Telegram, Dwight D. Eisenhower to Winston Churchill Regarding Additional Inspection Team to be Sent to Ohrdruf Camp
In this telegram, General Dwight D. Eisenhower assured Winston Churchill, that a second British inspection team could be accommodated to view evidence of Nazi atrocities at the Ohrdruf concentration camp.
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OCR Page 1 of 2Please return to Lt.Col . Lee ADC to s.c.
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SHAEF FWD
Supreme Commander DDE/JFG/mge
23 April, 1945
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TO THE PRIME MINISTER, LONDON, ENGLAND.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 2554 OF 21 APRIL. PERSONAL FOR THE PRIME MINISTER
FROM EISENHOWER. WE CAN MANAGE TO HANDLE ONE MORE ATROCITY INSPECTION TEAM
FROM PARLIAMENT OR OTHER GROUP OF YOUR CHOICE. WILL THEY PLEASE LET ME KNOW
EARLIEST DATE so THAT I CAN ENSURE THAT THE BEST ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEIR VISIT
ARE MADE? I UNDERSTAND THE FIRST TEAM FELT THAT WE HUSTLED THEM TOO MUCH AT
THE CAMP. I REGRET THIS.
27, 1953
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