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internal
conditions in the Soviet Union as well
as to the effects of world Bolshevism,
primarily in other European countries.
It entered into contact with the most
variegated groups inclining towards
National Socialism in combatting
Bolshevism, focussing its main
attentions on nations and states
bordering on the Soviet Union. On the
one hand those nations and states
constituted an insulating ring
encircling the Bolshevist neighbor; on
the other hand they were the laterals of
German living space and took up a
flanking position towards the Western
Powers, especially Great Britain. In
order to wield the desired influence by
one means or another" — and
the Court will shortly see the
significance of that phrase — "the
bureau was compelled to use the most
varying methods, taking into
consideration the completely different
living conditions, the ties of blood and
intellect, and historical dependence of
the movements observed by the bureau in
those countries.
"In
Scandinavia a progressively more
outspoken pro-Anglo-Saxon attitude based
on economic considerations had become
more dominant after the World War of
1914-18. There the bureau put the entire
emphasis on influencing general cultural
relations with the Nordic peoples. For
this purpose it took the Nordic Society
in Lübeck under its protection. The
Reich conventions of this society were
attended by many outstanding
personalities, especially from Finland.
While there were no openings for purely
political co-operation in Sweden and
Denmark, an association based on Greater
Germanic ideology was found in Norway.
Very close relations, which led to
further consequences, were established
with its founder."
If
the Court will turn to the end of the main part
of the statement which is 4 pages forward —
in the intervening pages, I may say, there is an
account of the activity of Rosenberg's bureau in
various parts of Europe, and indeed of the
world, which I am not proposing to call the
Tribunal's attention to at this stage — but
if the Tribunal will look at the last paragraph
of the main body of the report which bears the
signature of the Defendant Rosenberg, the last
two sentences read:
"With
the outbreak of war it was entitled to
consider its task as terminated. The
exploitation of the many personal
connections in many lands can be resumed
under a different guise."
If
the Tribunal will turn to the annex to the
document, which is on the next page, the
Tribunal will appreciate what "exploitation
of personal connections" involved.
Annex
I to the document is headed, "Brief Report
on Activities of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of
the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1943."