Göring Telegram
The Göring Telegram was a message sent by Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe and Adolf Hitler's designated successor as leader of Nazi Germany, that asked for permission to assume leadership of the crumbling regime on 23 April 1945. Wikipedia
Author(s): Hermann Göring
Purpose: to inform Hitler that Göring was prepared to take command of the Greater German Reich should Hitler relinquish it