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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 March 1943, Page 3

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RUMOURS ABOUT HITLER NOT TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY. SOME TALK- OF MILITARY TRIUMVIRATE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, March 12. It is reported without confirmation from Budapest that Hitler has relinquished command of the armed forces and appointed a triumvirate consisting of Marshals yon Kleist and Rommel and Admiral Doenitz, says a British United Press correspondent at Istanbul. Reuter’s correspondent inside Europe states that Hitler is at present at Berchtesgaden, recuperating from nerve strain. The Fuehrer has postponed yet anothei' anniversary speech in Berlin. The radio announced that Heroes Day, on which Hitler has invariably addressed the nation was postponed from March 14 to March 21. This is the third time since December that Hitler has disappointed the. nation. The 8.8. C. tonight told Germans that Professor Sauerbruch, who operated on Hitler in 1934, had left Berlin for an unknown destination; also that the famous Swedish surgeon, Professor Oliver Crona, visited Germany? a few days ago without revealing his patient’s name. Mr Sumner Welles told a Press conferencein Washington that the State Department had received unconfirmed reports that Hitler was suffering from a complete breakdown. Mr Welles did not imply that the State Department attached much importance to the reports. He merely confirmed that the reports received were similar to those published in the Press. Observers in London emphasise that it is not wise to attach too much importance to the spate of Hitler rumours.