Text: English     International Military Tribunal "Blue Series," Vol. 3, p. 367
		10 Dec. 45 Afternoon Session THE PRESIDENT: I understand that the Defendant Kaltenbrunner is now in court. Will you stand up, please? [The Defendant Kaltenbrunner rose in the dock.] THE PRESIDENT: In accordance with Article 24 of the Charter, you must now plead either guilty or not guilty. ERNST KALTENBRUNNER: I plead not guilty. I do not believe that I have made myself guilty. MR. ALDERMAN: May it please the Tribunal, I had just put in evidence our Document 1456-PS as Exhibit USA-148. I now read from that document on Page 17: "The following is a new conception of the Führer which Minister Todt has explained to me and which has been confirmed later on by Field Marshal Keitel: "I. The course of the war shows that we went too far in our autarkical endeavors. It is impossible to try to manufacture everything we lack by synthetic procedures or other measures. For instance, it is impossible to develop our motor fuel economy to a point where we can entirely depend on it. All these autarkical endeavors demand a tremendous amount of manpower, and it is simply impossible to provide it. One has to choose another way. What one does not have but needs, one must conquer. The commitment of men which is necessary for one single action will not be as great as the one that is currently needed for the running of the synthetic factories in question. The aim must therefore be to secure all territories which are of special interest to us for the war economy by conquering them. "At the time the Four Year Plan was established I issued a statement in which I made it clear that a completely autarkical economy is impossible for us because the need of men will be too great. My solution, however, has always been directed to securing the necessary reserves for missing stocks by concluding economic agreements which would guarantee delivery even in wartime." On this macabre note I come to the end of the story of this aggression. We have seen these conspirators as they planned, prepared, and finally initiated their wanton attack upon the Soviet Union. Others will carry on the tale and describe the horrible manner in which they waged this war of aggression and the countless crimes they committed in its wake. When I consider the solemn pledge of non-aggression, the base and sinister motives involved, 367
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