NAZI UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT

Chronicle (Levin), 24 February 1947, Page 5

NAZI UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT

Press Assn.

yast round-ur of leaders

By 2 elegravh

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Received Monday, 10;.50 a.m. L'ONDON, Feb. 23. Many Nazi underground leaders are new being arrestpd, in the Byitish and American zones of G'ermany. A joint Anglo -American operation began las.t night and is still going on. Reuter's Frankfurt correspondent says that the underground members have new secret we.apons, oijie of which they could use for Bacteriological warfare. Those arrested include ten former German Army officers and Hans Georg Eidmann, a foTm?? officer of the German High-Com-mand's bacteriological section. A high British intelligence. officer said that Martin 'Bormann, formerly Hitler's deputy, might be qonnected with the movement. "We canno.t discount the possihiiity that Bormann is still aiive,"' li'e said. An official United States A.xrny sta'tement says that the main objectite of the round-up was "rather nebulo.us." Tfie moyement had been under observation for some months.' .The indiy.iduals cpncerned are bo,und by a, cpmmon backgrpuhd pf' RTazi ideplogy and the 'mutual belief' th,at triey an.d o.thers of their ilk have p,een chOAen to remould Germariy into a ppw-ef-ful nation. Thp mo,yqment's' m«-in aims- were to stop tb\e. dismantling of arm,arp.en).ts factories for- reparatioris, to raiease fezis from internmpnt camps/'to, stop"th,e, e^por-t of coal frpm Ger-many, to. end the so.cialisqtio^i of Germany's key industries, arid, % urge fhe refpp of East ^'russia and* Silesia tp, Gfiimany..