Chief of the Ministerial Office in the Reich Military Ministry [Reichswehr Ministerium].
Berlin W35 26 May 1933
Queen Augusta Str. 38-42 No. 237/33 W & A & Ang.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL To Supreme SA Headquarters
Munich Brown House
In supplement to my letter of 22 May 1933, No. 237/33 W.IIa, I call to your attention that the wish has been transmitted to me by the Military Political Office [Wehrpolitisches Amt] of the NSDAP to be also represented in the Reich defense council. I would like to leave to your consideration combining this representation with that of the supreme SA headquarters in a personal union and to commission one suitable person with both representations.
[signed] von Reichenau
[Illegible notation addressed to Krueger signed Roehm]
Letter to SA headquarters suggesting that the Military Ministry and the SA be jointly represented (by one person) on the Reich Defense Council
Authors
Walter Reichenau, von (major general, chief of staff (1935); field marshal (1940-41))
Walter von Reichenau
German field marshal
- Born: 1884-10-08 (Karlsruhe)
- Died: 1942-01-17 (Lviv)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich
- Occupation: military officer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: International Olympic Committee
- Military rank: general
- Military branch: army
Date: 26 May 1933
Literal Title: To Supreme SA Headquarters
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2822
HLSL Item No.: 451360
Notes:This document was not entered as evidence on the SA. A copy of PS 2822 was entered later as UK exhibit 605.
Document Summary
PS-2822: Signed letter for Van Reichenau to Roehm re representation of NSDAP and of sA in the Reich Defense Council
PS-2822: Letter from Reichenau to the Sa head office, 26 May 1933, concerning the representation of the defense policy office of the Nsdap and the Sa head office in the Reich defense Council