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| to tell me of what the work of Mr. Terberger consisted. He told me the following: "You know that I am chairman of the Aufsichtsrat of several companies, for instance Mittelstahl and Maxhuette. And to help me in this work as chairman of the Aufsichtsrat of these companies I have a small office in Berlin. Mr. Terberger works in this office and he helps me. The best thing would be if I showed you from today's mail what kind of jobs I have to deal with and which of these you would have to help me in." He had some folders with mail in front of him. He opened one of them and I can still see it in front of my eyes as if it were yesterday. The first was a monthly report from Maxhuette. He opened this report and said, "Here, for instance," you see production costs for pig iron, production costs for Bessemer steel, and production costs for the rolling mill production. That interests me of course. I am also interested in production figures for the last month, in the amount of turnover, and in the long run what was the result, the total result of the enterprise Then he turned a page and there was an application for a new building. Then he said: "Certainly you know from your experience with Oberhuette that applications for new buildings must be approved by the Aufsichtsrat. So the Vorstand of the various companies, when it intends to carry out large new constructions, makes application to me and normally I discuss the applications in broad outline with the Vorstand and you have to see to it that the budget for new buildings is not exceeded. Furthermore, you have to see to it that we have a current financial control over the budget of a new building." Then there were some other documents which I don't remember. I think there was an account from the Steel Works Association. At any rate I thought I could cope with the task and I accepted the job. I only asked Mr. Flick to permit me for some months before taking over Mr. Terberger's work to allow me to visit the plants of Mittelstahl and Maxhuette, not only to inspect and get acquainted with the plants but also above all to make personal contacts with the people with whom I would have to work later on. Mr. Flick agreed. | |
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| Q. Now I would like to ask you a few questions on the subject of the so-called spoliation of Rombach. For this point I shall use the document book 11-B of the prosecution. In this document book are a number of documents from which can be seen the development in the relations of the Flick group to Rombach. Would you please proceed in chronological sequence and describe in which way the Flick group and particularly also you yourself, took part in the management contract for the Rombacher Huetten- [...werke] |
