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"I do not ignore the difficulties
which exist for the execution of this new order, but I am convinced
that with the ruthless use of all resources and with the full
co-operation of all concerned the execution of the new demands can be
accomplished by the date fixed. I have already communicated the new
demands directly to the Reich Commissioner for the Ukraine by
teletype. In reference to our phone-call of today, I will send you the
text of the Führer's decree at the beginning of next week."
I should like to remind the Tribunal that we have referred previously,
yesterday afternoon, to this Reichskommissar, Gauleiter, Party Member
Koch; and we quoted him as stating, the Tribunal will recall, "We
are the master race. We must be hard," and so forth.
On the 17th day of March 1943, the Defendant Sauckel wrote again to the
Defendant Rosenberg; and on this occasion he demanded the importation of
another 1 million men and women from the Eastern Territories within the
following 4 months. I wish to refer at this point to Document Number
019-PS, which bears Exhibit Number USA-181. Quoting that letter in full:
"After a protracted illness, my
deputy for labor allocation in the Occupied Eastern Territories, State
Councillor Peuckert, is going there to regulate the allocation of
labor both for Germany and the territories themselves.
"I ask you sincerely, dear Party Member Rosenberg, to assist him
to your utmost on account of the pressing urgency of Peuckert's
mission. I may thank you already at this moment for the good reception
accorded to Peuckert up to this time. He himself has been charged by
me to co-operate fully and unreservedly with all bureaus of the
Eastern Territories.
"Especially the labor allocation for German agriculture and
likewise the most urgent armament production programs ordered by the Führer
make the fastest importation of approximately 1 million men and women
from the Eastern Territories within the next 4 months, a necessity.
Starting 15 March the daily shipment must reach 5,000 female or male
workers, while from the beginning of April this number has to be
stepped up to 10,000, if the most urgent programs and the spring
tillage and other agricultural tasks are not to suffer to the
detriment of food and of the Armed Forces.
"I have provided for the allotment of the draft quotas for the
individual territories, in agreement with your experts for labor
supply, as follows:
"Daily quota starting 15 March 1943: From General kommissariat,
White Ruthenia — 500 people; Economic Inspection,