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possible, and was prepared to shoot 20 or 30 million Germans to do so. However, when the time 
 
came that he believed that further military resistance was futile, he intended to destroy all of the 
 
private property in the occupied countries and in Germany, in order to produce a mass wave of 
 
communism. He would then announce himself as a communist, and throw his lot in with the
 
Russians. The Germans believed that, if it became necessary to do this, that with a superior 
 
technical ability and organizing capacity, they could succeed in dominating  greater Russian 
 
population and obtaining control on the vast Russians resources. 
 
     I made no promises or comment to the doctor or the Colonel, beyond stating that I would 
 
try to get back to Washington and see that the matter was brought to the attention of the 
 
President.
 
            While it is obvious that conferences with Himmler are loaded with potential dynamite, 
 
nevertheless, I believe that there are enormous possible advantages in such a trip:
 
     1. A great deal could be learned about the