ABSTRACT
This chapter explains an affidavit, written by Otto von Meissner, chief of Presidential Chancellery, presented at Nuremberg Trial, 1946. Hindenburg replied that because of the tense situation he could not in good conscience risk transferring the power of the government to a new party such as the National Socialists, which did not command a majority and which was noisy, intolerant and ill-disciplined. All these incidents had strengthened him in his conviction that there were numerous wild elements in the Party beyond control. After extended discussions Hindenburg proposed to Hitler that he declare himself ready to co-operate with other parties, in particular with the Right and Centre and he should give up the one-sided idea that he must have complete power. In co-operating with the other parties, Hindenburg declared, he would be able to show what he could achieve and improve upon.
