Re: Hitler and German Army High Command 1934
Found some addition:
At the Army´s Bendlerstrasse hq on February 28,1934, Röhm was forced to sign a paper in Hitler´s presence that confirmed all the prerogatives of the Reichswehr and delegated only supporting military-training duties to the SA. The dispute between the two military forces was then officially washed away in a "reconciliatory breakfast", at which , according to Blomberg, the Führer delivered a "stirring" appeal to keep the peace.
Hardly had the ceremony ended, the table been cleared, and the guests departed, however, before Röhm exploded in a tirade of rage and frustration. He called Hitler a "Ridiculous corporal", accused him of disloyalty and shouted " If it can´t be done with Hitler, we´ll do it without him!" One of the witnesses, SA leader Viktor Lutze, scurried away from the champagne breakfast in the Huldschinsky Palace, Röhm´s hq in Berlin, to Hitler´s camp at Berchtesgarden to report what had happened. The Führer curtly informed him " We´ll just let this ripen."
From " Plotting Hitler´s death" by Joachim Fest
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