(Untitled), 25 Apr 1945
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the text of a telegram [from the British Minister in Sweden, Sir Victor Mallet] to WSC reporting a meeting between Count Folke Bernadotte [Vice-Chairman of the Swedish Red Cross] and Heinrich Himmler [Head of the SS] in which Himmler offered German surrender in Western Europe while continuing the war against the Soviet Union and asserted that Hitler was "desperately ill".
Dates
- Creation: 25 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright: Crown
Extent
3 folio(s)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Former / Other Reference
T 630/5
Repository Details
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