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Cl \~h*>l I t would be ovaa mora undesirable if the assassin war* a Jew for thia would qonvinfce ,-pie German people of Hitler' a infallibility and strengthen the fanaticism of the German troop* and people. Needleae to My, i t would be followed by the complete extermination of all Jews in Germany and the occupied countries * 5* Hitler may pa, lnflene. Hitler has many charac- teristics which border on the schizophrenic. It is possible thet when faced with defeat bin psychological structure may collapse and leave MM at the Percy of his unconscious forces. The possibilities of fluch an outcome diminish as tie become* older, but they should not be entirely excluded* This would not be *ii unde&ircble eventuality from our point of view since i t would do nuch to undermine the Hitler legend in tha of the German people* 6. Gannfifl-i".n-iij"-Y pipfat revolt and. This eeonB unliiely in view of ti» unique position Hitler hold* in the minds of the German people* Fton all the tvidftiw* it' would fluflB that Hitler alone is able to rouse the troops, aa well a* the people, to greater dfforta and as the road becomes nore difficult this should be an important factor. On* could imagine, however, that *a d&feat approaches Hitler's behavior nay become more end more neurotic and reach a point where i t would be well for the military t ^ U ^ W ^ f , ^ I» ^ l B however, the German people would probefrly *ifly*r know about it* • • " t :• .. L.. ,f _ REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES