LETTERS TO HITLER

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 224, 21 August 1945, Page 2

LETTERS TO HITLER

EVIDENCE AGAINST QUISLING. ' (N.Z. Press (Rec. 1.25 p.m.) LONDOiN, AUJ,. Documents recently found in Germany were produced during the Quisling trial hy the (M. Schjoedt), who said they showed that Quisling for yeorßjad co-operated with high German Nazis. ' . The most important of these documents were letters from Q.uisiin*-. Hitler. Rosenberg, Ke.tel and under examination by thes Brit is attar their arrests, stated that Quis ling, wttt German military and financial »«PP°"j had long prepared tor the invas on or Norway and Lad established groups to assist the German invading '«**":.* Quisling had told Kosenberythat Britain Aad agreements with £<>""£ for an Allied occupation but Quatofa had reiterated the Delict that iN °™ ay fate must be bound with Germany«. Hie Prosecutor added that Q"™? in the autumn of 1839; through .. i rep resentative in Germany, Hagelin, kept the Germans informed of developments. His plan was to take over the Government in a coup d etat, for which he asked for Germany s heip. Rosenberg and Admiral _ Raeder were most interested in Quislings plans, which were finally discussed at ing between Quisling and Hitler who, according to Raeder, then .issued or ders for the invasion. Quisling was appointed an'adviser .and was paid 200,000 lleichmarks. Quisling continued to urge the Germans to iorestaltne Western Powers and suggested that a number of Quisling followers shouia receive military training in Germany for paralysing military opposition in Norway and lor capturing King rxaa "speaking in his own defence towards the end of the day's hearing, Q ulsll vigorously described himself as the sa\iour of Scandinavia and a niartyi cu .Norway. He shouted repeatedly to tne crowded Court that it was he who Had saved Norway and Sweden Irom destruction as battlefields. Quisling denied supplying military information to the Germans. He declared that he fought throughout tor Norway and Norwegian neutrality, ne caused a murmur of incredulous astonishment when he claimed he nau fought the Germans to safeguard JNorwegian interests. He flat'ly denied discussing the invasion of Norway with the German leaders before April, 194 U, and described the documents produced by the prosecution detailing these conversations as fabrications. When asked whether he had made contact with the Germans before 1940, he replied, after hesitation: "Yes, but not in the sense mentioned in the indictment." Quisling acknowledged having; had talks with Hitler and llibbentrop and claimed that he had persuaded Hitler to negotiate a peace between Finland and Russia in order to prevent the war from spreading to Scandinavia. Accused added that he had prevented the danger of a French invasion of Norway lor the purpose of cutting off . the Swedish copper mines. He explained his friendship for Germany by the belief that Germany had established herself as the greatest country, in Europe. Therefore,' Norway had sought to maintain friendly relations with her.