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Prosecution
wishes to introduce his testimony. That would be
the only way in which the Defense could have an
opportunity of cross-examining the witness and
thereby contribute to obtaining objective truth.
[Pause
in the proceedings while the Tribunal
consulted.]
THE
PRESIDENT: The Tribunal upholds the objection
and will not hear this affidavit. It is open to
either the Prosecution or the defendants, of
course, to call the man who made the affidavit.
That is all I have to say We have upheld your
objection.
MR. ALDERMAN: If the
Tribunal please. I had another affidavit by one
Alfred Helmut Naujoks which, I take it, will be
excluded under this same ruling, and which,
therefore, I shall not offer.
THE
PRESIDENT: If the circumstances are the same.
MR.
ALDERMAN: Yes, I might merely refer to it for
identification because it is in your document
books.
THE PRESIDENT: Very well.
MR.
ALDERMAN: It is Document 3029-PS.
THE
PRESIDENT: Very well. That also will be rejected
as evidence.
MR. ALDERMAN: Yes.
Offensive operations along the Czechoslovakian
border were not confined to skirmishes carried
out by the Free Corps Two SS-Totenkopf
(Deathhead) battalions were operating across the
border in Czech territory near Asch.
I
quote now from item 36 in the Schmundt file, an
OKW most-secret order, signed by Jodl, and dated
28 September. This appears at Page 61 of the
Schmundt file:
"Supreme
Command of the Armed Forces, Berlin, 26
September 1936; 45 copies, 16th copy;
most secret.
"Subject:
Four SS-Totenkopf battalions subordinate
to the Commander-in-Chief Army.
"To:
Reichsführer SS and Chief of the
German Police (SS Central Office) (36th
copy).
"By order of the
Supreme Command of the Armed Forces the
following battalions of the SS Deathhead
organization will be under the command
of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army
with immediate effect.
"Second
and Third Battalions of the 2d
SS-Totenkopf Regiment Brandenburg at
present in Brieg (Upper Silesia).
"First
and Second Battalion of the 3d
SS-Totenkopf Regiment Thuringia, at
present in Radebeul and Kötzschenbroda
near Dresden.