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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 280, 23 August 1944, Page 5

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Revealing Document By Goebbels LONDON, August 21. Dr. Goebbels’s latest directions to his agents in the Balkans are quoted by the Istanbul correspondent of the “Daily Express,” who states that they reached him by means of a neutral diplomatic bag. Goebbels says: “The hour always foreseen by the Fuehrer for the Wahrmacht to withdraw within the inner fortress of the Reich’s frontiers has struck. Germany’s action in leaving these sacred frontiers was never ■with the object of possessing herself permanently to territories belonging to others. Her sole object was to crush the gathering armies that were encircling her and destroy them. "This has been achieved. France and Poland cannot again threaten the Fatherland for an entire generation. The Bolshevik hordes have suffered losses which they never will forget. “It is the Fuehrer's plan now to withdraw his faithful and glorious armies behind the unbreakable barrier of the Western Wall —the Siegfried Line. To break through into this inner fortress will inflict such terrible losses on the Judo-plutocracies that they will be forced to accord Germany a peace that will guarantee her a rightful place in the future Europe.” The correspondent adds that this revealing document was distributed on August 12 to Goebbels’s agents in Bulgaria, Rumania, Hungary, Croatia, and Slovakia. State of Tension Reported. Reports from Germany say that a rift between Hitler and the chiefs of the Nazi Barty has placed Hitler in a delicate position, according to the Geneva correspondent of the “Daily Express.’ The Swiss “Courier de Geneve” says it is believed Hitler may soon be forced to resign. The “Courier'’ names Himmler, Goebbels, and Goering as the chiefs of the opposition. The tension is stated to be acute, and sensational events are expected. The German news agency announced that Haus Juttner has been appointed Himmler's permanent deputy commander of the reserve army. Juttner was previously chief of the High Command Waffen S'S.. in which be. held the rank of general. _______________