Hindenburg never responded to the memo, and it remains unclear whether he even saw it, as Otto Meißner, who decided that his future was aligned with the Nazis, may not have passed it along.
Hindenburg svarede aldrig på memorandummet, og det er uklart, om han nogensinde så det, da Otto Meißner, som havde besluttet, at hans fremtid afhang af nazisterne, muligvis ikke overgav ham det.