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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 246, 28 July 1944, Page 3

THREE GENERALS IMPLICATED. (Rec. 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, July 27. The Germans have announced the names of three generals who were implicated in the plot against Hitler’s life. The Berlin radio stated that General Eeck, who headed the plot, committed suicide when under arrest. General OlWriclit, who was implicated with General Hosppner, was shot after a court-martial. Hosppner is under arrest pending trial. The radio added that Ludwig Beck, aged 64, former Chief of the General Staff, was placed ou the retired list in October, 1938. “Well-informed persons know why,” the announcer added Olbricht was Chief of the General Army Office at Supreme Headquarters and second in command of the home forces. He held all the threads of the conspiracy in his hands. Hosppner, who is 57 years of age, commanded a tank corps in France and Poland. He was dismissed from the Army at the end of 1941, “after a cowardly retreat on the Eastern Front.”