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primed ammunition in the United States in early 1941, the sale was
prevented by a cartel agreement between a subsidiary of Dupont and a subsidiary
of Farben.
56. When the Japanese captured Java, they captured the bulk
of the world's quinine resources. The only substitute to combat malaria was
atabrine, a synthetic drug discovered by Farben. A single patent, controlled by
Farben, dictated the terms by which this essential drug could be manufactured
in the United States, and prevented its production in the United States prior
to Germany's declaration of war against the United States.
57. By means
of cartel agreements with Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Farben delayed
the development and production of buna rubber in the United States until 1940,
while at the same time producing sufficient buna in Germany to make the German
Army and German industry independent of rubber imports. During the early part
of the period from 1930 to 1940, industrial concerns in the United States
undertook research in the field and Standard Oil developed synthetic rubber
known as Butyl. Under the terms of an agreement between Farben and Standard
Oil, the parties were required to supply each other with full technical
information concerning the processes for these products. Farben deliberately
failed to carry out its obligations under the agreement. Although Farben gave
repeated assurances to Standard Oil that it would obtain permission from the
German Government to supply the information about buna rubber to Standard Oil,
during the entire time that Farben was giving these assurances, it had no
intention of divulging the process and treated the negotiations as a military
matter in consultation with the Wehrmacht and other Nazi government agencies.
The result was that on 7 December 1941, the United States found itself at war
with no adequate rubber supply and with no adequate program under way for
making synthetic rubber. Cut off from its rubber supply in the Far East, only
the most drastic steps prevented disaster. |
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G. Farben Carried on Propaganda, Intelligence
and Espionage
Activities |
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| 58. Farben's foreign agents formed the core of Nazi intrigue
throughout the world. Financed and protected by Farben, and ostensibly acting
only as business men, Farben officials carried on propaganda, intelligence, and
espionage activities indispensable to German preparation for, and waging of,
aggressive war. In Germany, Farben's Berlin N.W. 7 office was transformed into
the economic intelligence arm of the Wehrmacht. The Nazi Party relied upon
Farben as one of its main propaganda machines. |
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