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    "ocrText": "COPY\n14 November 1945\nMEMORANDUM\nDear Bob:\nI have carefully gone over the briefs and proofs in the Schacht matter.\nAlso I have discussed the matter with Colonel Gerfein, who has had it\nin charge.\nHe shares my view which is this: Schacht made possible the rearmament\nproject. It was his support in financial matters that strengthened Hitler's\nposition. Aided by influences and what he should have known about Hitler's\ncharacter, we may have enough to hold him for aggressive war. There is\nstrong argument in this.\nIn addition, Schacht claims that Roosevelt sent him a message that he\n(Schacht) would be needed after the war.\nSchacht made the assertion that when he tried to distract Hitler toward\nthe question of colonies, and refused to give further financial support in\nHitler's designs, he was dismissed, and his party Badge of Honor taken from\nhim. He worked with the resistance movement and finally found himself in a\nGestapo prison and then in a concentration camp.\nIt is also true that Don Heath of the American Embassy in Berlin in 1940\nwas keeping in touch with Schacht on behalf of the State Department. In\naddition, Gisevius had Schacht as a source of information.\nHeath says that our advance notice of the attack on Russia was given to\nHeath through Schacht.\nIn view of all of this I return to the suggestion that consideration be\ngiven to the possibility of giving him the opportunity to fight his way out\nby actual testimony dealing with the facts. He could strengthen our case\nconsiderably and without promises he could be given the chance in the direct\ncase to state his position. As I have already told you there have come\ncertain suggestions that he would like to talk with me. If anything\ndevelops I will let you know.\nTRUMAN\ns\n/s/ DONOVAN\nARCHIVES AND RECORDS LIBRARY\nU.S.\nBOVERNMENT"
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