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| the present difficulties, ways and means will also be found to save
the individual plants from collapse. |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-4497
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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LETTER FROM THE REICH AIR MINISTER TO FARBEN. 23 JUNE
1936,
CONCERNING THE OPENING AND EXPANSION OF THE
AKEN PLANT FOR HYDRONALIUM AND
THE ENLARGEMENT
OF THE TEUTSCHENTHAL PLANT |
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The Reich Air Minister
LD I 1 H No. 8334/36 secret
(In reply
please quote above
ref. No. and date, and state
contents
briefly.) |
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Berlin W 8, 23 June 1936
Tel. No. A 2 Flora 0647
Cable address: Reichsluft,
Berlin, Leipzigerstrasse 7 |
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To the Management of I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G.
Frankfurt/Main
I am referring to the contract¹ between the German Reich,
represented by the Reich Minister of War, and the IG, which was concluded on
13–44 June 1934, the object of which was the construction of the Aken
Hydronalium² plant, with a production capacity of 500 tons of crude metal
per month, and the reopening of a corresponding processing plant at
Teutschenthal for the purpose of utilizing German raw materials.
At my
behest, IG this year increased the production capacity of the Aken plant by an
additional 80 tons of crude metal per month and also enlarged the processing
plant in Teutschenthal accordingly. For this, total costs have been estimated
at RM 500,000.
I agree to reimburse these installation costs in 4 equal
quarterly installments on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, and 1 October 1939,
subject to review and final settlement. For the rest, the pertinent provisions
of the above-mentioned contract are valid in every respect; in this connection
it will be within the meaning |
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¹ Portions of this
contract were included as part or this exhibit but have not been reproduced
herein. ² Reproduced immediately below is another letter from the Reich
Air Minister, also dated 23 June 1926, concerning the erection of an additional
plant at Stassfurt for the Production of Hydronalium-E.
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