Провозглашение Гитлером проекта Европейской Федерации планировалось после захвата Москвы

HITLER'S PROJECTED EUROPEAN FEDERATION PROCLAMATION     
 
                                                            
 
          INFORMATION FROM A GERMAN INDUSTRIALIST           
 
 
On the 13th May it was reported that information had been obtained, 
indirectly, from a Director of an important German industrial concern,
who claimed to have excellent connexions in the German Foreign Office. 
The main feature of the report was that, if a definite agreement was not 
reached by the end of May permitting large scale German economic penetration
and exploitation of the U.S.S.R., war would be made on that country, 
preparations for which were to be completed before the end of May.
 
 
2. The following information has within the last few days been obtained, 
indirectly, from this same German industrialist, and the proclamation part 
is based, he states, on what he has learned from a friend in the German    
Foreign Office. This industrialist is not a regular source of ours, and we 
have little previous check on his reliability beyond the information quoted 
above; but independent information from Vichy, quoted at the end of this 
report, has a confirmatory bearing on his statements, and there were 
separate indications of a forthcoming peace move, involving Spain, France, 
Switzerland and the Vatican. i
 
 
Stabilising of the Eastern Front
 
 
(i)    Every effort is being made to etabilise a front line in the East by
the 20th/25th November, including the capture of Moscow if possible.
 
 
The projected proclamation
 
 
(ii) Hitler is planning to announce, some time in December, possibly at
Christmas, a "Magna Carta of European Federation", to be specially supported
by France, Italy and Spain.                                                                                              
 
 
(iii) The German Foreign Office has been working on the necessary preparations
for about the last month. The recent meetings which Ribbentrop has had with
De Brinon, Abetz and Ciano have been directed towards reaching a final
settlement of the French-Italian problem, regarding which certain difficulties
are still to be overcome before the proclamation is launched.
 
 
(iv) The proclamation, which will be accompanied by far-reaching concessions 
and ameliorations for the occupied territories, will be on the following 
general lines. No direct peace offer will be made to Britain, but air and 
submarine attack may be suspended for a period in an attempt to make the 
peace intentions convincing.
 
 
(a)     Europe becomes a "voluntary federation".
 
 
(b)     Hitler has no designs against other continents, but should
Britain or America continue the war they will be resisted
by the combined strength of United Europe.
 
 
(c)     European Russia having been "liberated", there will be no
interest in carrying the campaign further East. The duty
of the whole of Europe will be to collaborate in the
defence against Asiatic Russia. The danger from the latter
will be greatly emphasised.
 
A twofold manoeuvre
 
 
(v)    A proclamation on these lines will constitute a manoeuvre having
two main objectives:
 
 
(a) Strengthening the hand of the American isolationists and      
creating a division of opinion in Britain.                                                  
 
 
(b) The pacification of Europe and the enlisting of the support                                   
of non-Axis countries. It is intended by next Spring to               
hold the Eastern front with the maximum namber of non-German
troops, including French, Swiss and Swedish. In this way    
it is believed that two thirds of the German Army could be 
liberated from the East for a campaign against Britain if
necessary.
 
 
(vi) The Turkish President, it is claimed, has given Papen a promise
of his support for this scheme.                                                       
 
 
(vii) At Germany's request Japan refrained from declaring war recently.
Germany attaches great importance to the U.S.A. still being neutral when
the proclamation is launched,                                                         
 
 
(viii) In the event of Moscow holding out through the winter, it is 
realised that this scheme will be less convincing; it is nevertheless
believed at present that Hitler intends to put it through at all cost.
 
 
Morale                                                                                                              
 
 
(ix)    Morale in Germany was decidedly low before Hitler's recent speech.                                        
Hitler was forced to make the speech because of the internal situation,
although he was unwilling to leave the Eastern front. Some disturbances
between the regular Army and S.S. troops were provoked by officers who                                          
believed that the moment for the overthrow of the regime had come. These
were carefully and quickly hushed up.
 
 
(x) Hitler's speech acted as a great stimulant; for instance, an 
increase in the daily output of the informant's firm was recorded 
immediately after the speech and for the following ten days, owing to 
the improved morale.
 
 
(xi)But morale has now again lowered. The fall of Moscow is regarded 
as the crucial test of Nazi promises. The victories in the South do not 
evoke much enthusiasm.
 
 
(xii) The horror and the cruelty of the Russian campaign are now being
fully realised and are having a bad effect.
 
 
Goering
 
 
(xiii) Goering is not very active these days and is suffering from
angina pectoris.                                                                                                 
 
 
The Russian war                                                                       
 
 
(xiv) From military circles in Berlin the informant claims to have
heard:
 
 
(a) Leeb has sent a pessimistic report indicating that the fall
of Leningrad is unachievable.                                          
 
 
(b) Hitler has recently had a disagreement with Brauchitsch, who
has protested against the unnecessarily large sacrifices being made in                                               
front, of Moscow.
 
                                                      
 
                  Independent information                   
 
 
3.     The following independent and spontaneous information has
been very recently obtained from a source in close touch with official
circles at Vichy:                                
 
 
(i) Information reaching V ichy indicates that Hitler
contemplates proclaiming a European Federation, or Pan-European Union.
 
 
(ii) Papen, it has been learned, was commissioned by Hitler
some time ago to work out the details.
 
 
(iii) An emissary from Berlin is expected to arrive shortly
in Vichy to discuss the plan with Petain and Darlan.
 

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