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| [Ger…] man Army via the army group, and as an officer I can do
nothing but make preparations as ordered. What the political leadership does,
and what the military leadership will do, subsequently does not concern me as
commanding general. I had to carry out the orders which I received.
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2. THE OFFENSIVE IN THE WEST
a.
Denmark and Norway |
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TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT TC-31 |
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PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 1115 |
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| MEMORANDUM HANDED TO THE NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BY THE GERMAN
MINISTER IN OSLO ON 2 SEPTEMBER, 1939 |
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| German Embassy |
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| Memoramdum |
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| The German Reich Government is determined, in view of the friendly
relations which exist between Norway and Germany,* under no circumstances to
prejudice the inviolability and integrity of Norway and to respect the
territory of the Norwegian State. In making this declaration the Reich
Government naturally expects, on its side, that Norway will observe an
unimpeachable neutrality towards the Reich and will not tolerate any breaches
of Norwegian neutrality by any third party which might occur. Should the
attitude of the Royal Norwegian Government differ from this so that any such
breach of neutrality by a third party recurs, the Reich Government would then
obviously be compelled to safeguard the interests of the Reich in such a way as
the resulting situation might dictate. |
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| Oslo, 2 September 1939 |
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| This is to certify that the above is a true copy of the memorandum
which was handed to the Norwegian Foreign Minister by the German Minister in
Oslo on the 2d of September 1939. |
| Oslo, 3 October 1945 |
[Signed] Trygve Lie
Foreign Minister |
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* Treaty of nonaggression between Germany
and Denmark, 31 May 1939. See Document TC-24, Prosecution exhibit 1114,
reproduced in Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, op. cit. supra, vol. VIII,
p. 373.
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