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imp:,ored.tnem ta . .end . a hopeless fight. KESSEIRINGdectined tdj'adcept his
appewl,and . . a . tew.days : later'sent /4-11Y.Assage .,orclering him to.keep/his.noie
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out of military affairs. .
LICA rdsult Of talks with an AmeriCeh off4:046.FIceme to discuss surrender
terms, HOFER ordered the removal of the numerous AA'guns surrounding
INNE;BRUCK, and that all the'bridgee.in.INNSBRUCK . .. And vie be left. . intiiet? iu„...,.... t : . •;
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4, THE FUEHRER MISINFORMED
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1pcording to HOFER, HITLER was completely Imisinformedl,bn prosluotiAn'Agi.:
uree ” HITLER received his mieinformation frorn 'oortain:HERP SAggRi'ant.07.1^!,
ducti.ow:expert from Dr SPEER I s:office., .AlthOUgh2aIldfiglireswriereiplit4t; =a;
ticaLly'bare-faced lies, HITLER.claimied.SAUER-s.Wbgf,his,beW6ourc.wf.0*,,,t
formation and trusted him completely.. HOVER:,cited:the.f011OwingkexaMplesi
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HITLER was convinced that he received 2500'caremOnthl,y
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factories, while actually Only 500 were pfodUced.04.0nOlof
reports for a certain period ending ,1 Dec 44, he 6CateethaVaPail01*q'
faó leory :in FOICCHI, Italy was producing,4,000,009/rpunds 041=00004ste1
'ammunition. However, this factory had not been completed
cf!Lte,' ancrdid not begin production unti1:20 .jeb45.; AnotherItinttenee.l
cited by HOFER was a report issued by SAVER iI which proaiii-aa or81-mm
- mortars in a factory in VIPITENO, Italy'weteclaimedltobe:48000)per•,Inonth.
- Daring a conversation with HITLER, HOFER - Aas)told , that!this ilent:tprq!"r.
-Idrced . at least 1000 mortars per month. The . truth, s.however l iwasIthSt the
-f.aLctory . had just been completed, and production'had,not,starte&. -The ,
.m,mthly . quota was set at 200 mortars.,
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'H( :I rL.Riclaims that he refused to'organize.a,VEKRWOrFin:his:1AistrAbut
deep to his opposition that it,wasiorganized-throug/rOtherfchanhe
ever in 'orderto s *keep "order" an&to .Nivoid'unnecessa*13rAUg410.1.[APIAX4
only lead to dieaster*for•the'peOple" ,ha,appointed..a.baxttain5gPRIO:etpanx,...-
ager of a factory in INNSBRUCK as liaison man between him and"the WEHRWOLF
organization. Source claims he does not_kaOW: .tha...niFeT;ofAliSSaclattblif .
that TOEPPER has all the needed infOrmition to . diaiiipt-thks 'organization.
Heiclaithe t hOwever, thathe knows the No 2 man:(butmot!:tbp.name)1,40tOtters
liS f.iervioes to assist the Allies inrounding Ap,theAgangClanAzlocatingrtheir
storesofweapons„
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6. ART TREASUPES .
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. a) Czech or Hungarian State Property: Source claiMs ithaptheeekohdeete
vere_stored in a railway..car.neat LANDECK„and:.weizes.iiplioaektointPY,41144,:.
tilt-direction of Switzerland, .- - . ..:f', .,-„ 1.JI.J!i:Tjlr Al.: 4.4,-,-..
., 0 Italian Gold Treasure: Cached in a bunker'in.iiie;,caitAVIESTEJPANLEN8-
FETE, vie VIPITENO and BRESSANONE .; '' :. ' .-, —.4"/ -"4"11(1
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- c) Property..of . Florentine At Galleriei::.Stdred-virithrthe!knoaedgelof:-.r!
... tho Italian government'in . the ST LEONHARD'cotrthotese...11.0ourcefoli4moi,that
'persons who may have more information On the.oubjeckti..!are4t)RING4ERwho:
can be reached through the LANDESMUSEUM,;INNSBRUCK;,andGRAZ(Count)HTRAPP
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