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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI-6046 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 783 |
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| LETTER FROM
KRANEFUSS TO RUDOLF BRANDT, 20 JUNE 1944, PROPOSING THAT FUNDS FOR "SPECIAL TASK OFFICE KEPPLER," MAINLY USED FOR EXPENSES OF MEETINGS OF THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, BE REIMBURSED FROM SPECIAL ACCOUNT "S" INSTEAD OF BY DEFENDANT STEINBRINCK FROM FUNDS OF MITTELSTAHL OR GEWERKSCHAFT PREUSSEN |
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| Berlin C 2, 20 June
1944 Schinkelplatz 1 Kr/Ki. |
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| Fritz Kranefuss [Stamp] Personal Staff Reich Leader SS Record Department File No. Secret/45 |
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| To SS Standartenfuehrer Dr.
Rudolf Brandt Personal Staff of the Reich Leader SS Berlin /SW 11, Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse 8 Dear Comrade Dr. Brandt: For a considerable number of years the Administrative Office of the Personal Staff placed at my disposal a monthly amount of at first RM 2,500 — and later RM 1,500 — under the heading of "Special Task Office Keppler" to cover certain expenses for personnel and materials. The greatest expenses which had to be Paid from this amount were the costs for the meetings of the Circle of Friends, i.e., the accounts of the Aero-Club, etc. The same amount was, when due, refunded to the Administrative Office of the Personal Staff, i.e., to the special account "R" by SS Brigadefuehrer Steinbrinck, that is, from the funds of the Mitteldeutsche Stahlwerke A.G. as long as Steinbrinck was with them and later, that is after he had resigned, from the funds of the Gewerkschaft "Preussen." This settlement was made in agreement with SS Major General Wolff, who had obtained the approval of the Reich Leader SS to carry this out. Some time ago I discussed with SS Brigadier General [Brigadefuehrer] Kurt Baron von Schroeder, who is also informed of the matter as far as it concerns the Gewerkschaft "Preussen," the expediency of taking the required amounts from the yearly contributions made by the Circle of Friends which are placed at the disposal of the Reich Leader SS and which are deposited with Baron Schroeder in the special account "S". |
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