cellery for the last time on March , he found the Führer very
upset about the Reichsmarschall “attempting to start negotia-
tions with the Allies.” Emmy Göring certainly dropped hints to
Görnnert, who stayed behind with the train, that her husband
was thinking of contacting the Americans, and Göring confided
to Speer that he was sure that the Americans knew he was on
their side. One day, five American airmen parachuted into the
Schorf Heath, and Göring ordered their captain brought to
Carinhall. Perhaps he was thinking ahead, to ways of establishing
links to the Americans. But this officer had only been a movie
director in Hollywood, and Göring lost interest in him.
General Koller’s diary establishes how concerned Göring
was to end the bloodshed now that Germany appeared to have
lost. “Nobody tells us anything,” Koller complained to Göring
on March . “We badly need directives from top level.”
The Reichsmarschall agreed. He too is in the dark.
F[ührer] tells him nothing, won’t permit the slightest
political step. For instance, a British diplomat tried to
enter into talks with us in Sweden, but this was flatly
forbidden by Hitler.
F has prohibited Reichsmarschall to use his own
extensive contacts.... F has also rejected every open-
ing that the foreign minister has reported to him.Hitler ordered Göring to attend every war conference at :
.., but he dealt preferentially with SS Gruppenführer
Kammler. “Göring,” wrote Goebbels on April , “has to listen
day after day without being able to offer the slightest excuse.”
Under pressure from every side, Göring made the decision
to authorize Luftwaffe suicide missions. Volunteer pilots would
ram the Luftwaffe’s few remaining Me s into Allied bombers.
In mid-March British code-breakers had already intercepted the