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    "ocrText": "THE MUFTI PROPOSES AN ARAB LEGION TO HIMMLER\nBerlin, October 3, 1944\nTo the\nReichsfuehrer and Reichsminister\nH. Himmler\nHeadquarters of the Fuehrer.\nReichsfuehrer!\nI permit myself to call to your attention the renewal of the\ndangerous demands of the Jews, with the support of the Allies, for\nthe establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, as well as the\napproval given by the British government to the establishment of a\nJewish military unit to fight against Germany with a view to thus\nwinning title to such a state. According to the last speech of\nChurchill in the House of Commons on September 28, 1944, the British\ngovernment has declared itself ready to establish such a military\nunit and to provide for its training and arming.\nThis declaration on the part of the British government has\nproduced the worst possible reaction in all the Arab-Islamic coun-\ntries. I therefore propose that as a challenge to this act there\nshould be announced the establishment of an Arab-Islamic army in\nGermany. This army should be established by Arab and Islamic volun-\nteers and should be merged with the Arab-Islamic units already in\nexistence. The German government should declare its readiness to\ntrain and arm such an army. Thus it would level a severe blow\nagainst the British plan and increase the number of fighters for a\ngreater Germany.\nI am convinced that the establishment of such an army and\nannouncement of its purpose would have the most favorable reper-\ncussions in the Arab-Islamic countries. I therefore beg you to\nconsider the possibility of making such an announcement on November\n2, 1944. It would thus appear on the anniversary of the infamous\nBalfour Declaration pledging the establishment of the so-called\nJewish National Home in 1917, and on the anniversary of the pledge\nof 1943 by the Foreign Minister of the Reich to destroy the so-called\nJewish National Home.\nAccept Reichsfuehrer the expression of my highest esteem\nYours."
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