische Abteilung

in the Foreign Office),

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D. Semiofficial

Das Deutsche Führerlexikon, Berlin, 1934 (Party-approved biographies).

Maj. H. Foertsch - Die Wehrmacht im Nationalsozialistischen Staat,

Kuno Horkenbach - Das Deutsche Reich von 1918 bis Heute (written with

the help of Reich and state authorities), Berlin,

1935.

Johann von Leers - Kurzgefasste Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus,

Bielefeld and Leipzig, 1933 (Published with the

approval of the party official Examination Com­

mission for the protection of IIS Literature).

E. Newspapers

Inasmuch as all German newspapers after 1933 were controlled by Nazi

Government or Party agencies, they may be classified as at least semi­

official sources.

F. Unofficial

The Nazi Conspiracy in Spain - edited by the editors of The Brown

Book of the Nazi Terror (Contains many

official documents),

I Paid Hitler - Fritz Thyssen, New York and London, 1941.

II. Other Official Government Publications

A. Austria

Das Braunbuch - Hakenkreuz gegen Oesterreich, ed. by the Bundes

Kanzleramt, Vienna, 1933.

Beiträge zur Geschichte und Vorgeschichte der Julirevolte, edited on

the basis of official sources, Bundeskommissariat

für Heimatdienst, Vienna, 1934.

B. Czechoslovakia

German Imperialism and Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign

Affairs, Information Service,

London, 1943.

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III, Collections of Speeches

N. H. Baynes - The_ Speeches of _Adolf Hitler, 1942.

Gordon W. Prange - Hitler'w '.Tords, American Council on public Affairs,

1944.

My Hew Order - edited by Raoul de Roussy de Salles, Hew York, 1941,

Nazi Guide to Nazism, edited by Rolf Tell, Washington, 1942.

Thus Speaks Germany - edited by Coole and Potter, Uevr York, 1941,

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APPENDI: B: R_J.CK5TAG ELECTION RESULTS, 1920-1933 (Number of Votes i n Thousands)!

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NSDAP (DVFP) Deutsohnnt. V o l k s p a r t e i Deutsche V o l k s p a r t e i

Deutsche S t a a t s p a r t e i (and Dem.) Zentrum Bayer. VP (and Christi. VP) Eeutsch. Landvolk (and CN3LVP) Deutsche Bauernpa.rtei Lan&bund Wirtschaftspartei (and Bay. BE) Beutsch Hannov. Partei Other Parties

Sozialdem. P a r t e i USPD Kommunist. P a r t e i

Grand To ta l

June 1920

4,249 3,919

2,333 3,245 1,232

212 319 332

6 , i o 4 5,o46

529

Hay 1924

1,912 5,696 2,694

1,655 3,9l5-

946

571!-693 319

1,165

6,oo2

3,693

Dec. 1924

907 6,20^

3,049

1,919 4,112 1,13^

499 1,005

262 R97

7, Sol

,709

Hay 1922

olC ^ ,321 2,679

1,505 3,712

94s 521 421

Sept . 1930

199 1,397

' 19^ 1, w

9,153

37264

6,409 2,452 1,572

1,322 4,127 1,059 1,102

339 194

1,362 144

1,696

2,577

4,592

J u l y 1932

13,7^-5 2,177

436

• , "571 4,529 1,192

90

its 46

602

7,959

5,222

Nov. 1932

n , 7 3 7 2,959

661

336 4,230

149 105 110

64 749

7,242

5,920

Mar. 1933

17,277 3,136

432

334-4,424 1,073

114 _23

~ 7 329

7,121

4,242

22,192 29,275 30,225 30,7^7 3 M 6 5 36,274 35,^62 39,332

1. F igu re s t rken from S t a t i s t i s c h e s Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich.

(Number of S e r t s for Each P a r t y )

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NSDAP (DVFP) Deutschnat. Volksprrtei Deutsche Volkspartei

Deutsche Staatspartei (and Dem.) Zentrum Bayer. VP (and Christi. VP) Deutsch. Lajidvolk (and CIIBLVP) Deutsche Bauernpartei Landbund (a.nd tfurtt. B&WD) Wirtschaftspartei (and Bay.BB) Deutsch-Hrnnov. Prrtei

