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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI-3252 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 404 |
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| FILE NOTE BY
DEFENDANT STEINBRINCK, 5 JANUARY 1938, CONCERNING HERBERT GOERING'S REPORT
ON HIS DISCUSSION WITH HERMANN GOERING, AND HERMANN GOERING'S DECISION TO DEAL CENTRALLY WITH THE PETSCHEK PROBLEM AND TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION INCLUDING DEFENDANT FLICK IN ITS MEMBERSHIP, AND RELATED MATTERS |
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| St/Ga. | |
| 5 January 1938 | |
| File Note [Aktenvermerk] | |
| Strictly Confidential! [Strong
vertraulich!] Subject: Petschek corporation. |
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| Information [Mitteilung] from, Herbert Goering on 5 January | |
| On the afternoon of 4 January, Herbert G. made a detailed report to the General [Hermann Goering] on the Petschek question. The General had received a proposal from the Secret State Police [Gestapo], signed by Gauleiter Sauckel,¹ to the effect that new appointments within the administration be arranged on account of "the clumsily attempted swindle [plumper Taeuschungsversuch] of the Phoenix Munsdorf,² which belongs to the Ignaz Petschek group." At Posse's suggestion the General decided that no special action should be taken in this particular case, but that the whole question should be centralized and dealt with by him (Goering personally). He sent a telegram to Gauleiter Sauckel with approximately the following text: | |
"The Petschek problem will be centralized and dealt with by me in January. I shall include you in our discussions." |
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| In this connection the General
will set up a commission to make proposals for the solution of the P. problem.
This commission will consist of: Posse³ (or the authorized State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Economics), Keppler,4 as the man empowered to initiate the negotiations, Pleiger,5 as the man empowered by Goering to deal with questions of raw materials and coal, |
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¹ Sauckel, at this time Gauleiter of Thuringia. later became Plenipotentiary General for Labor Allocation. See section VII, below, dealing with the slave labor program.
² A coal mine in central Germany.
³ Dr. Hans Posse was State Secretary for Special Tasks in the Ministry of Economics and a deputy to Goering as Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan.
4 Wilhelm Keppler, early economic adviser to Hitler and the founder of the "Circle of Friends" of Himmler. See section V, above.
5 Paul Pleiger was later chairman of the Reich Association Coal and Plenipotentiary General for Coal.
