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WFSt/Qu (Verw. 1)
Nr 008580/44 g.Kdos
Fuehrer Headquarters, 22 June 1944 TOP SECRET
2 copies—1st copy
Reference: WR 2 f 10.34 (III/10) Nr 158/44 g.Kdos.-119/44 V —of 17 June 1944
Subject: Enemy agents—Fuehrer order 003830/42 g.Kdos/OKW /WFSt of 18 October 42 To: WR
WFSt agrees with the view taken in the letter of the Judge Advocate of the Army group with the Supreme Commander Southwest of 20 May 44 (Br. B Nr 68/44 g.K.). The Fuehrer order is to be applied even if the enemy employs only one person for a task. Therefore, it does not make any difference if several persons or a single person take part in a commando operation. The reason for the special treatment of participants in a commando operation is that such operations do not correspond to the German concept of usage and customs of (land) warfare.
By direction
initialled: W
3 inclosures [Warlimont]
[Following is an attached handwritten note]
Qu 2 W
All questions connected to the commando order (18 Oct 42) are to be handled according to a previous directive of Chef Qu at Qu 2 (W) page 2140, not at administration.
[initial illegible]
Instructions that the commando order of October 1942 is to be applied against single commandos, as well as groups
Authors
Walter Warlimont (general; deputy chief, operations staff of the armed forces)
Walter Warlimont
German general (1894-1976)
- Born: 1894-10-03 (Osnabrück)
- Died: 1976-10-09 (Kreuth)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military officer (military rank: general)
- Member of: High Command of the Armed Forces (since: 1941-01-01)
- Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-07-04; role: affiant); Judges' Trial
- Significant person: Hermann Foertsch (role: colleague, friend); Walter Kuntze
- Military rank: General of the Artillery
Date: 22 June 1944
Literal Title: Subject: Enemy agents -
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-506
Citation: IMT (page 2187)
HLSL Item No.: 451848
Notes:For Hitler's commando order (that captured commandos be shot), see document PS 498.
Trial Issues
Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SD, OKW) (… Partisan fighters (and commandos), operations against, and treatment of (I…
Document Summary
PS-506: Draft of a note clarifying that the German attitude toward Commando raids. Classified 'TOP SECRET'
PS-506: Draft of top-secret memorandum initialed by Warli-mont, 22 June 1944, approving and interpreting Hitler’s order concerning the annihilation of commando units