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4 pew, privately and they talked freely and stated that the slizht loss of man power wae duc a great deal to the excellent equipment fur- . Bished thes wen. He stated that he has "been in ten vare® and hae never seen an aray equivalent to that of the present Ceruan arny, He advised that the physical limitations of the German aray are that 1t must confine iteelf to land conquests. He etated that the German nation hae ample man power to cover the coaquered fislds; the reserves are good! their sen are in excellent spirits: the . mS equipment is good; the quality of se eaterial ie mods and there a are pleaty of replacements. _—_ nee * Yon ¥iegani wae questioned as » te the methods of offense, end he pointed out that Cergany had actunlly developed the tank to its full use. The allies hri neglected the development of mechanized material which the Cermans were using to grent adwnntage, including the uee of flame throwers which had « devastating effect upon defeniing araies. Yon Wiegand pointed ont that the morale of the | men was very high am yet in a peculiar quiet annoer, Se sald that ae when he was in Paris (being the first newspapor aan to get in after... -- - © 4t fell) there was no exaltation or judilation, no parades as was evidenced in the laet war on equally victorious occasions, He eaid 4% was astonishingly quiet, a self-confidence permenting their activities, and there wna no ovidence of the former Gerann attitude. Yon Wiegand claims that he has beard of no glaring weak- gesses with respect to the German forces but etated "they may show up later". — You Wiegand enid thst in talking to coering, it ds Ooering's belief that their greatest need is for personnel for the air corps. They can make all the planes they need, but they must have three yeare of training in order to be good pilots, They are now down to the point where they are using men with only two years of training = ~~ and they are not abdle to enrry on es it is desired with thie loses of one ysar's training. ot eed “Yon Siegend advised that the food our: lied the ary ta good nnd that clothing is axle. . eo Yon ‘iegand was s unable to ‘give ny 4 further information concerning the Oermin armed forces except that the army had opposed Hitler in going into ROreng, $0 euch an extent that he had actually: : - Se a oe Le