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Country 
date
Amount in foreign
 currency
Reichmarks Paid to Through
Thailand       4,400.00 German
Legation, 
Bangkok
Mentzel 
& Co.,
Bangkok
27/2/41   ---------- ----------       
20/8/41   Ticals  12,200  10,908.00 do  do
24/4/41  do  8,600  7,664.80 do do
 22/5/41 do  8,600  7,740.00 do do
 9/8/41 do  7,500  6,855.50 do do
 10/9/41 do  7,500 6,750.00 dp do
3/11/41  do  7,500  6,834.40 do do
10/11/41  do  7,500  6,900 do do
 
In addition, the following payment was received on 10 April 1945 from the legation treasurer [Legation skasse] of the Foreign Office through ZEFI [Central Finance Administration], Berlin; it has not been possible to ascertain from which country it originated and who has received the equivalent.

10 April 45 Reichsmarks 1, 146,250 from the Legation Treasurer

I have read each of the four pages of this affidavit carefully and have signed them personally. I have made the necessary corrections in my own handwriting and initialed them, and I declare herewith under oath that I have stated the pure truth to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Leverkusen, 15 August 1947 
 
[Signed] GUENTER HAUSEN  
 
 
 
4. TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANTS MANN, ILGNER,
AND SCHNEIDER 
 
a. Testimony of Defendant Mann 
 
EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF
DEFENDANT MANN* 
 
DIRECT EXAMINATION 
 
* * * * * * * * * * 
 
DR. BERNDT (counsel for defendant Mann) : I now turn to paragraph 58 of the indictment. There the prosecution contends that the foreign agents of Farben were the germinating core of National Socialist mongering all over the world, and that Farben employees were camouflaged as businessmen to the outside world, but that they were actually employed in espionage and intelligence activities in connection with Germany's preparation for war. Before you answer that question, would you please comment about the propaganda.

DEFENDANT MANN: Within the framework of Farben, the Sales 
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* Further extracts are reproduced in section V C above and section VIII E. volume VIII, this series.


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