EXTERMINATION PLAN
BRITAIN WAS INCLUDED (Rec. 10 a.m.) BERLIN, Nov. 11. A Gorman wartime extermination organisation included Britain in its operational area, according to a map produced at the trial of Field Marshal Von Manstein before the British War Crimes Tribunal to-day. The centre operational area of the extermination organisation was shown on a map, in one corner of which was a separate map of Britain. General Theodore Busse, who was von Manstein’s chief-of-staff, said the area was under the direct orders of the Gestapo chief Himmler, and had nothing to do with the Army. General Busse said Von Manstein was a fighter and was constantly in conflict with Hitler. Three times he had advised Hitler. to lay down his military command, and this was the reason for von Manstein’s , eventual dismissal. * .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 28, 12 November 1949, Page 5
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