Top Secret
WFSt/Qu.2 (North) 6 December 1944
2 copies, 1st copy
KR—Teletype to Reichminister and Head of Reich Chancellery, Reichminister Dr. Lammers.
Sir:
In the matter of checking sabotage in Norway, I agree with the view of the Reich Commissioner for Occupied Norwegian territory, to the extent that I expect results from reprisals only if they are carried out ruthlessly and if Reich Commissioner Terboven is authorized to carry out shootings.
Should the Fuehrer not grant this authorization, I consider the proposal of Reich Commissioner Terboven (No. Ill of his communication) as adequate to the purpose.
I note moreover that the mentioned 10% of German specialists [Fachraefte] would require from 800-1,000 persons. For guard duty it is possible to supply supplementary personnel from the Wehrmacht, to a limited extent.
In contrast to the view of Reich Commissioner Terboven, I anticipate a certain success from this procedure at least to the extent that Marines will be used.
For your information, there is going forward to you simultaneously a teletype addressed to the Wehrmacht Commandant (W. Bhf) Norway, through which the report of the Reich Commissioner, transmitted to me, evidently released.
Heil Hitler yours
Signed: Keitel
OKW/WFST/Qu. 2 (North) Nr. 0014S71/44g.K.
Letter to Lammers on measures to combat sabotage in Norway, including reprisal executions
Authors
Wilhelm Keitel (Field Marshal, Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces)
Wilhelm Keitel
German field marshal
- Born: 1882-09-22 (Helmscherode) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Duchy of Brunswick)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg) (country: Allied-occupied Germany)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Military rank: general field marshal
- Military branch: artillery
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/74027425
Date: 06 December 1944
Defendant: Wilhelm Keitel
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-871
HLSL Item No.: 452105
Trial Issues
Partisan fighters (and commandos), operations against, and treatment of (I… Hostage-taking and reprisal actions, including killings and fines (IMT, NM…
Document Summary
PS-871: Top Secret Signed letter of telegraphic Transmission from Field Marshall Keitel to Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellory Dr. Lammers in re: Acts of Sabotage in Oslo Norway
PS-871: Kr teleprint message from Keitel to Lammers, 6 December 1944, concerning terboven’s suggestions to Hitler for combating sabotage in Norway. reprisals only likely to be effective if they are carried out ruthlessly