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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI-889 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 453 |
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| FILE NOTE OF DEFENDANT STEINBRINCK ON CONVERSATIONS WITH VOSS OF THE HERMANN GOERING WORKS ON THE PETSCHEK QUESTION, 2 FEBRUARY 1939, CONCERNING POSSIBILITIES OF EXCHANGE OF COAL WITH THE HERMANN GOERING WORKS, VARIOUS CLAIMS TO PETSCHEK BROWN COAL, AND RELATED MATTERS | |
| St/Ga. | 2 February 1939 |
| File Note | |
| Subject: [Petschek] Problem-conversation with Dr. Voss¹ on 2 February. | |
| [Initial] F [FLICK] | |
| At the Reich Leader's dinner,² Dr. Voss made some indications to Mr. Fl. [Flick] that he would like to negotiate with him about the exchange of coal. Fl. had the impression that V. [Voss] wished to conduct these negotiations himself, not through Pleiger. I therefore called on V., to inform him first of the negotiations with Pl. [Pleiger]. Pl. had given V. an outline of the latest events in connection with Pl., especially of the trustee's activities. First of all, I explained to V. the present stage of the measures taken by the trustee on one hand and efforts made by the Reich Ministry of Economics on the other hand. V. already knew of the existing two different tendencies and that numerous interested parties, making all kinds of projects, are always in and out of the Reich Ministry of Economics. I told V. that my impression so far was that the Reich Ministry of Economics had not yet come to the conviction that the main part of the brown coal property should go to P.P. [Paul Pleiger]. V. nodded and remarked that considerable influence has been brought into play in the Reich Ministry of Economics and other offices to prevent Pl. from receiving brown coal at all. People in the Reich Ministry of Economics deny that there is an economic necessity for it. He did not need brown coal for supplying the Saltzgitter works directly and it was superfluous to exchange brown coal for soft coal, since it would be far more advantageous for Pl. to supply himself with coking coal from the syndicate. V. remarked confidentially that Pi's reference to his works being supplied with brown coal might be a tactical measure to show that he | |
¹ Wilhelm Voss was one of Paul Pleiger's leading associates in the Hermann Goering Works.
² It is not known whether or not this dinner was held in connection with a meeting of the Himmler Circle of Friends. (See sec. V, above.)
