The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-08

It is especially significant in view of the Committee of 10000 Germans which the Russians have organized inside Russia, and whose broadcaStS to the German people from Russia speedcd the amazing advance of the Red army across Poland.
 The German Committee Inside Russia IS headed by Field Mar shal Friedrich von PauluS, for mer commander at Stalingrad and by his Deputy Commander Gen. eral Wilhelm Von Seydlitz. Their broadcastS nave told the Ger mans and especially the German generals that the Russians did not seek to destroy their factories or their country, but only to throw off the yoke of Hitlerites. They have also contacted many Ger man generals and won over thou sands of prisoners without firing a shot.
 More than two years ago, Gen. William DOnOvan's office of strategic services started to do the same thing. They actually organized an embryo committee of anti-Hitler Germans, headed by a minister in the old Bruen- ing Cabinet, who also was a strong Catholic leader. (Bruen- ing is now teaching at Harvard.) Most of the German committee
 were Catholic mOderates or leftistS, all strong anti-Hitler- ties.
 However, a few weeks after the committe was started, the State Department heard about it and suddenly called halt. OSS of- ficials a.Ways suspected the hand of Hugh Wilson, eX-Ambassador to Germany, in this. Wilson. then a member of the OSS, had leaned toward rightlst German groups when he was Ambassador to Berlin and had little use for groups of the left. His colleagues ln the OSS, however, believed that the way to build counter-poli- tical attack against Hitler was with strong Catholic leaders of the left and center.
 At any rate, the American move to work inside Germany through the Office of Strategic Service was stopped short in its tracks, while the Russians continued to build up their powerful German committee.
 PSYCHOLOGICAL
 WARFARE STYMIED
 Meanwhile, however, the U. $. Army had set up its psycnolo- gical warfare division which Was to spread propaganda inside Ger many, though on a more moahied scale. However, it's work also has been stymied in many areas through the failure of old-ltne Army men to understand the value ot psychological warfare.
 Fer instance, plans were drawn up for the psychological
 warfare division to establish
 a German language newspaper as soon as we took Aachen. Aachen was Co be gulIlea. pig,
 providing experience for PWD
 in overseeing production Of
 newspapers for the German
 populati0n. When the city
 was taken, PWD immediately sent three men from Paris to
 survey the facilities 0f Aachen
 for presses. equipment, news
 print and skIller personnel.
 Thus far nothing has been nc- complished in fact, the diW- sIonal commander at Aachen has not yet permitted the PWDO team inside the city. There were several weeks prior Co the Ger man break -through of December during which the newspaper could have been strated. but nothing was accomplished, and there has been no progress since. Result k that our forces will break into Germany and take over scores ot German newspapers with no part of the Army yet having had any experience in directing a German newspaper.
 Meanwhile the Russians have built up Rn organization ready to In which It's message may be Teai and pondered.
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