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r 4 \ -i -2*4- Aa the tide of battle "ttmia against Hitler U> ray be well to consider very briefer* tHa .possibilities of his future behavior and the effect that each would have on German people as wall ae on ourselvest !• Hitler mar die of natural cauaea^ Thio i s only a remote poeEibUity since, as far aa we know, he la in fairly ga&$ health esc apt for his stomach ailment which iJ, ID a l l probability, a psychoeooatic disturbance+ The effoct wieh aa svent would haTe on the Geraatt people would depend on the nature of the illhese which brought About hia death. If he would die from whooping cough, numpG, or some other ridiculous disease, It would be a material help la breaking the oyth of hi a supernatural origina* £• L Hitler Boot, in a neutral Thia is extremely unlikely In view of his great concern About bis immortality* Nothing would break the myth more effectively than to have the leader run away at the critical moment* Hitler knows this and baa frequently condemned the falser for bis flight to Holland a t the cloae of the last war* Hitler might want to escape ae he baa escaped from other unpleasant situa- tions, but i t seems e.Lno&t certain that he would himself. 8* Hitler mar $**. Thit Is a real possibility, ffhen he ie convinced that he cannot win, he taay lead his tr&ope Into battl* and eK&WB:ifiliairtiiflLjB».1tlie fearl«BE f Jv • • . REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES