The report had deeper meaning for Himmler than Fegelein could have guessed, for he had at last taken the decision to betray Hitler himself – at least he had despatched Schellenberg that afternoon to Lübeck, where he hoped he would find Bernadotte. He was to tell the Count that he (Himmler) was prepared to ask him officially and in his own name to take a message of surrender to Eisenhower.
