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Alexander Werth to W. P. Crozier.

Location: Berlin.

His first clash with the Nazis. The German Foreign Office rang him to say that Herr Funk, Chief of the Press department, was annoyed at having been mentioned in his message. He apologised. Externally, the Nazis are being friendly towards him. It's clear that they (the Nazis) are working to get the state apparatus into their hands. He sees no resistance anywhere, not Hugenberg-Papen, or the Socialists, or the Communists. Hindenburg is a puppet. A period of terror is certain. He encloses a cartoon from Ente - most copies were seized by the police and the paper has been shut down for six weeks. Polish miners - he makes the distinction between Polish subjects and naturalised Poles.