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(Untitled), 25 Apr 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/37-39

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

From the File:

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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