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| 3. TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANT TER MEER |
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EXTRACT FROM THE TESTIMONY OF
DEFENDANT TER
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| DIRECT EXAMINATION |
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DR. BORNEMANN (counsel for defendant ter Meer): I am now turning to
two documents which have been submitted by the prosecution. We are concerned
with two reports from the Reich Ministry of Economics about the status of work
with respect to an economic mobilization at the end of September 1934 and the
end of December 1937. These are Document EC-128,
Prosecution Exhibit 716, and Document EC-258, Prosecution Exhibit 719.* They
can be found in book 38, English page 84, and in book 39, English page 10. Do
you have these documents before you?
DEFENDANT TER MEER: No, I have
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Q. We are concerned with two very extensive documents which give in
detail the status of the economic mobilization at the end of 1934 and at the
end of 1937. The prosecution maintains that these reports emanated from
Schacht. Can you tell me anything about that?
A. Yes, as I am just
seeing now, one of these reports bears no signature at all; the second has the
signature of Wohlthat.
Q. Who was he? A. Wohlthat was an official in
the Reich Ministry of Economics. So far as I know, he was the one who dealt
with the economic planning about which we were speaking before. But I cannot
tell you anything about him; I do not know him.
Q. Can you tell me
whether these reports bear any notations as to secrecy?
A. Yes, one
report is "Top Secret Military Matters" [Geheime Kommandosache], and the other
report is "Top Secret Government Matters" [Geheime Reichssache].
Q. Can
you tell me how many copies of these reports were available? A. There were 10
copies of 716; and 719 — there is no notation — There is no notation
to be seen on 719. Is that "Top Secret Government Matters"?
A. Yes.
Q. Dr. ter Meer, under these circumstances, do you think it pos-
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* Extracts of Prosecution
Exhibit 716 are reproduced above in subsection E 2. Prosecution Exhibit 719 is
not reproduced herein. It was a secret report entitled "The Preparation of
Economic Mobilization by the Plenipotentiary Genera] for War Economy. Status at
the end of December 1937."
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