Sozialdem. Partei USPD Kommunist. Partei

Other Prrties

Totais

June I92O

s 39 64 21

iL r—

5

102 24 4

Mny 1924

32 5

2o

Dec. 192^

6^ 16

10 10

5

100

62

4

14 103 51

32 69 19

o

131

45

May 19 20

12 73 5̂

^ 02 16 10 2 3 23 3

153

Sept. 1930

107 4-1 30

20 66 19 19 6 3 23 3

14-3

77

18

July 1932

230 37 7 4 75 22 1 2 2 2

133

39

Nov. 1932

196 52 11

2 70 20

3 2 1 1

121

100

Mer. 1933

2gg 52 2

7 lg

2 1

120

gl

4

5̂9 472 9̂3 £1 577 60S 584 647

1. According to Strtiptisches Jahrbuch Mr das Deutsche Reich 1920-1933.

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NSDAP (DVFP) DNVP (Deutschnationale Volkspartei) DVP (Deutsche Volkspartei)

Staf.tspf.rtei (Dem. P.)-Zentrum (Chr. VP) Bayer. VP Deutsches Lrndvolk (CMELVP etc.) Beut sehe Bauernpartei Wirtsehrft spartei

SPD USPD KPD

June 1920

May 192^

Dec. 192^

May 19 20

Sept. 1930

July 1932

Nov. 1932

Mar. 1933

13.9

6.5 19.5 9.2

3.0 20.5 10.1

2.6

0.7

IS.3 7.0 4.5

37.3 5-9 1.2

33.1 ?•§ 1.9

M-3.9-, g.o1

1.1

11.6

4.5 13.4 3.2

13.6 3.Ö

M2

12.1 3.1

3-« 11. ß 3.0

1.0 12.5 3.2

1.0 11.9 3.1

0.9 11.2 2.7

2.9 1.6 U-.5

3.2 0.3 —' — — — 0.3

3.3

2.9 1.6 U-.5 3-9 Q~Ä

0.3

21.6

lg.s 1.7

20.5 O.o

26.0 0.3 9.0

29,0

10.6

2̂ .5

13.1

21.6 20.4

16.9

12.3

12.3

TT Kampffront Schwärz-Weiss-Rot 2. Incl. Volksrechtpartei

NSDAP Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei Dem. P. Demokratische Partei Chr.VP Christliche Volkspartei Bayer.VP Bayerische Volkspartei CNBLVP Christi. Natl. Bauern- und Landvolkspartei SPD Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlrnds USPD Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei KPD Kommunistische Prrtei Deutschlands DVFP Deutsch Völkische Freiheits-Partei

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APPENDIX Ct SPEECH B,Y HITLER

See Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service of the Federal Com­

munications Commission, 31 January 1944s Text of speech 'oy Hitler,

30 January 1944, on the eleventh anniversary of the Nazi party's seizure

of power,

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APPENDIX D:

CIVIL AFFAIRS HANDBOOK; COI-mi I CAT IONS AND COHTROL 0_F PUBLIC^ OPINION

Reference is to Army Service Forces Manual M 356-12, Section 12,

4 April 1944.

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APPENDIX E: NAZI PARTY PROGRAM

The program of the German Workers' Party is limited

as to period. The leaders have no intention, once the

aims announced in it have been achieved, of setting up

fresh ones, in order to ensure .•the continued existence

of the Party by the artificially increased discontent

of the masses.

1. We demand the union of nil Germans, on the

basis of the right of the self«determination of

peoples, to form a Great Germany.

2. We demand equality of rights for the Gorman

People in its dealings \vith other nations, and aboli­

tion of the Peace Treaties of Versailles and St,

Germain.

3. We demand land aid territory (colonies) for the

nourishment of our people and for settling our surplus

population.

4. None but members of the nation may be citizens

of the State. None but those of German blood, whatever

their creed, may be members of the nation. No Jew,

therefore, may be a member of the nation.

5. Anyone who is not a citizen of the State may

live in Germany only as a guest and must be regarded

as being subject to the alien laws.

6. The right of voting on the leadership and legisla­

tion is to be enjoyed by the citizens of the State alone.

We demand, therefore, that all official appointments, of

"'uatever kind, whether in the Reich, the provinces, or

small conmunities, shall be granted to citizens of

State alone. We oppose the corrupt parliamentary

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custom of the State of filling posts merely with a view

to party considerations, and without reference to

character or cap acity.

7. We demand that the State shall make it its

first duty to promote the industry and livelihood of

the citizens of the State. If it is not possible to

nourish the entire population of the State, foreign

nationals (non-citizens of the State) must be excluded

from the Reich«

8. All further non-German immigration must be

prevented. We demand that all non-Germans who entered

Germany subsequent to 2 August 1914, shall be required

forthwith to depart from the Reich.

