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J . . This U ft v*ry fundamental fernit in Hitler* 3 tsr structure. He does not think things out in a logical and oonsiatent faahion, gathering all available informati<m perti- -mot to the problem* napping out altarnfttWe courses of action and then waigtilJig tho tf\rid»J»a pro ind COtt for aaoh of fcham b*- £.&r» raaohin^ ft dftoiaion. His maAtal ppoooBsas oparats in r»- i Instead of1 atudying th* probleTn as an Intellatttual would h» avoid a U and ofiwipies hiMftlf with othar thinga until un- 0071 a Cloy ft procflaaos ftimish him Tilth a tolution* Bartng tin *olu- tion h* than bagine to loot for.farts i*iioh will prov* that it ia Dftrraot, In this procedure he is vary ol*T«r and ty ths tima hft • present $ it to his anuoalatas* it haa the *pp*ftranM of a rational >dgmant. Herarfchelfras, his thqu^it proc*$fl#s pro^»ad from th» to th* factual inatsad of ..starting with tha f«iot* aa an normally doai* It la thia aharaot#riatio of h±a thinking procasa which makes i t diffiouH for ordinary paopls to F undarstand Hitler or to pradiob his futurft aotiona. His orienta- tion In this ros[)«4t ia that of an artist and not that of a stfct#a Uitlar haa bean extrestfly in uaing r this inspirational technique in determining hia course &f action (and wfl are r*mtnded of hia fallowing, hio oours* with the pr»oi- of a e loepHrfalfcar) It ia not without its shortoomingB, Ha b»- depend4rct on his inner guide nhiah natftg for unprediotability on the «no haul and rigidity on the other* The reault ia that ha moiif/ hia uourae ID tha faos of unaxpeoted devalopmentit or REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES