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orj in neutral comtxies,, through politic *illance
of local German groups and institutions,, through the
or
support of partie-i useful for German pur-»cs^s,/through
contact with tht oial polios, etc. A typical example
of the scope anc nature of tie activities or Amt VI is
the reported procurement of i photostatic cop/ of the
Teheran agreement shortly after the conclusion of the
conference l) Graduallye however, it b gir to organise
sabotage groups aid commandos in support of military
operations» Out of these units there de-eloped the so--
called VB Jagdrer) ande (SS Raiding Üetacmsivbü) under the
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command of SS Stm• bannfuhror Otto Skorxeny which was
responsible for tie liberation of Muesol 1943,
Th» SS JajBdyerbanC'.a grew in importanae a v d finallyp absorbed
parts of the Divif ion Brandenburg,, t. sabotage outfit of
the regular Army In 7.944. ths Abwehr w .s dissolved
Tha OKW retained the rather inaignifioant ^jpt; gruppe
Ausland j but Abteilung I 11, and 131 pat sod ";o the RSHA.
Abteilung I and II formed the so-called liäisi Tische Amt D t
a newoffice withir. the RSHAi Abteilung III appears to have
been split betweer the Amt IV (Gestapo) r VI of the
RSHA-. The absorption of the Abwehr by the 30 culminated If.
a development which not only made the SD the only intelli­
gence service of importance inside Germany but. also eateblishc
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