9. All citizens of the State shall possess equal

rights and duties.

10. It must be the first duty of every citizen of the

State to perform mental or physical work. The activities

of the individual must not clash with the interests of

the whole, but must proceed within the framework of the

community and must be for the general good.

11. Abolition of Incomes unearned by work. Abolition

of the thralldora of interest.

12. In view of the enormous sacrifice of life and

property demanded of a nation by every war, personal

enrichment through war must be regarded as a crime

against the nation. We demand therefore the ruthless

confiscation of all war profits.

13. We demand the nationalization of all businesses

ich have (hithertoc) been '-'.amalgamated (into Trusts).

14., We demand that there shall be profit-sharing

the great industries. ST? ."I'D TUT;

ill e i tiJ J.

15. We demand a generous development of provision .

for old age.

16. We demand the creation and maintenance of a

healthy middle class, immediate coi-amunali^aticn of

wholesale warehouses, and their lease at a low rate

to small traders, and that the most careful considera­

tion shall be shown to all small purveyors to the State,

the provinces, or smaller communities.

17. We demand a land-reform suitable to cur national

requirements, the passing of a law for the confiscation

without compensation of land for communal purposes,

the abolition of interest on mortgages, and prohibition

of all speculation in land.

18. We demand ruthless war upon all those whose

activities are injurious to the common interest. Common

criminals against the nation, usurers, profiteers, etc.,

must be punished with death, whatever their creed or

race,

19. We demand that the Roman Law, which serves the

materialistic world order, shall be replaced by a

German c ommon 1aw.

20. With the aim of opening to every capable and

industrious German the possibility of higher education

and consequent advancement to leading positions the

State must consider a thorough reconstruction of our

national system of education. The curriculimi of all

education establishments must bo brought into line.

with the requirements of practical life. Directly the

ind begins to develop the schools must alia at teaching

ie pupil to understand the idea of the State (State

•ciology). We demand the education of' specially gifte"

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occupation, at the expense of the State.

21. The State must apply itself to raising the

standard of health in the nation by protecting mothers

and infantsj prohibiting child labor, and increasing by

bodily efficiency/legally obligatory gymnastics and

sports, and by extensive support of clubs engaged in

the physical training of the young.

22. We demand the abolition of mercenary troops and

the formation of a national army.

23. Wo demand legal warfare against conscious

political lies and their dissemination in the Press. In

order to facilitate the creation of a German national

press v;c demand:

(a) that all editors and contributors to news­

papers employing the German language must be

members of the nation;

(b) that special permission from the State shall

be necessary before non-German newspapers may

appear. These need not necessarily be printed in

the German language}

(c) that non-Germans shall be prohibited by law

from participating financially in or Influencing

German newspapers, and that the penalty for

contravention of the law shall be suppression of

any such newspaper, and immediate deportation of

the non-German involved.

It must be forbidden to publish newspapers

which do not conduce to the national welfare. We

demand the legal prosecution of all tendencies In

art and literature of a kind likely to disintegrate

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mentioned requirements.

24. V7e demand liberty for all religious denominations

in the State, so far as they aro not a danger to it and

do not militate against the morality and moral sense of

the German rac e.

The party, as such, stands for positive Christianity,

but does not bind itself in the matter of creed to any

particular confession. It combats the Jewish-materialist

spirit within and without us, and is convinced that our

nation can achieve permanent health from within only on

the principle; the common interest before self-interest.

25. That all the foregoing requirements may be

realized wc demand the creation of a .strong central

power of the Reich. Unconditional authority of the-

politically central parliament over the entire Reich

and its organization in general.

The formation of Diets and vocational Chambers for

the purpose of executing the general laws promulgated

by the Reich in the various States of the Confederation.

The leaders of the Party swear to proceed regard­

less of consequences -- if necessary at the sacrifice of

their lives -- toward the fulfilment of the foregoing

Points.

Munich 24 February 1920

(Translated from G. Feder, Hitler's Official Program and

its Fundamental Ideas, London, 1938, pp. 38-43.)

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APPENDIX F; IUTI0IIAL50£IALISTI5CJ1E BIBLIOGRAPHIE

Reference to nationalsozialistische Bibliographie, Berlin, September

1940. (A single issue is attached to Copy 1; other issues should be

obtainable ,in Europe).

