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E. Voroshilov, the Soviet war minister, was also expected. 51 How seriously did the Wilhelmstraße take these rumors circulating in the foreign presses? One indication is that the foreign minister, state secretary, and all department heads received copies of Leitner’s report. 52 Yet despite the official assurances, Germany began serious efforts to improve relations rapidly throughout the ensuing weeks. Even if the suspected talks were only rumors, they reflected a deeply disturbing situation. The threat of a Polish-Soviet-Romanian coalition, coupled with uncertain relations with the Western Powers, brought home to the Foreign Ministry the danger of Germany’s position.
28 Hagglof further explained that when a friend informed Pfleiderer that his own name appeared on a list of those to be arrested, he sought Neurath’s aid. “Neurath said that for the moment he was powerless. ” Hagglof advised his friend to come to Sweden for a rest but Pfleiderer The Longest Knife What Hitler Knew expected that he would be arrested at the frontier. ”29 Pfleiderer eventually returned to the ministry and continued to serve the Reich government. 30 Hagglof’s account helps to explain how some conservatives could continue to work for a government that had committed what they viewed as appalling acts of murder and lawlessness.
13 By the summer of , German conservatives were living under the looming threat of another revolution. They faced the frequent news of SA attacks on German citizens, soldiers, and foreigners. And they had to face these dangers while under SS and Gestapo surveillance as the wave of state control spread over the nation. The crackdown on Social Democrats, Communists, and trade unionists represented merely the political dimension of state control. Bugging of homes, internal spying, and censorship of the once-free press all increased dramatically, and individual liberty mark- edly declined.