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-247- I - - • - • If they discovered It, It would be a deaimbls end froe crnr ' - • • • . : point of YI&W because it would punctur'e* tfetjntftlLojr ths ldri and Invincible leader. The only other pofleibility in this connection would be that the German nilitary should da aid*, in the face of defeat, that i t night be wiser to dethrone Hitler and set up a puppet government to sue for peace* This would probably cause groat internal strife in G&rmany* What the ultimate autocue tight be would depend largely on the manner in. which i t wefl handled and vbat *&s done with Hitler* At the present tin* the possi- bility B3CD1& extremely remote. 7, Hitler pg-V fall JJato our hsreiB* This is the most unlikely possibility of all* Knowing hlfl f&er of being placed in the role of the venquistiod, we cut imagine tb#t he would do hi& utinodt to avoid such ft fate* From our point of view i t • ' • • • - . - . , . - ^ , , . . . . . . . , _ _ would not be undosirAble- 6, Hitler mlETht commit goicidc Thie 1B the moot plausible outcome* Not oaly hue lie frequently threatened to coaunit suicld*, but from what we know of his psychology i t Is the most likely possibility. It is probably true th&t ha has an inordinate feax of death, but being an Kyeterlc he could undoubtedly screw aimsalf up into the euper-mfin character and perfom the deed. In all probability, howler, it would not be a staple auiclde* He has much too inioHof tts dramatic for that and a luce iKa&artalitj i s one of his dominant notices we ca» REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES