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Q. You also say, in this connection, that you remember one case where
the record was formulated with a view to outsiders. I admit that the example
you gave may be especially striking, but 1 ask you whether beyond that it was
not true that during the period of the Third Reich the records were almost
always formulated in such a way that there would be no reason for criticism in
case the minutes fell into the hands of Party Members, is that correct?
A. Absolutely true.
Q. The one case which you mentioned was, as
you write, that no representative of Farben was to go abroad who did not belong
to the Labor Front, etc. Was not the purpose of this formulation to facilitate
the difficult negotiations with the Foreign Organization of the Party and to
protect Farben from further demands of the Foreign Organization?
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[This entry is a part of the minutes of the Commercial Committee
meeting of 10 September 1987, Document NI-4959, Prosecution Exhibit 363. It
reads:
"10. Staffing of our agencies abroad and collaboration with
the A.O. [Foreign Organization of the Nazi Party]. It is generally agreed
that under no circumstances should anybody be assigned to our agencies abroad
who is not a member of the German Labor Front and whose positive attitude to
the new era has not been established beyond any doubt. Gentlemen who are sent
abroad should be made to realize that it is their special duty to represent
National Socialist Germany. They are particularly reminded as soon as they
arrive that they are to contact the local or regional group of the Foreign
Organization of the Nazi Party and are expected to attend regularly their
meetings as well as those of the Labor Front. The Sales Combines are also
requested to see to it that their agents are adequately supplied with National
Socialist literature. Collaboration with the A.O. must become more organized.
It seems expedient and practical to work out a uniform plan jointly with the
A.O., which will show within which period of time it will be possible to
eliminate deficiencies still existing with our agencies abroad which have been
a subject for complaint."] |
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| A. I believe that is correct. I believe that this formulation was
particularly intended to facilitate Mr. Waibel's negotiations with the Foreign
Organization. In other words, I think he showed this decision to the
A.O. |
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DR. BERNDT (counsel for defendant Mann) : One brief question in
conclusion. For some extended period of time you had been the secretary of the
Commercial Committee, and you kept the minutes?
WITNESS FRANK-FAHLE:
Yes.
Q. Since when did you carry out these recording activities?
A. Ever since the new Commercial Committee was organized in the year of
1937. |
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