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Telegram from Jefferson Caffery to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius
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Telegram from Jefferson Caffery to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius
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DEPARTMENT
INCOMING
DIVISION OF
OF
CENTRAL SERVICES
STATE
TELEGRAM
TELEGRAPH SECTION
EAS-808
Paris
This tElEgram must be
closely paraphrased be-
Dated May 5, 1945
fore being communicated
to anyone. (SECHEM)
REC'd 8:47 p.m.
DECLASSIFIED
SEcrEtary of State,
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
Washington.
By NLT-LL NARS Date 7.25.25
URGENT
NIACT 2408, May 5, midnight
SERVICEM RECORD
TOP SECRET FROM MURPHY FOR MATTHENS
Representatives of Admiral Doenitz and GEnEral Busch
are now at SHAEF discussing surrender of balance of GErman
forces in the north including Norway. By agreement with
the Soviet High Command Russian officers (GEnEral Suslaparoff
are participating and the Allied position is unconditional
surrender to the Russians as well as the langlo-American
side. These conversations may go on thru the night and
while there is no assurance the GErmans will sign, as
they apparently hoped to negotiate a surrender to SHAEF
without the Russians, it is beliEVED that after telegraphic
consultation with Do enitz they will sign probably tomorrow.
Kesselring also has requested permission to s end
plenipotentiaries and has been informed they will be received
on condition that they prepared to surrender unconditionally
simultaneously to the Russians and to ourselves. Otherwise
local surrenders will be EffEctEd to the individual unit
commanders.
CAFFERY
V.IC