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Six days before Hitler fell upon Poland, Major General Erich Fellgiebel,
52, who had been in communications since he joined a telegraph
battalion upon enlisting in 1905, was named head of the O.K.W.
communications organization. His title was Chef,
Wehrmachtnachrichtenverbindungen
("Chief, Armed Forces Signal Communications"), or Chef W.N.V. His
superior was the O.K.W. chief, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, whose only
superior was Hitler. Keitel wrote in FellgiebeFs fitness reports: "In his
field a pronounced leader type with foresight, a gift for organization, full
energy and dedication. ... In his attitude towards National Socialism an
inclination to unconsidered over-criticism. ..." The W.N.V. supervised
communications, including communications security, and intercept
operations;* it served as a kind of staff, an advisor and controller, for the
service branches that largely operated the communications and intercept
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