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SECRETS OF THE HESS DRAMA

H'

HITLER'S

PEACE FLIGHT' RAGE

WAS PROBABLY JUST A FAKE

I think Fuehrer knew

TITLER'S ravings when his deputy, Rudolph Hess, landed in 11 Britain to make the dramatic "peace offor" of May 1941 were probably faked.

For documents found in the German Foreign Ministry and published for the first time show that it is likely Hitler knew Hess planner to fly to Scotland and contact the Duke of Hamilton.

Key to the mystery is a series

there WIS something more than a personal whim.

He bu

of letters by Dr Kari Hunshofer

"Even in the Anglo- Lisbon paper, and his son which appear in the

Saxon world The Fuehrer Was new 1r volume of "Documents regarded us Satan's representa- German Foreign Polleyve on earth and had to 1918-15."

fought.

(15)

Dr Hausinfer, a retired Gør- man general, was one of Hess's closest friends.

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a letter ta His son. Dr the Haushofer, at Albrecht University of Berlin, on Septem- ber 3. 1840, he said that Hess. whom he referred to as Torno, had abused the possibilitks of doing something to pvoid the

inal struggle with Engħand.

Naushofer seit. wanted (2 know whether a contact might be made through a third party.

He said he would consider the whole malter, and Dr Haushofer added: "From the whole conversation 1 had the strong impression that it Wa not conducted without the prior knowledge of the Fuchrer. and that I probably would not hear any more about the mutter unless a new understanding had been reached between him and his deputy."

Cin September 19, 1040. Albrecht Haushofer wrule to Hess discussing measures for Douglas Retting in touch with Hamilton to whom, he said, he could write in such a way that he alone would recognise that of behind the wish to see him in

the suggested possibly "The aldi tan Hamilton" (General Sir

Ian Hamilton) or "the other Hurilton" (Mic

Hamiton).

Duke

'Quiet walk'

A week later-less sent cautiously worded letter signed R.H. o Dr Karl Haushofer touching on a matlee "close to our hearts."

He went un: "Should success be the fate of the enterprise the oracle given to you with regard to the nonth of August would yet be fulfilled, since the name of the young friend and the old lusty friend D{

your family occurred to you during our quiet walk on the last day of August.”

A secret memorandum by Dr dated Albrecht Haushofer, September 10, 1940, Berlin, gives details of a talk with Hess.

Hess asked about the pussi- Lilities of making Hitler's serious desire for peace known to important people in England. Dr Haushofer said that proe tically all Englishmen regarded 14 Treaty signed by the Fuehrer as a worthless serap of

nked: "The possiblities of successful efforts at a settle ment between the Fuehrer and the British upper class seem to me to my extreme regret ininitesimally small.

My friend H.

not

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"Nevertheless I should want to close this letter without pointing out onen more that I still think there would be somewhat greater chance of sucess jrz going through Ambassador Lothian in Washing- tun or Sir Samuel Hoore 11 Madrid rather than through my friend II."

Four days later Dr Haushofer hudl reported to Hess that he sent his letter to the duke.

The Duke of Hamilton

says:

THE

I was the man

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, ́ MAY 2, 1961.

Thes

"What did he put in that damn Consus Form that makes them go 'Cor!' ovory time they come to a bit about me?”

London Express Bervice.

HOW DID DE GAULLE DO IT?

WHAT went wrong with the generals' plans? They must have expected

W

de Gaulle's outright defiance. It is thought here that the major factors were:

The restlessness that was be- Kuning to show itself in the ranks of the conscripts who formed the great majority of the army in Algeria;

The cast-iron loyalty of the navy which was preparing to carry out orders to make land- ings at Algerian ports;

The failure by generals in Metropolitan France to deliver on the promissory notes to juln had the mutiny which they given to Challe before the In- sorrection broke out.

Whatever the technical reasons for the collapse, the

AND NOW: A MUCH

Duke of Hamilton, Scotland's 58-year-old promier TOUGHER ALLY EMERGES

peer, said the other night: "I was the man Hess came to see, of that there is no doubt.

"But I met him for the first time in my life shortly after he had been taken prisoner.

"He wanted to make a peace suppose, would offer which, have anted the Germans very nicely at that particular time, and thought I could put him in touch with certain people."

PASSED ON

The duke said at the North Berwick mansion where he is living while his massive Lanarkshire country

home at Lennoxlove is temporarily closed that he knew both the Haushofers well,

months before they sent him a cupy.

"It was purely.

t friendly letter and a suggestion for me to meet him in Lisbon. There Is no doubt that the idea wing ferne to meet Hess in Lisbon as well."

Then the duke revealed an- other servi

Haushofer had written to lim

just before the war-the letter was posted In Norway- describing how bad things were in Germany.

"I passed it on to the Prline Minister, the Foreign Steretury, and Winston Churchill, whi The letter written to him by was not then in office," he said. Documents он German Dr Albrecht Haushofer was think it was of great use to Foreign Polley 1918-1945, Vol. Intercepted by our Intelligence ak

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men. he sold. And I WAS

-London Ezprasa Naruice).

"Are thosa soutages nearly ready,

dear? I'm starving!”

FROM THIS VICTORY

By LORD LAMBTON, MP

THE triumph of General de

Goullo is a

triumph of

Tcharacter. How important it is that he won can only

be judged by what would have happened had he lost, for then there would have been a military dictatorship in France, a Civil War and the useless continuation of the war in Algeria.

