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a policy which increases his own power in relation to the
Nazis. "The Times" have been always wrong which seems to be
in England an essential condition to keep the favour of the
public in politics.
 
 
The Nazis say that Mussolini had his first stroke --
if I remember well-- on Easter.    They also tell some other
nasty things about him. However that may be, there is no
doubt that his voice in his speech at the laying of the cornerstone 
of the Exhibition was so weak and low that I was struck
very much not having then heard these other news. . . . .
 
 
My heart is suffering even physically each hour
of the day when I come to think with what brutality the
German people will be treated if something similar happens
or if the war is lost.  The French have already made up
their mind for destroying the German Reich for ever, and
that is the fear of all these fine patriots who came to
see me.  But when I escaped so often during the war in
most miraculous way death and captivity against all expectations 
of my commanders, I often said to myself I shall have
to go through a purgatory for that all my lifetime.