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18. T:re aNila had, in the meantime, created a aSondarkommando 20th July" for
the persecution of all the plotters. This now organization, under the leader-
ship of sS Oberfucthrar PANZINGM, ordered Subjoct to arrest General von'
MOM'S, SINZINGER and COME. Another massage oven orderod the arrest of
. Oborst 11t.4STEit, tho successor of LitIROGNA. Reasons for tho arrests wore not
given. ;Somotime later Subject was informed that alongst the papers found
on STAUFFENBERG, was found the nomination of 411ISTEI as liaison officer to
the iihric, nis
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19. Berlin further ordered the arrest of count HMG ,of a uberst-
lcutnant winso name Subject does not rananbct-, an of captain jgpi, leader
of the famous Erhardt-Brigado which had rarticipe-.;ed in the Kapp-Putsch.
The ar-est of the two h at officers was erplained because they wore special
friends of kiRROGNA l s and that tiny might have known about the plot, although
Berlin had nothing to substartiato those suspic.ons. No reason was given
for the arrest of Mill-RV%
20. It was not. possible to incriminatt ..1hLcort having specific
proof of his ccnvereatiot with liMN.r.R.D15. -!.:mandod Berlin to arrest
and ciaostioa BERAL.RDI3,t1rid.novor there was no ether
incriminating matcria -against atISTER and FAHILID-2, Subjoot decided to travol
to Berlin and taco up tha matt= there.. Thor° he not tIto officials who wore
in chargo of.' the ta.::terort cas.v.4 1 • tbo ss s'.,urnbarr. Fuohror liOLF who made the
inquest on mati.cs,,;,. the ss :oba-sturod--atnNolirca • and Char Regiorungsrat• tr.
elltrod triZEit (of iftraf..oli - no c zwoctionwith the 7ianna men). As .Subject
did not receive ary im.riminating ratorial frod thaa and,, as he rofusod to •
_further prosecute inc L4130 it, he wns told to bring HatUGNA Pad
AMSTER to Berlin. L4uLaeut assert s that he also tried to obtain SD no decision,
on the other prisoner (SLITZ, REITHFR, ESEBECK, SIAZING.E1, COME) but to •
no avail as the .instoho.f, ss Gruppenfwahrar HUMID, had roser ycid for'him
soli the right to ducido about the liberations.
21. Subject omphasi.zes tho special situation of Elt1HALDT. The orticial in
charge of his cast was a Kriminal rat S.1DER, who was rather embarrassed, when
Subject asked him point blank why EMIL-RDT had boon arrested. Ho said that
inmedinto.lysfter tho 20th of July some high off2.cdal, wn he did not restamr
her, had put a veto in his hand ordering him to have 111Ni.e.H.DT arrestod,
without stating arty reason. 'Olen Subject explained that in couldnot- hold
EblithiRDT en such /limn? grotuils, SAHEB forbade hit oxprosoly to tall,: about
it as the highnr official aht st17.1 *poor scitewharo- SAD.7R finally
-compromised '.7,c•••:10,1r...-:; subaeot to bring ElfrcHZDT to Harlin end to clear,
the mattor mself._ . . •
22. As far as the inquest against Count PErtCHE21 was concerned,: Sublect.wes-.•:
advised by the. Sondcr.cosunndo to inspect a voluminous dossier =mooning
the prisoner, .vnich was kcpi, at the SD-Hauptamt at Berman. Subject states
that he actually. ioad that dossier but did not find anything Which
possibly incriLinato.Couat BERCHEH. Subjoct knew BFACHEU As a brilliant' . .
convozsationolist who had his connections with the Pope and thaBritieh.•
Royal HoUso, aLd ;rho tept. anopon'oye On overything.Subs a.. Iceow th.t
BLiCIMU Lad 'at differont.timos talked rathorlrealy about.Somo•orrei*ia.1
the •prosecution of the:G:Jrinan foreign policies and about...tho German con-
duct the war. • .he intimate friend of the prisoner regularly intoned: , ..•
(the -3e S':406) Eaxitt -it., boon as subje et corr.° b.auk
a ,transa-rö V Bcrlia, except Corns .
23 ,;.'1.,'•3itte1 ect statori that iha follorring . fac,ts come IranwIedge
•Ual thaM.•ticuasi tarred to Berlin:•,: .
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