Times change, special services remains
Accusing Russia of involvement in the poisoning of a former GRU officer and British spy Sergei Skripal, British Prime Minister Teresa Mei was guided by the results of an investigation conducted by British special services. But can you trust the reports of these services? As historical experience shows, British investigators easily forge the materials of the investigation to suit a political order. An illustrative example is the investigation into the death of Rudolf Hess.
On August 17, 1987, in the Spandau Allied Prison in West Berlin, the only prisoner remaining there — former deputy Hitler for the party Rudolf Hess committed suicide. The investigation into the circumstances of the death involved employees of No 14 Detachment of the 93 Section of the Special Investigations Branch of the Royal Military Police of the British Army of the Rhine. After 25 years, the results of the investigation were declassified and published on the Internet on the website of the government of Great Britain.
Title page of materials of investigation of Hess’s death
An analysis of the published documents shows that some of the investigation materials have been falsified. And the document officially called the «suicide note» is not the letter that was extracted from the prisoners’ pockets after his death. Let’s consider in detail.
Case 1
Study the materials of thirty years ago starting with the form of a suicide note. A letter in Hess’s pocket was discovered by the chief of the British military hospital in West Berlin, Colonel Hamer-Philip. In his testimony for the investigation hi described him as «one letter written in German and consisting of one page written in blue ink on plain white paper.»
Description of Hess’s suicide note in the statement of Colonel Hamer-Philip
However in the statement of the British Governor of Spandau prison it is said that Hess’s suicide note was written on the back of the first page of a two-page typewritten letter. It is the letter from Andrea Hess, the daughter-in-law of Rudolf Hess.
Description of Hess’s suicide note in statement of the British Governor of Spandau prison
A British handwriting specialist who was commissioned to investigate a suicide note also said that the note was made on the back of page 1 of a two-page typewritten letter dated 20.7.1987 addressed to «Mister Rudolf Hess».
Description of Hess’s suicide note in the statement of a handwriting specialist
It is clear that the note found in Hess’s pockets is not a note that was later presented to the world as «Hess’s suicide note». Since the note on one side of the usual white paper does not correspond at all with the note on the back of the two-page typewritten letter.
Did the British investigators pay no attention to such a divergence in the testimony of witnesses? Have paid attention, but have agreed with substitution. In the first police report of August 25, the note was described as «one page of a handwritten letter in the form of a suicide note». But the second report of September 11 already states: «… A hand-written note had been recorded on the reverse of the first page of a two-page type written letter.»
Description of Hess’s suicide note in the first police report of August 25
Description of Hess’s suicide note in the second police report of September 11
Thus, the British investigators clearly corrected their conclusions, made in the first report, to please the political order.
Case 2
Now we will look at the writing implements with which Hess’s suicide note could be made. The note is written in blue ink. In his statement, the head of the British military hospital, Colonel Hamer-Philip said that he extracted several pencils and pens from Hess’s pockets after his death. There were five implements suitable for writing a letter.
Five writing implements, found by Colonel Hamer-Philip in the pockets of Hess
However, in the statement of the British handwriting specialist, it is said that he received six writing implements for examine.
Six writing implements, examined by the British handwriting specialist
Where did one more pen come from? Who put it in the research writing instruments? Did all investigated pens, in that case, have to do with Hess?
To such a discrepancy in the statements of witnesses, British professionals from the special services simply «did not pay attention». But they wrote in their report that a check was made on «six pens recovered from the prisoner’s clothing».
Extract from the report of the British police about six pens found in Hess’s clothes after death
This discrepancy in the number of found and examined writing implements (five and six) again indicates the falsification of investigation materials by British special services.
Case 3
After the note written on the back of the typewritten letter was made «official», the question arose, how to explain the origin of the new note? The British Governor of the Spandau prison in his statement said that he was present at the transfer of the note by the head of the hospital to the American Governor of the Spandau prison. But the British Governor in his statement does not say anything about where they took the note.
Statement of the British Governor of the Spandau prison
British investigators in their report argue that the note was found in Hess’s pocket. But they wrote about this not in an affirmative plan, but, allegedly, from the words of the British Governor. It seems that «we have nothing to do with it, as the Governor said, so we wrote down.» However, the testimony of the British Governor does not have such a direct statement. Probably, it was done orally.
Why do the investigators refer only to the words of the British Governor, and not to the official testimony of the witness? The fact that the note was discovered by Colonel Hamer-Philip and described in his statement not the same as the British Governor, the investigators simply did not mention in their report.
Extract from the police report with reference to the British Governor, that a note has been recovered from the prisoner’s clothing
However, the Spandau prison was ruled by more than one British Governor. Four governors were representatives of victorious states in the Second World War: the USSR, France, the United States and Great Britain. At a meeting of the governors, which began on August 18 at 12.00, a press release on the death of «Prisoner No. 7» was discussed.
The proposed wording did not suit the Soviet Governor of the prison. He took a time-out for consultations with the management, after which an extraordinary meeting of Governors was opened on the same day at 18.55. It was decided to remove from the press release the words: «The note was found in his pocket.» Why did the Soviet Governor object to this phrase? Why did the other Governors agree with his opinion? Simply because the «official suicide note» was not found in Hess’s pockets.
The minutes of the meeting of the Governors of the Spandau prison, stating the removal from the press release of the words about finding a note in the pockets of the prisoner
However, in the materials of the police this document is missing, and the whole world was forced to believe that the suicide note was found in the prisoner’s pocket. This fact once again speaks eloquently of the falsification of the materials of the investigation by the British special services for the sake of a political order.
Case 4
And now we consider the direct forgery of the statements of witnesses, conducted by British investigators. To ensure confidentiality of the names of interviewed witnesses in statements, investigators replaced they with numbers, but this is even more vividly shown forgery.
The police report of August 25 reads: “About 15.35 hrs the ambulance which contained the following persons: Allied Prisoner No7, Lt Col “6”, Mr. “19” (a civilian nurse employed at the prison), “5”, Mr. “8” (USA) and Mr. “20” (France) – both prison warders, departed for the British Military Hospital”.
Extract from police report
It should be explained that the French prison warder Mr. «20», was a guard next to the prisoner, it means that his statement should describe all the actions that took place in the British military hospital after the ambulance arrived there. However, in the statement of this guard 1.09.1987 there are only general phrases about working in Spandau prison and not a single word about the events of August 17. It seems that Mr. «20» was absent from work that day.
A falsified statement given as if by a French overseer Mr. “20”
At the bottom of the protocol there is also a surname, or rather a number that indicates the investigator who conducted the investigation. In the majority of respondents this number is «14», «47» or «62». Interview with Mr. «20», according to the document of the investigation, was conducted by the investigator «49». But under the number «49» in the documents of the investigation is another French overseer, interviewed on August 26, and not the police investigator. Confirmation of such falsification is, for example, a list of documents (index) of the police report. It states that on pages 18 and 19 of the police report there are statements of the French overseers of Mr. «20» and Mr. «49».
List of documents of the police report
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Andrey Plotnikov
The mystery of the death of Rudolf Hess. Diary of Overseer Spandau
Confirms the falsification of the testimonies of the French overseer also date on September 1, 1987, which is on the statement of Mr. «20». British investigators could at any time invite to the conversation the British prison guards Spandau. But for the overseers of other countries, there was a strict rule of the diplomatic protocol: the interview was conducted through an interpreter and only in the presence of its Governor of the prison.
Organize such an event at any time at the request of investigators is impossible, it was agreed in advance. Therefore, a interview of all French guards took place on August 26, and on September 1 the investigators interviewed Soviet overseers. The Soviet prison warders had a day off on August 17 and they were absent in prison.
Thus, an analysis of the materials of the investigation shows that the statement of the French overseer, who was to be next to the «prisoner No. 7» in the British military hospital and designated as Mr. «20» in the investigation materials, was completely falsified by the British special services — altered from the testimony of one of the Soviet warder.
Conclusion
Therefore, accusations from the UK about Russia’s involvement in the poisoning of Skripal on the grounds that the poisonous substance used was allegedly once developed in the Soviet Union, one can safely use the same reciprocal technique:
«The British investigation of the poisoning of Skrypal is forged, because the investigation by the British special services of the death of Rudolf Hess, proved above, is falsified.»
Can you believe the British special services?