The Archive · 1938

HERR KNOBEL MAY BE TOKYO ENVOY

Marshal Goering Dons His New Uniform Berlin, Feb. 5.

Well-informed circles believe that Herr Hermanh Knobel, former Consul-General in Shanghai, will probably be appointed Ambassador in Tokyo. He is one of the oldest and most intimate friends of Herr Hitler, having taken part in the Nazi "putsch" at Munich in 1923. At present Herr Knobel is in Germany on furlough.

Only a day after his promotion, Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering to-day donned his uniform of Field Marshal when he inaugurated an exhibition at the Prussian Art Academy in his capacity of Premier of Prussia. He was warmly congratulated—

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