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SSD—TELEGRAM
Anna 4873 3 February 42 1650
SECRET
To the Military Commander of France
Attention of Infantry General Von Stuelpnagel, Paris.
Reference: Telegram of 1 Jan. 1942.
General Field Marshal Keitel, after a conference with the Fuehrer, refuses to consider the plan of sole judging and arbitrary final decision for measures in cases of assault and acts of violence with explosives which was proposed from there as long as the measures which 'are proposed from there do not take into consideration in their type and magnitude the fundamental attitude of the Fuehrer for assaults and violent acts with explosives which have been reported since Jan. 15, and which have not yet been clarified but are on the increase. Sharp and deterring punishment must be instituted by shooting a large number of arrested Communists and/or Jews and persons who have previously committed assault and by arresting at least one thousand Communists,
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and/or Jews for shipment. Field Marshal Keitel awaits corresponding instructions for submission to the Fuehrer.
OKW Gen QU (V) Nr. II 1887/42 SECRET 1830 1 BOM HRRXMV France
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT I0I2-PS
Date: Date Unknown
Total Pages: 2
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-I0I2
HLSL Item No.: Unknown