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"1.
Preparations must be made in such a way
that the operation can be carried out at
any time from lst of September 1939
onwards." — This is in April,
the beginning of April.
"2.
The High Command of the Armed Forces has
been directed to draw up a precise
timetable for Case White and to arrange
by conferences the synchronized timings
among the three branches of the Armed
Forces.
"3. The plans of
the branches of the Armed Forces and the
details for the timetable must be
submitted to the OKW by the 1st of May."
That
document, as the Tribunal will see on the
following page under the heading "Distribution",
went to the OKH, OKM, OKW.
THE
PRESIDENT: Are those words at the top part of
the document, or are they just notes?
LT.
COL. GRIFFITH-JONES: They are part of the
document.
THE PRESIDENT: Directives
from Hitler and Keitel, preparing for war.
LT.
COL. GRIFFITH-JONES: I beg your pardon; no, they
are not. The document starts from under the
words "Translation of a document signed by
Keitel."
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I
see.
LT. COL. GRIFFITH.-JONES: The
first words being "top-secret."
If
the Tribunal will look at the second page,
following after "Distribution", it
will be seen that there follows a translation of
another document, dated the 11th of April, and
that document is signed by Hitler:
"I
shall lay down in a later directive the
future tasks of the Armed Forces and the
preparations to be made in accordance
with these for the conduct of the war."
— No question about war — "conduct
of the war."
"Until
that directive comes into force, the
Armed Forces must be prepared for the
following eventualities:
"I.
Safeguarding the frontiers of the German
Reich, and protection against surprise
air attacks;
"II. Case
White;
"III. The
Annexation of Danzig.
"Annex
IV contains regulations for the exercise
of military authority in East Prussia in
the event of a warlike development."
Again that document goes to the OKH,
OKM, OKW.
On
the next page of the copy the Tribunal have, the
translation of Annex I is set out, which is the
safeguarding of the frontiers of