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| | FRANZ VON PAPEN FACTS AND INFORMATION |
 | | He was reputed to be superficial, blundering, untrue, ambitious, vain, crafty and an intriguer." The cabinet which Papen formed, with the assistance of General Kurt_von_Schleicher, was known as the "baron's cabinet" and was widely regarded as a joke. |
 | | Papen ruled in an authoritarian manner, launching a coup against the Social Democrat-led government of Prussia (the so-called PreuÃenschlag), and repealing his predecessor's ban on the SA as a way to appease the Nazis, whom he hoped to lure into supporting his government. |
 | | The ultimatum that Hitler presented Schuschnigg at the meeting on February_12 led to the Austrian government capitulating to German threats and pressure, and paved the way for the ''Anschluss'', which was proclaimed on March_13, 1938. |
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