. NMT06-T0636
Volume VI · Page 636
| Q. And he had prepared this study
at the request of you or Mittelstahl, is that right? A. He did not work on my initiative. Q. That wasn't my question — A. (Continuing) — I never gave him any mandate, nether in one matter nor in the other. That he probably had a relation to Mittelstahl and some connections, well, that is a matter of course, because otherwise he wouldn't have given an expert opinion after all. Q. You know that he worked for Mittelstahl, don't you, defendant? A. Sure, that I know. JUDGE RICHMAN: Who did give the directions, if you didn't? DEFENDANT FLICK: Well, you see, today I could only establish that from the documents. Dietrich himself states that he never talked these matters over with me at all, and this short letter, well, I am very sorry I have to read it to you. It reads here: |
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"Dear Mr. Steinbrinck: Referring to our discussion of Saturday concerning the Ignaz Petschek problem, I enclose the exposé we discussed, * * * which you might transmit to Ministerial Director Wohlthat." |
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| According to my opinion, I can
derive from that the connection so far as Dietrich and Steinbrinck discussed
the matter. But whether Steinbrinck gave Dietrich the mandate or whether
Dietrich himself made the suggestion, well, that I can no longer find out. But
I think it might be clarified by questioning both these gentlemen.* Q. What was Dietrich's job there? Was he your lawyer for Mittelstahl? Was he employed solely by your concern? A. He was not working for us fulltime, he was an advising counsel for us and we would call him in for quite a number of matters, and in compensation we made the necessary retributions, and payment; but we had our own lawyers, Dr. Streese, Dr. Saubrich, and these lawyers were full-time employees of Mittelstahl. And Dietrich was only occasionally called in for some special jobs. But there were also other lawyers, for instance, Justizrat Frey, or Kempner. Well, altogether, we had about six lawyers with whom we worked. Q. He wouldn't have been working on this particular task if somebody of your organization had not asked him to work on it would he? A. Well, I am convinced that is correct, Your Honor. |
* Defendant Steinbrinck's testimony concerning this matter is reproduced in E below. Hugo Dietrich was not called as a witness but submitted an affidavit which is reproduced in F below.
