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I substituted in his hands a carbon copy. I didn't quite
understand his statement about documents being introduced which
hadn't been furnished to the defendant. We did file the document
book.
THE PRESIDENT: Is this document in the document book?
MR. ALDERMAN: My understanding is that the document book contains
all the documents except these interrogations. They did not contain
the interrogation.
THE PRESIDENT: Then he is right in saying that.
MR. ALDERMAN: He is right as to the interrogation, yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Are you in agreement with him then, that you can
read what you want to read now, and that it is not necessary for you
to read the parts to which he objects.
MR. ALDERMAN: I think so. I understand he objects to my reading
anything other than the part concerned with C-156. I would anticipate
that he might be willing for me to read the other parts tomorrow.
This deals with the book which I offered in evidence this
morning, Document C-156, Exhibit USA-41. The Defendant Raeder
identified that book, and explained that the Navy tried to fulfill
the letter of the Versailles Treaty and at the same time make
progress in naval development. I refer to the interrogation of the
Defendant Raeder at the part we had under discussion:
"Q. I have here a Document
C-156, which is a photostatic copy of a work prepared by the High
Command of the Navy and covers the struggle of the Navy against the
Versailles Treaty from 1919 to 1935. I ask you initially whether you
are familiar with the work.
"A. I know this book. I read it once when it was edited.
"Q. Was that an official publication of the German Navy?
"A. This Captain Schüssler (indicating the author) was
a commander in the Admiralty. Published by the OKM, it was an idea of
this officer to put all these things together.
"Q. Do you recall the circumstances under which the
authorization to prepare such a work was given to him?
"A. I think he told me that he would write such a book as he
tells here in the foreword.
"Q. And in the preparation of this work he had access to the
official Navy files and based his work on the items contained
therein?
"A. Yes, I think so. He would have spoken with other
persons, and he would have had the files which were necessary