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In this I shall take special care to reduce the case Doebig which has been brought into this context for the purpose of substantiation; to the proportions it deserves in the knowledge of the true facts of the case, as we ourselves feel urged to clear Rothaug's real relationship to the Security Service (SD) as expressed in its principles, development, contents, and Rothaug's inner attitude to it down to minute details.
Especially here as in all positions where the witnesses are interested in a certain presentation of conditions, we are fully conscious of the difficulties, and we know how easy it is today to find witnesses who by incriminating statements are given the chance to clear themselves. On the other hand, bearing in mind the totality of present psychological conditions it is difficult to find a person who would be prepared to stand up for truth's sake if he were asked to do so for a person who by reason of biased evidence has been publicly defamed in such a manner that it has given rise to the fear of becoming involved in the greatest difficulties by confessing to a mere acquaintance with Rothaug. Because Rothaug's political power position has extensively been brought in, in an attempt transparent to our eyes, to reduce the responsibility of others, he feels pressed to clarify his real relationship to his collaborators and the prosecutors within his sphere of work minutely and in its totality in its official and personal aspect irrespective of whether it concerns Rothaug's official or unofficial statements, his alleged relationship to Streicher, Holz, and Zimmermann; his actual relationship to Haberkern, the "Blanc Traube" [Blue Grape, the mysterious "Stammtisch;" his "TeNo-Rang" [rank in Teno*]; his attitude toward the judicial administration, his "recording section" [Schallplattenbetrieb] in alleged spectacular proceedings; or his representation of the devil on earth. In all these matters and questions we have but one aim --To restore the truth in all its glory, for only in truth can we see the way which honorably and serenely will lead us out of this endangered vital position.
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Techneche Nothilefe, Technical Engineering Corps.
