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Chronicle (Levin), 26 February 1947, Page 5

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Press Assn.

Reasons Behind Recent Ronnd-up

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DONDON, Fel>. 25. The Tirnes spoeial Hurford eorrespomlcnt sav.s official infonuation about: tlie Nuzi roundup is still (liscreet hui ac-cordiiig t o oue liigh authoi'ity there are indications tliat the mo-vemeni. wliicli aimed at re.stm-ing some furni oi Xazi Govenniient ia Germany, would havo takou delinite shape witliin three to four montlis. The groumhvork for some sucli conspiracy was probably laid' bet'ore tlie flitler regime fell and iu this eouueetion it is being recalled that Doenitz, during liis brief sj)ell as.the Flensburg Fuehrei-, issued inst ructiomto the German Orricer Gorps iu wliich he enjoined tliem to pay lip service fu the Western Ailies iu oi'der to perfoi'm their ultiiuate tiisk of rcstoring Germany 's eastcrn fronticrs — and tliat w-oailly is what the present ploi jjmeuiited to. It was apparently Ihe knowledge tliat the plotters were pre paring to bring some I'onn of pressure 011 dennan politieal leaders as the first step to the formalion of a eentrai Government of the. requisite hue, wliieli was responsible for tlie liniing of Vhe drive against them. ' . It is equally established, the corres pondent says, tliat they had laid lines of communication into prisoner of war eninps froni wliicli eseapes are from time to tinie being niade, but notli ing further is said abont ''the seeret weopon" witli wliicli they contemplaied int iniidait ng the oe.mpying powers, beyond eontirniation tliat it eanie from the bacteriological branch of the Bu preme ('oniinand. I ii many ways it all sounds fantastic luit in the light of Ihe evidence at the 2s uremberg trial, fantasv is the chief ingredient of Nazi ])lots wliicli, none the icss, engulfed the world in war. There is no doubt tliat there is some similarity between the present position of (lernianv and the revolntionaip. elubs and niilitary cliqnes from whicli the Mitler moveinent arose after 101S. The existence of this conspiracv suggests, at all events, tliat it' generals eould plot against llitler in the lieydav of 11 imniler and the (Jesfapo, it' would be idle to suppose tliat (lernianv has seen the end of the Xazis. British intelligence oflicers declined to give Ihe exact nuniber of arrests in tlie underground jiurge because they believe this niight help the plotters, who liave nof yel been rounded up, says Ihe British United Press correspondent at Berford. A liigli British intelligence offieer stated tha-t over >10 per cent of 1 h c leaders of the underground - organisation liave been arrested so far and tliat there are great lmpes of arresting the remaiiiing 110 per cent. The oryanisntion had existed as an unniediatelv e'' fective force and ./ould liave made deniands on tlie Allies this vear.