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Strutting General Göring said he had received the following:
I CONVEY TO YOU AN EXPRESSION OF THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR ENERGETIC, SUCCESSFUL ACTION IN QUELLING TREASONABLE ATTEMPTS. WITH COMRADELY GREETINGS.
HINDENBURG
*Since every German assumed this meant France, the Cabinet of Premier Gaston Doumergue issued an official communiqué at Paris: "Neither directly nor indirectly were the instigators of the plot in contact with the French Government."