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1 on occupation of territory separated from
Czechoslovakia. This is Item 39 at Page 64 of
the Schmundt file. This directive contained a
timetable for the occupation of sectors of
former Czech territory between 1 and 10 October
and specified the tasks of the German Armed
Forces.
I read now the fourth and
fifth paragraphs of that document:
"2.
The present degree of mobilized
preparedness is to be maintained
completely, for the present also in the
West. Order for the rescinding of
measures taken, is held over.
"The
entry is to be planned in such a way
that it can easily be converted into
operation Grün."
It contains one other important provision about
the Henlein forces, and I quote from the list
under the heading "a. Army":
"Henlein
Free Corps. All combat action on the
part of the Volunteer Corps must cease
as from 1st October."
The Schmundt file contains a number of
additional secret OKW directives giving
instructions for the occupation of the
Sudetenland. I think I need not read them, as
they are not essential to the proof of our case.
They merely indicate the scope of the
preparations of the OKW.
Directives
specifying the occupational area of the Army,
the_ units under its command, arranging for
communication facilities, supply, and
propaganda, and giving instructions to the
various departments of the Government were
issued over Defendant Keitel's signature on 30
September. These are Items 40, 41, and 42 in the
Schmundt file. I think it is sufficient to read
the caption and the signature.
THE
PRESIDENT: What page?
MR. ALDERMAN:
Page 66 of the English version. This is the
Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, most
secret:
"Special
Orders Number 1 to Directive Number 1.
Subject: Occupation of Territory Ceded
by Czechoslovakia."-Signature-"Keitel."
Item 41 is on Page 70 of the Schmundt
file. "Supreme Command of the Armed
Forces; most secret IV a. Most secret;
subject: Occupation of Sudeten-German
Territory."-Signed-"Keitel."
Item 42 in the Schmundt file is on Page
75, again most secret "Subject:
Occupation of the Sudeten-German Area."
— Signed — "Keitel."
By
10 October Von Brauchitsch was able to report to
Hitler that German troops had reached the
demarcation line and that the order for the
occupation of the Sudetenland had been
fulfilled. The