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| [Com…] mercial Committee. Dr. von Schnitzler informed us at the
first meeting that the Commercial Committee was being reconstituted upon the
authorization of Dr. Carl Bosch, then chairman of the Aufsichtsrat, and Dr.
Hermann Schmitz, then chairman of the Vorstand. It was also made clear that the
Central Committee [Zentralausschuss (ZA)] had given its approval to the
reorganization of the Commercial Committee. |
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| THE MINUTES OF THE KA MEETINGS |
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| 11. The minutes of the meetings of the Commercial Committee were
prepared by me, and signed by Dr. von Schnitzler and me. Since there were
differences of opinion on the part of some of the members as to the manner in
which the occurrences should be recorded in the minutes, I asked some of the
members concerned for various data which were incorporated in the minutes, as
for example Dr. Kugler (concerning price questions and other matters), Dencker
(concerning excess profits), and Ilgner or his assistant Bachem (concerning
matters with regard to southeastern Europe or Norway). In case the KA had not
come to an agreement or there had been conflicting discussion over some
matters, I merely noted in the minutes that the matter had been discussed or
was postponed for later consideration. In a few cases, I did not note the
matter at all. I prepared the first draft of the minutes in such manner that
this first draft could be used by Dr. von Schnitzler in the Vorstand meeting,
ordinarily held the next day, and also that Vorstand members who had
participated in the meeting of the Commercial Committee had an opportunity to
alter the minutes to their satisfaction. Thereafter, I incorporated any
amendments made by the members into the minutes. Whenever an agreement or a
decision, which was arrived at in the Commercial Committee was reversed or
substantially modified by the Vorstand, I merely noted in the minutes that the
matter had been discussed. I tried to keep the minutes in such a fashion that
they could act as an "aid memoire" so that the persons present could make use
of the minutes in relaying the proper information to the members of their
departments which had to carry out some of the resolutions passed by the
Commercial Committee and which should be informed about the questions discussed
in the meetings. Questions dealing with the so-called "Mobilmachungsfragen"
[mobilization questions] were subject to the Reich security regulations
[Geheimhaltungsverordnungen] ; consequently, whenever such questions were
discussed in the meeting of the Commercial Committee, I merely noted that
mobilization questions had been |
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