GOERING IS ACCUSED OF COWING WITNESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01009A000700970165-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 4, 2013
• Sequence Number: 165
• Publication Date: April 25, 1946
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE NEW YORK TIMES
April 25,1946
GOERINGISACCUSED?
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OF COWING,WITNESSt : f' ' 1. o view that Gisevius can attack I
hint as much as he 'pleases, but if .
he , attacks the dead Blomberg,
- ;then Goering will tell things about ' ?
Schacht and several things against
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L.. Attempt to Intimidate Gestapo 'Schacht that are dangerous." ?
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? t'll ttet irmi Goering
',triage of von Blom erg to his
Over vigorous protests from
Goering's attorney, Gisevius said 1 ,
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,i quent dismissal from the post of
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. 24 GTI?The International Military ,Minister of War. .
Tribunal was told today that Her- ? l? . I. '
"Crisis" Is Unexplained
' mann Goering, through his defense
, counsel, sought to intimidate a /t was the dismissal of von
. witness .for Dr. lijaimar Schacht, . !Blomberg, and of Gen. Werner '
'former president of the Reiche-
.ivon Fritsch from the post of Army
bank, to prevent him from testify- ,Commander in Chief, that in 1938
re Adolf Hitler full control of
to "the worst deed Goering s
? . over commmitted." ..e .. erman armed forces and wrecked
,The trial was thrown into a half- i?"the last hopes of his adversaries
,of using the Army to overthrow 1
. I' hour uproar an the witness, brand- ,the 'Nazi regime. ' -
. Ing Goering as a wanton murderer, . , #
, , won the right from the court to 1 Gisevius testified Goering was
, - give testimony concerning alleged ' desperately anxious to preserve el-
, efforts of the former teichmar- ? lence on "the worst deed" the for-
. shal to prevent disclosure of cer-i Trier Reichmarshal ever, commit-
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' tein chapters in 'the dark history ted. The witness referred to this
of nazism.
as "the Fritsch crisis." The court, a
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however, adjourned before this ,
.1.For the first time the war crimes
'' "crisis" was explained. Gisevius?
,defendants were fighting openly
/ testified that "Goering gave blan-:,
i among -themselves, as the ' long-
ket authority for , murder to the i
standing enmity between Goering
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land Schacht flared. ?
1-The witness, tall, bespectacled , ? political police."
?li Under questioning by Dix, Gine-
' vius testified that Schacht plotted ? .
- HanS,BerndrGis us, one-time Ge-
-' with both von Blomberg and von:-
? !tape ander a waged a futile,
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in pre-war years ? "to try:.
? .l ten-year ,undercover awar against :.
to bring about a bloodless revolu-:
:: the Gestapo. had .taken the stand '
, ton and end the terror of the Ge-'
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I. as witness for Wilhelm Frick, for-
? 'liner, Nast Minister of the Interior: Istapci.'! Gisevius said he had not
, ii . intended to mention von Blom- .
. ,1 i :' Jackson Interrupts"- t ,,,berg's marriage but had planned
1. Gleevlus had just liegun to tell ito speak of other matters involv-
, iota conversation he overheard be. jing the, former Field Marshal. '
;ltween Rudolf Dix, Schacht's attor-1 . . "/ know why Goering doesn't
they, and *Otto Stahmer, attorney . ;want me to speak about this?be. "
? ? Ifor Goering. Stahmer immediately; icause It is the worst deed he has
protested against testimony on a over done," Gisevius
es said. "Goer-
- 4" In, to try to silence me."
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"private conversation," but the , L__Ing here is using a cloak of chit'.
? chief United States prosecutor,'
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. Justice Robert ,H. Jackson, inter-' --,r4 , - .. ,- . :
, rupted. .
1 "This incident," justice. Jackson . ' ?
'said, "was reported to. me, and I '
4. think it is important for the tribu-
' nal to know of a threat against? : '
GIMP/1UB made in this courtroom!
. this morning?against hint and the'
defendant Schacht." - # l
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