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of Heichsministers and the liberation of political prisoners from concen-
tration camps, This was quite in koeping with his Character, as he made the
impression of being a distraught person (his officers called h* derisively
a ilbwean-geoara.n.).
6. Colonel CORE. after his ,staif-officers had appaared,summoned the Town
Commandant, General.SINZINGER, read the text of tho tolOams and ordered
him to arrest the Police-praSioent of Vienna, , tS prf.46.:o-fuohror OuTZW.NN
and the Kreisleiter of Vienna. 'SINZINGER, aftor'tho return .14 his office,
(situated at the Universitaetostzasso II. Vienna-TX) summoned GOWN
under some pretext, had him disarmed and-arrested. He did'not succeed in
arresting the Kreisleitor, as tharevolt had failed already.
7. ,..fter SBZINGKA left . C9DREis. offico, the lattor summoned the
persons, under the pretext of a conference aracevni....c thomosouros to he
taken in connection with tho now revolt:
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• . a: the side to the Gaulai:er of VlenLe, otmei St ;LHITZE4 (SJIILLAS
' was absect from Vi,rma4
b; tLa Kegi,xclgo,co.d.laon;t. GRUBEUx wee roplrv...ed tho absent Dr.
c: tho Koeherc ss and icliafiiahrer, SS-Groopenfaehrer QUFANMk.6-
"d.: the easier offioel- of tha SS, a Stall.:arten-fuehrer(naid-ISFiotten).
e: the chief of staff of the Schutspolizei, uberstleutnant
Ps . the Chiof of the Stai:o-Leitaollo Vienna, SS-StandartenfuEFUP-brt
unarm. •
g: the letter!s socond-in-comm:n1,, ggsubersturbanniNlehrer,.
Gborregiorungarat Dr. WERI,J
h: the Propagan.6e,ekl.ef, mto was notinvited but appeared anyway, out
of pure cariosity.
8. Colonial CODRE informed the goutloman . about the new situation. . Since
the schutapolisei and the waffori-SS were now suburdiratal to thodommandant
of the Aebrkreis, CuDRE ordered thepolico-chie to return to his Office . -
and to take all Meadures to maintain-peace and order. Ho dcmandod all in-
fomatdon which QUEIGIM coUld give him about -the Concentration caaps.in
Vienna area, (QUER143g was labor sent to Contra Germany, as punitive moasuro
for having-gtven the information)J Then-the difforomt'dignitarios wore .
kopt under rather loos° guard by ietiCliahrmacht-men6.
9. In the mumatime athird monsege had arrived from the Hoimatfuchrunipstab.
It was announced that the nags thdt HITIa'had not .been killod'doring
attempt on his life was =Ur i:1y false and that helms actual1Y deed.
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10. ,i . fourth mensagoeyppointed the former chiof of the ..bwuhrstollo XVII,
Count 4202k.gai.6.roaa,thoIiaiSon officer of the HOLmatfuOhrungsstab to
the uthrkkeisIVIIi. cal that tho : fermor social-democrat Hoyor of Vienna,
,JKarMI SKITZ and the fOrther:Loadeshonptiano for Lower .aistria and former
a Ministgr-5f4gricilturo, REITHER, wore appointed political delegates.-
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11. General yen ESEBELT was having sOmo suspicion now about the
of those actions and ordered CODRE to contact the Bendlerstrasso in Borlimi
CODRE contactod4MTENHERG by telephono. The latter confirmed the '
leghlity-of.tho'ordarsand dreorodl than axaCilte4 as soon as poible. The. .
ienoral-alirm4as:given . by cow, Under the phrase nvnakuorea,and,a114.:19.*
bu.ildingn'wo,re . insiediately . ocSupiw:l. The exCeutionof the
alarm war netiintsiblein the Otherlpartinf the -joh7kraiwe'sit*milAfrek:.
filer Who bed to Make the message was hot to be foned'atlhis post, n Mitna
mn±ohwatlYpical ,pf' ,Vienna.,::: ' • - . •