 Hitler was hesitant in authorising Röhm's execution, perhaps because of loyalty or embarrassment about the execution of an important lieutenant; he eventually did so, and agreed that Röhm should have the option of suicide.On 1 July, SS-"Brigadeführer" Theodor Eicke (later "Kommandant" of the Dachau concentration camp) and SS-"Obersturmbannführer" Michael Lippert visited Röhm.Once inside Röhm's cell, they handed him a Browning pistol loaded with a single cartridge and told him he had ten minutes to kill himself or they would do it for him.