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APPENDIX G - WEHRMACHT PERSONNEL IN NAZI AGENCIES1

llerraann von Hanneken

G. d. Inf. (General of Infantry); c-in-c. Denmark

Oct. 1942 to Feb. 1945.

Generalbevollm. f.d. Eisen, u. Stahlbewirtschaftung

bein Beauftr. f. d. 4-J-Plan (until July 1942)

(Plenipotentiary of Iron arid Steel Economy to the

Delegate for the 4-Year Plan)

1 St. Yd.. AR (First Deputy Chairman of Board) .

Preuss. Elektrizitats A G Berlin.

SudetenlandT Bergwerks A G Brux.

Sudetenland. Triebstoffwerke A G Brux.

2 St. Vd. AR (2nd Deputy Chairman of Board)-

Preuss. Bergwerks u.

Hütten A G Berlin

Saargruben A G, Saarbrücken

AR (Director) - Alpine Montan AG Hermann Goring,

Linz Bergwerksges. Hibernia

AG - Berne

Undersecretary of State, Minister of Economics.

Wolfgang Erdmann -

Genlt. (1945) (Major General)

Armaments Inspector, Speer Ministry 1944

Kurt V/aeger

G. d. Art. (General in the Artillery)

Liaison with the 4-Year Plan and Army in Speer

Minis try

Erhard Milch

G.f.m. (Field Marshal)

Deutsche Lufthansa 1926 to 1933

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I.Iember Industrierat des Reichsmarschalls f.d.

Fertigung von Luftzeuggerate (taken over June

1944 by Speer) Industrial Council of the

Reich Marshal for the Production of Aeronautical

Equipment), simultaneously dissolved Gauluft-

" ' zeugmeister (Gau Air Equipment) offices and set

up Chef. d. Techn, Lufrustung (Chief of Technical

Air Armament) inside the German Air Force.

Deputy to Speer since 1944.

Gottlob Berger

SS General

1942 - Chief of Central Dept. Railroad Security

of SS.

1925-30 connected with Arm/ General Staff.

Dr. Wilhelm Schubert (born 1395)

Gen, d. El. - Gen. of the Air Force

Directorate of Defense Economics, RLII (1942) - was

connected with factory producing motorized equip­

ment before being reactivated in Army.

Georg Thomas ,

G. d. Inf. (ret. October 1944)

Ilil. Economics and Armaments Office OKW 1936-42

Mil. Economics Office Hay-Nov. 42

Special Advisor on Military Economics OKW Nov.

42 to Oct. 44.

1912-1922 - AEG in Bochum, Bahnabteilung (Railroad

department)

1930 Pres. Berlin ' erkehrs Ges. (BVG)

Vice Pres. - Intern. .'_ss. of Roads and Tram-

cars

Member - Werberat d. Deutsche Wirtschaft

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In 1942 was .7R (Director)

A G Roichswerke Hermann Goring Berlin

Kontinentale Ol AG "

Rheinmetall-Borsigs AG "

Vor einigte aluminium Werke :.G "

Carl Bolle

Oberstlt z . V. (Lt. Colonel')

V o r s t a n d (Heraber of t h e Hanc.gement Board) -

D e u t s c h e " /ä f fen u . M u n i t i o n s f a b r i k e n AG-, B e r l i n

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APPENDIX H

REPORT OH A CONVERSATION HELD III THE REICH CHANCELLERY ON 5 NOVEMBER 1957 FROM 4:15 to 8:30 P.M. '

25 June 1945

The summarized document is an authenticated copy of the original.

The certification of the authenticity is signed by a colonel of the

General Staff whose name is illegible. The original report is signed

by Col. Hessbach whose name appears among the persons reported to be

present and who apparently acted as reporter. The document carries the

heading reproduced in the heading of this summary.

The report itself is dated 10 November 1937. The statements of

the participants are reported in the third person. From the length of

the document it is apparent that the conversations are reported in ab­

breviated form and it is probable that the order of the subject discussed

has been rearranged in order to follow the logical sequence of ideas.

Neither content nor style of the document could justify any doubt con­

cerning its authenticity,

It is not apparent for whose use the report was made nor where

the document was found.

The conversations dealt with two subjects: (1) with the general

policy of the German Empire and (2) with concrete questions of armament,

Only the content of the first part of the conversation is reported; of

the second part nothing but the general subject is mentioned.

The following were present: Hitler, Minister of T.ar Von Blomberg,

the Chief Commanders of the three branches, Von Fritsch, Von Raeder, and

Goering, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Von Neurath, and Col. Hossbach.

