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What organization was abolished resulting in Schellenberg becoming head of foreign intelligence?

  • Gestapo

  • Abwehr

  • KGB

  • SD

Answer

Schellenberg was appointed chief of foreign intelligence on 1 April 1944. Abwehr, the Reich's military intelligence service, had been abolished and its personnel incorporated into Schellenberg's new Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). Schellenberg was also made a member of the SS Reich Leadership Council, which was the highest decision-making body of the SS.
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