Show 4 BrIo Brilon Accuses Goering o of lies Ues on Stand Sand March 21 UP UPSir UPSir Sir Sir David Maxwell Fyfe British British British Brit Brit- 1 I ish prosecutor accused Hermann Goering Thursday of lying on the witness stand when he lie said he did not know of nazi orders to kill royal air force fugitives from froma a prison camp Goering denied an affidavit by Gen Westhoff who said Marshal Wilhelm Keitel reported Goering had reproached him for permitting the escape of ot the R RA RAF A F men from tram the notorious Luft III ill prison camp Squirming uncomfortably GoerIng Goering Goering Goer Goer- ing also denied Westhoff's statement statement state state- ment meat that Goering attended a conference conference con con- ference with Adolf Adoll Hitler Hemrich Heinrich Hemrich Hem Hem- rich Himmler and Keitel at which Keitel called for the shooting of escaped prisoners Sticks to Story Snapping answers to Fyfe's sharp questions Goering stuck to his story that he did not know of orders to kill the airmen until it was too late I am suggesting that you are lying and leaving responsibility on the shoulders of at your junior officers Fyfe said According to the affidavit Lt Gen Grosch Grosch protested against the the shootings shooting's to Gen of ot the German Gennan air force and demanded that Goering be informed We Ve decided the best way to reach was through Gen Erhard Much and called Much for an appointment He left immediately and returned shortly to say he had reported to Much and MUch made the necessary notes the affidavit said aid Goering asked Fyfe why MUch had lad not been questioned about the affidavit Youre You're Both Lying He uHe was questioned Fyfe re replied re- re plied but he has the same story as yours I suggest that you both are lying Goering admitted he advised Count Galeazzo Ciano Clano Italian naHan foreign minister on Oct 23 23 1942 to adopt ruthless measures against partisans Including shooting |