English Translation

85 A b s c h r i f t ! tübersetzung Immediately to hand over to the responsible administrator. The period of war in which we enter before the beginning of winter is a new stage, which means an essential and general deterioration both in material terms and in the strategic situation of the German Reich. The results of the heuristic operations have shown perfectly that Nazi Germany is not able to break through the ring surrounding it, to prevent the two-front war, to regain its free hand and to dissipate with forces which were lost to it after a two-year hopeless attempt to exclude the SssR. It is natural that the declining potential of the German Wehrmacht will result in a progressive transition to the strategic defensive, whose distinctive features were already visible this year on the European West and on a large part of the Eastern Front. On the other hand, the Anglo-American offensive opportunities are increasing and their realization is approaching rapidly. I do not want and can list all the variants in which, under what circumstances and at what pace the war events will take place, which in their entirety mean an unstoppable shift of strategic and material superiority in favour of the Allies, in our favour. I do not want to be too optimistic about the end of this war, but I assume that with great probability and with no particular surprise the coming year can be decisive. From our political and military point of view, it is necessary to make all the necessary preparations at the right time for the event of rapid events. For our whole cause it would be intolerable, even catastrophic, if we did not have a regular and secure connection to our homeland in the coming time. All the actions that we are now undertaking at the autumn time from here should have only and ultimately this goal: I urge you all to do everything that is in the human race.