TOP SECRET
SSD HOSX 4041 13/12 1400—OKW/WFSt
According to the last sentence of the Fuehrer order of 18th
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October (CHEFS), individual saboteurs can be spared for the time being in order to keep them for interrogation. The importance of this measure was proven in the cases of Glomfjord, Twoman torpedo Drontheim, and glider plane Stavanger, where interrogations resulted in valuable knowledge of enemy intentions. Since in the case of Egersund the saboteur was liquidated immediately and no clues were won; therefore, armed forces commander referred to above mentioned last sentence of the Fuehrer order (liquidation only after short interrogation).
The Red Cross and the BDS protested after the immediate carrying out of the Fuehrer order in the case of Egersund and intend for their part to bring up the whole question as a matter of principle.
WBN ROEM One A number 5409/42 GKDOS
TOP SECRET
14 December 1942
SSD—Telegram
[illegible pencil remarks]
To: Supreme Command Armed Forces Foreign Department.
For information: Commander Armed Forces Norway Supreme Command Armed Forces Counter Intelligence Service. Reference: AG Ausl. number 1951/42 Top Secret of 4 December 1942. (Commander Armed Forces Norway I a number 5409/42 Top Secret of 13 December 1942).
Subject: Commando Operations.
It is reported that the armed forces commander Norway intends to spare individual saboteurs for the time being in order to have them interrogated. This intention corresponds to the last paragraph of the order OKW/WFSt/QU. number 551781/42 top secret CHEFS of 19th October 1942.
OKW/WFSt/Qu (III) Number 004872/42 Top Secret W [Initialled Warlimont]
Messages on the interrogation of captured saboteurs in Norway, who are to be questioned and then liquidated
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
Oberkommando of the Wehrmacht (OKW) (high command and/or general staff)
Date: 14 December 1942
Literal Title: Subject: Commando Operations
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-512
Citations: IMT (page 2183), IMT (page 9559)
HLSL Item No.: 451851
Notes:For the Fuehrer order of 18 October 1942 on the execution of commandos, 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-512: Teletype from G-3 (Ia) of the Commander in Chief in Norway to OKW/WFST re interrogation of Commandos before liquidation, and reply
PS-512: Top-secret teleprint from the Commander of the German armed forces in Norway to Okw, 13 December 1942, inquiring whether, according to the Hitler order of 18 October 1942, the execution of a selection of commandos should be deferred till they have been questioned. top-secret teleprint from Okw/wfst, 14 December 1942, replying in the affirmative