Author of quotes: Walter Schellenberg. Page 3

Madrid was one of the most important fields of activities of the German intelligence service. So, the military sector, in addition to operational and intelligence work and counterintelligence, included about a hundred employees who were housed in the building of the German Embassy and conducted a wide range of activities according to radio intercepts and deciphering.

Our intelligence has done a good preparatory work. Using the Maginot line was laid telephone cable, for which our agents regularly transmit their messages, accurate information about the French defenses and their equipment, the condition of the French artillery and armored units; even from the headquarters of the French intelligence service gave us photocopies of the secret orders and operational plans.

General Hoffmann never made any secret of the fact that, in his opinion, to defeat Russian Bolshevism can only be the result of a military invasion of Germany to Russia at least up to the Urals. However, he was convinced that Geraniums are not enough forces for such an invasion.

The closer I recognized that man, the more he seemed like a predatory animal, always on guard, always cousi the danger of not trusting anyone or anything. He relied only on his superior intelligence and his predatory instinct dictated him the most unexpected solutions, and which is constantly we can expect trouble. The friendship was completely alien to him.

Not to upset your nerves in vain, he preferred to use others. Thus, he is always able in that case to dissociate themselves from any business, saying that men acting on his behalf, he misspoke. This "emergency exit" he kept open not only in personal matters but also in making important political decisions.

A terrible order. By September 1 it was necessary to find the specific reason for the attack on Poland, whereby Poland would be brought before history and in the eyes of the world as an aggressor. Scheduled attack by "Polish" soldiers on radio station in Gleiwitz.

Resouree importance is choosing a reliable and properly trained employees; they must rise above the General level in their mental and spiritual qualities. To operate successfully in a foreign country, they should be able, after intensive study of the language, customs and peculiarities of the people of this country to live and work in the same way as the natives and to engage in intelligence activities.

A prerequisite of successful work in large scale is continuity in the work and coordination of effort.

The first time I realized how little I know responsible leaders standing at the head of our intelligence, the practical difficulties associated with carrying out their task.

In the way I had to hide the roll under the bandage which was applied on my left thigh, where I made myself a small cut with a razor, so that the gauze was soaked with blood. The fact that I was limping, gave customs officers and border guards keen sochuvstvie that helped me to slip unexposed.

Cost me how to "sniff" the practical work, and I immediately noticed that the weather here is quite different than at the table, covered with green cloth.

During the first world war yanque, as an employee of German intelligence, "organized" major strikes by American dockworkers and stevedores in the Atlantic ports of the United States.

One of its special abilities, it seemed, had a gift instantly to recognize personal, professional and even political weaknesses of others, to register them in his phenomenal memory, and in his "file Cabinet" at the right moment to use them. Sometimes this happened after a number of years.

The party was received at the SD needs a big government subsidy that considerably profited at the same time.