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| DEFENDANT FLICK: Can I rectify
that statement, Mr. Prosecutor? Q. That is what I would like you to do, Defendant, I would like you to explain that, if there is anything to explain. A. I happen to know even the wording of it, of what I said. When defense counsel asked me the following question, "Did you know the expert opinion given by Dietrich?" then my answer was: "In accordance with what I know today, I believe that I have to answer this question in the negative." Those were the very words I used, not one word too many and not one word too little, and I can confirm that today. Q. Now, as I understand it, then, you did not know about this letter at any time by the end of June 1938, is that correct? A. I am of the opinion that in June, I did not read the expert opinion. As for the covering letter which consists only of one sentence, I have initialed it. However, the expert opinion itself did not have six to eight pages, because there were enclosures and the whole included perhaps fifty to sixty pages. Q. Now, Defendant, my next question is, whether you knew June 1938, that Dietrich had written a letter to Steinbrinck with these various enclosures. A. I assume that in June 1938, I saw a letter of Dietrich on table, but I had no knowledge of the contents of the enclosures and I had not read through it. That is the opinion I have of that matter today. Q. Well, now, Defendant, I would like to show you the original letter — PRESIDING JUDGE SEARS: You mean the short letter of Dietrich's? MR.. LYON: Yes, your Honor. Q. — and my next question, Defendant, is: Did you have any idea by the end of June 1938, whether from this letter or from any other source, that Dietrich was preparing legislation affecting the Jews, preparing drafts of legislation? A. Law drafts, legislation, concerning the Jews? Well, that I couldn't tell you really. I did know that Dietrich was working — I "'wouldn't say on legislation — but that he worked on laws concerning the nationalization of mineral deposits. I think that I had some general knowledge of that. At least I had some kind of knowledge that he was working on such matters. And I think that there he made a compilation of all the material as was done in the other countries, for instance, in Sweden; and one could see from his compilations how matters had been arranged in these other countries. |