From SAM WHITE: Paris

their friendships with different political cliques.

defeat of the rebellion repre- sents a triumph of character-

Also, de Gaulle, deeply con- de Gaulle's character.

scious of his nation's humilia It was his Armness and lea-

become Cven n:cre General Salon, for example, is dership which prevented a rout. tion, will Mad

other

typical Government touchy matters evnerming #

Fourth Republic prestige been in power in Paris the mill French

ever product. He was promoted under than

i for political reasons and he tary would already have been before.

notorious as 121 control.

an entirely.

The same goes for Marshal

Any

Shameful

It also seals

the death war-

the Foreign Legion

This mer-

CA

Accomplices

The first major One would like to be able to was consequences of the rebellion is say that his countrymen feel an politkal general. an end to the Fascist threat individual seme of shame at the that has hung over France for events of the last few weeks, Juin Juin was made a Marshal three years and an end to the The unfortunately

would not because they

by a Socialist government solely wanted to give Algeria-is-French legend,

be true.

general to Ironically enough It is the

On all sides in Paris one heard prestige to another

coimter balance that of de mulinous generals. themselves prominent people say that the Gaulle. fighting to keep Algeria for best solution to the crisis would Small wonder the generals. France who have finally dis- be it de Gaulle resigned.

despise the politicians and the posed of any possibility of du- There Was readiness In politicians live in fear of them ing so.

many circles to collaborate with as one lives in fear of black- The negotiations with the the prospective lavados. There mailers. Moslem Nationalist rebels will werd at morts of politicians now begin with only the short-ready to jump on the military

delay with est possible

de band wagon if it had rolled on Gaulle trogically weakened in

to Paris. bargaining power as a result of

the Left worked Many on

An Cormous amount Billi the mutiny.

with might and main to remains to be revealed regard-· Australe any liberal stillement ing the accomplices of The

In high de Gaulle mutineers than anal

places - rather

the security should have the honour of Bet- especially tling the war. The other side of services-in Paris. the coin presented by the Algiers Summary arrests are likely to rant about to be pronounced on mutiny is the notorious appeal continue for

some time, A Jaunched by Sartre and other defeat for the military Fascists, cenary force composed of eighty Leftwing Intellectuals recently the collapse of the revolt is alco per cent of Germans is certain to French troops to desert.

the a devastating defent to be disbanded.

classic French Right. Those politicians who have toyed with conspiracy

shown sympathy to the conspirator The silences of some people are doomed IFICIL at least throughout the insurrection is politically speaking. also noteworthy. There was not Some of them are now in

including a word throughout from such a flight,

Jacques the con- Soustelle, who left the country respected furė servative lender M. Antoine secretly. Pinay condemning the uprising.

Nor did Franco's

most die posliion will, in the long run, tingukbed soldier utter a word, be weakened. With a threat of 爽 military coup d'etat finally One might have expected that

dis removed. A peace in Algeria in Marshal Juln, though In

and Agreement with

the French Left de Gaulle's sight,

showing in- would Algerian polley,

have Centre will begin condemned the mutiny. Not a

creasing Impatience with the def Gaulle regime and a growing bit of it.

nostalgia for the bad old days All the generals involved in when every MP could expect to the mutiny are products of the be a Cabbiet Minister from one putrifed parliamentary system weekend to another. of the Fourth Republic.

In short they will wish to

the very Under the Fourth Republly, as return to

kind of under the pre-war Third politicat e which is basically

for generala were appointed for responsible political reasons or because of tragedy.

If this had happened the would have made him a prison. whole solidity of Europe er of the rebels. would have been undermined,

So too are the elite Paratroop What then would have hap- and France would have been pened is also uncertain, but Regiments who have deted as dragged duwn to the depths there is little doubt that Jacques the Pretorian Guard of French of 1940.

Soustelle would have been the military Fasciam. But

This that General now

de political force behind the new

shameful episode will interna- Gaulle has won there is a new milftary order of France, and also have important chance- for France, for

Relations the that at this moment the whole tional consequences, behind-the-scenes power of the of France would have been in between France and Franco Army which has always turmoil.

Spain will become sub-zero In hampered and restrained him in

do That Europe is spared this is temperature, for General carrying out the only policy a mercy, and that the east will Gaulle will never forgive Franca which could succeed has be the stiffening of General de

for the role his regime` playeu been broken, and it is Indeed Goulle's resolutions is a cheap in helping the plotters and doubtful if the Army can ever price to pay for the avokiance of allowing

Sulan 10 be the force that it was again, Civil War.

"escape from Spain.

at any rate as long as Generat

de Gaulle is head of State.

First time

Thus for the first time he is Jindependent ond complete master in his own house.

How this will affect hiin K in dimeult to tell, but it must appear likely that the effect will be to strengthen resolutions

which he holds.

The effect upon us will also be considerable. There musl appear to him to be less reason thôn ever for Britain to join The Common Market, unless she Is willing to renounce · all her Commonwealth connections,

Thus I is no exaggeration to say that although things

are Infinitely better now and offer Infinitely more hope than they would had the rebels triumphed, that the busie dißerences which scporate General de Gaulle from the aspirations of this country and Ainerien are increased.

Uncertain

Bul far and away; the most Important aspect of his victory is the fact that there is now ùa possibility thut General de Gaulle can ectile the Algerian problem.

How nearly was he beaten? How nearly did the rebels gnia the day? This in dimeult to tell, .but of only one thing can on be sure, whiteli is that last week the Paris end of the rebellion went wrong.

General

Silent

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d'est which

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