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15 Nov.
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The
services which Defense Counsel are performing are important public
services for the interests of justice, and they will have the protection
of the Tribunal in the performance of their duties.
In
order that the Trial should proceed with due expedition, it would seem
desirable that Defense Counsel should settle among themselves the order
in which they wish to cross-examine the Prosecution witnesses and
propose to present their defenses, and that they should communicate
their wishes in this regard to the General Secretary.
I
hope that what I have said will be of assistance to Defense Counsel in
the preparation of their defenses. If there are any questions in
connection with what I have said which they wish to ask, I will endeavor
to answer them.
DR.
ALFRED THOMA (Counsel for Defendant Rosenberg): Mr. President.
THE
PRESIDENT: Will you come to the desk please, if you wish to speak. Will
you state your name and for whom you appear here?
DR.
THOMA: Dr. Thoma, defense counsel for the Defendant Rosenberg.
THE
PRESIDENT: Yes. DR. THOMA: I should like to ask whether the Defense will
immediately get copies of the interrogation of witnesses.
THE
PRESIDENT: Copies of the Indictment? Those have been served upon each
defendant. Do I understand that you want further copies for the use of
defendants' counsel?
DR.
THOMA: May I put my question more precisely? I presume that all the
statements of the defendants are to be taken down in shorthand, and I
would like to ask whether these will then be translated into German and
given to the Defense Counsel as soon as possible.
THE
PRESIDENT: If you mean a transcript of the evidence which is given
before the Tribunal, that will be taken down, and if it is given in a
language other than German it will be translated into German and copies
furnished to defendants' counsel. If it is in German it will be
furnished to them in German.
DR.
THOMA: Will we get copies of the interrogation of all witnesses?
THE
PRESIDENT: Yes; that is what I meant by a transcript of the evidence
given before the Tribunal. That will be a copy, in German, of the
evidence of each witness.
DR. THOMA: Thank
you.
DR.
RUDOLPH DIX (Counsel for Defendant Schacht): Your Lordship, gentlemen of
the Tribunal, my colleagues of the Defense
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