The best guess must surely be that Himmler was fully informed of the progress of the plot, knew that von Stauffenberg was the leading spirit in the young ‘Graf’s circle’, knew he had been called to the Wolfschanze on 20 July – indeed he was working with him to supply reinforcements for the eastern front – and assumed that he would or might make the attempt then. The best guess about his actions, based on the methods he had employed throughout his career, was that he intended remaining on the sidelines, waiting for the work to be done for him, confident in the ability of his organisations to
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