| 2. CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTS |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT MANN 525
MANN
DEFENSE EXHIBIT 141 |
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CIRCULAR LETTER NO. 23 OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
FARBEN'S
PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT, 29 MARCH 1933,
SIGNED BY DEFENDANT MANN,
CONCERNING AGITATION
AGAINST GERMAN GOODS ABROAD* |
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"Bayer-Meister Lucius"
Pharmaceutical Department
I.G.
FARBENINDUSTRIE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT |
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| To: Pharmacist Hauser |
Leverkusen,
IG Plant 29 March 1933 |
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Board of Directors, Circular Letter No. 23
Board of Directors,
Pharmaceutical Department
Secretariat |
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Personal
Strictly confidential |
(This
circular is being sent to all organizations abroad and overseas, and, for
purposes of information, to the heads of the German Pharmaceutical
Offices) |
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| Subject: Agitation against German goods abroad |
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The national revolution in Germany, which represents a natural
reaction to the muddled state of affairs of recent years, and not least to
Marxist-Communist agitation, has developed with unparalleled peace and order.
The present German Government has the right to claim that it has won a victory
against bolshevism, the enemy of the entire world, a victory which will benefit
not only Germany but also all civilized peoples of the earth. It carried out
this battle in a manner which clearly demonstrated the will for self-discipline
and the readiness to submit to firm leadership. It is all the more regrettable
that some — very few — unimportant incidents which, practically
speaking, were unavoidable in view of a governmental revolution of such
tremendous proportions, have been taken up by a large part of the foreign press
as an occasion to disseminate atrocity propaganda against Germany, with the
slogan "Combat German Goods!"
Since our immediate business interests
have also been affected |
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