From PRO file WO.208/4177: [COMMENT] 

IF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT IS REQUIRED FOR FURTHER DISTRIBUTION. IT SHOULD BE PARAPHRASED SO THAT NO MENTION IS MADE OF THE PRISONERS' NAMES, NOR OF THE METHODS BY WHICH THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED

G.R.G.G. 257

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[conversations Feb 6-10 1945]

(WO.208/4177)

Himmler's Past

Generalmajor Vaterrodt [Wehrmachtkdtr Strasbourg] commented to Oberst Reimann [PzGren Regt 86] that few people were aware that Himmler was a member of the Soldier's Council after the 1914/1918 war and had personally torn the epaulettes from the shoulders of officers, although at the time he himself held the rank of Fähnrich.

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CSDIC(UK)

11 Feb 1945

BY C.S.D.I.C. (U.K.)

M.I.19.a      War Office   (56 copies)
N.I.D.        Admiralty    ( 9 copies)
A.D.I.(K)     Air Ministry (15 copies)

(29111) Wtr51755/3515 37,000 2/45
A. & E.W.Ltd GP.692 J.7303