of said contract to consider the expansion at Aken as part of the
Aken Hydronalium plant, and the expansion at Teutschenthal as part of the
Teutschenthal processing plant.
By order |
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| Signed: Loefken |
[Stamp] Reich Air Ministry Secretariat |
Certified:
[Signed] Borke Government Clerk
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI-4496 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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LETTER FROM THE REICH AIR MINISTER TO FARBEN, 23 JUNE 1936,
CONCERNING THE ERECTION OF THE STASSFURT FACTORY TO GUARANTEE THE
WEHRMACHT'S REQUIREMENTS OF HYDRONALIUM-E |
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| The Reich Air Minister |
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Berlin W. 8, 23 June
1936 Telephone: A 2 Flora
0647 Cable Address: Reichsluft
Berlin Leipzigerstrasse
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Secret |
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LD I l J No. 3334/36 secret (Please state in reply the above
file numbers, date and contents in short.)
To the management of
the IG. Farbenindustrie A.G. Frankfurt/Main
As a result of repeated
conferences I am pleased to confirm the following agreement on behalf of the
German Reich:
In order to guarantee Wehrmacht requirements of
Hydronalium-E, IG (which for this purpose established the plant at Aken as the
result of a contract dated 13 and 14 June 1934 and concluded with the Reich, as
represented by the Reich War Minister) is going to erect another factory at
Stassfurt for the production of 340 tons of crude metal per month, in addition
to smelting works and foundry for pig iron and ingots, as well as appropriate
power supply lines. The plant shall be constructed in such a way that it will
be possible to increase production to 600 tons of crude metal per month. A
suitable preparatory plant also |