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C. The Occupation of Austria and Czechoslovakia
1938-1939 |
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| 1. CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTS — AUSTRIA |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT
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PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 1034 |
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EXTRACTS FROM DIARY OF GENERAL JODL
FEBRUARY - MARCH
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11 February
In the evening and on 12 February, General K.
[Keitel] with General von Reichenau and Sperrle at the Obersalzberg.
Schuschnigg together with G. Schmidt are again being put under heaviest
political and military pressure. At 2300 hours Schuschnigg signs protocol.
13 February
In the afternoon General K. asked Admiral C.
[Canaris] and myself to come to his apartment. He tells us that the
Fuehrer’s order is to the effect that military pressure by shamming
military action should be kept up until the 15th. Proposals for these deceptive
maneuvers are drafted and submitted to the Fuehrer by telephone for approval.
14 February
At 2:40 o'clock the agreement of the Fuehrer
arrives. Canaris went to Munich to the counterintelligence office [Military
District] VII and initiates the different measures.
The effect is quick and
strong. In Austria the impression is created that Germany is undertaking
serious military preparations.
15 February
In the evening an
official communique about the positive results of the conference at the
Obersalzberg is issued.
16 February
Changes in the Austrian
Government and general political amnesty. |
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* See Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression
op. cit. supra, vol. IV, pp. 360-369, for more complete
translation.
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