Hitler opened the conversation by saying1 that "his succeeding

statements were the result of long reflections and of the experience

of his 4jjr years of government. He said that he wanted to explain to

the gentlement present his basic ideas about the possibilities and

Quotation marks in the following summary indicate that the summarized document is quoted literally, not that it is a direct quotation of the speeches.

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necessities of the development of our situation in the field of foreign

policy and that he wished that in the interest of a long range German

policy, these statements should be regarded as his testamentary legacy

in case of his death,

Hitler began his speech by stating that the aim of German policy

was to secure and maintain the mass of the people and to increase then.

lie said that consequently the problem to be dealt with was the problem

of space and that the German people had a claim for greater living space.

He expressed the opinion that autarchy in the field of food could not be

achieved and that it would not be possible to secure the feeding of the

German population by participating in world trade because in case of war

the sea lanes would be dominated by England.

Hitler went on to say that "the history of all periods — Roman

Empire, British Empire — had shown that expansion of space was possible

only by breaking of resistance and with risks; that set-backs would be

unavoidable; that neither in earlier times nor today had space without

a master existed; and that he who attacks always encounters the possessor."

He continued by saying that one could not expect England and France to

return the colonies, that the English Empire was not as strong as the

Roman Empire and that it showed signs of weakness which he enumerated.

He said that France's position was tomewhat stronger,

Invoking the examples of Frederick the Great and Bismarck, Hitler

said that "in order to solve the German problems, there exists only the

way of force, which is never without risks,"

Hitler continued by saying that "starting from the resolution to

apply force with risks onu was faced with the questions of 'when' and

'how.' He said that three eventualities must be distinguished."

CASE 1, Period 1943 to 1945.

Hitler said that after this period the situation would change to

•many's disadvantage; that by that time the rearmament would be finished

would become gradually obsolete from then on. In addition, the re-

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that there would not be enough foreign exchange to buy food for the popula­

tion. He said that "the actual situation in the years 1943/1945 could

not be foreseen but that it was certain that we (i.e., the Germans) could

no longer wait" and that "if the Fuehrer would still be alive, it was his

unchangeable decision to solve the question of the German space at the

latest by 1943/1945."

CASE 2. Hitler said that he would take action against Czechoslovakia

in case the social tensions in France should develop into a political crisis

and paralyze the French Army.

CJVGE 3. This is the case of France being involved in a war which

prevents her from taking action against Germany. In this case a common

frontier with Hungary must be achieved by the elimination of Austria and

Czechoslovakia, Hitler said that "he believed that, in all probability,

England and, presumably, France too had already secretly written off

Czechoslovakia and had accepted the fact that this question would be

solved by Germany."

Hitler continued by saying that by the incorporation of Czecho­

slovakia and Austria, food for 5 to 6 million people would be gained if

2 million were forced to emigrate from Czechoslovakia and 1 million from

Austria. In addition it would be possible to form 12 additional divisions,

He said that Italy would not oppose the incorporation of Czechoslovakia

and that her position toward Austria could not be foreseen. If one should

act with sufficient speed neither Poland nor Russia would interfere.

He said that he would take action against Czechoslovakia as soon

as France was paralyzed by civil war,

He went on to say that Germany was interested in the continuance

of the Spanish Civil 7,"ar and of the tension in the Mediterranean. He

wanted to induce Italy to remain in the Balearic Islands, which would

cause a war between France and England on the one side and Italy on the

3r, Hitler described the strategic possibilities of this war and ex-

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pressed the belief that it would be waged mainly in North Africa, He

said that he would solvu the Czech and Austrian problem during this war.

England would not dare to begin a v/ar with Germany, and without England

France would not declare war either.

Hitler concluded by saying that the sudden attack-'- on Czechoslovakia

must bo carried out with lightning speed,

In the following conversation Blomberg and Fritsch indicated that

France would be strong enough to wage an offensive war in the West even

after having declared war on Italy and that the Czechoslovakia!! fortifica­

tions were very strong. Fritsch stated that ho had ordered a study of

operations against C?echoslova3cia with a view to overwhelming these forti­

fications.

Ilourath indicated that he was not convinced of the probability of

a war between Italy and France and England,

Goering regarded it as necessary to prepare the liquidation of

"our military enterprise in Spain," Hitler assented but reserved for

himself the decision of the rieht moment for this measure,

1, In the German text the word "Ueberfall" is used« 2. In the original the vrord "blitzartig schnell" is put into quotation

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