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A. From the very beginning, I was opposed to Herr Krauch's
appointment, or against his being placed at the disposal of the Reich, and my
attitude towards the whole Krauch Office was always the same. On the whole, I
was an opponent of all government agencies, because they always interfered more
and more with the business of my plant.
Q. Now, in connection with any
discussions you had on appointments to the Krauch Office, does it refresh your
recollection if I mention a discussion in which you recommended a Dr. Ruesberg,
R-u-e-s-b-e-r-g, stating that he would do nothing against the interests of I.G.
Farben without good reason, if he were appointed to the Krauch Office?
A. Am I supposed to give you an answer or not?
Q. Does that
refresh your recollection about recommending any appointments to Krauch?
A. I cannot recall the whole connection.
Q. All right. I will
give you the document regarding it to save time; Document
NI-15015 may go in as Prosecution
Exhibit 2070.* |
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Q. Dr. Kuehne, this Exhibit 2070 is a letter from you to Dr. Krauch
dated 26 April 1937, and we have a rather special interest in the phrase where
you state that Dr. Ruesberg would do nothing that would go against the
interests of I.G. Farben without good reason, and furthermore that you supposed
that Dr. Krauch wouldn't have somebody in his office that was not from I.G.
Farben.
PRESIDING JUDGE SHAKE: The letter is short. Give the witness a
chance to look at it.
DEFENDANT KUEHNE: Yes, I have read that letter,
but just from the wording of this sentence you will be able to read between the
lines that I was opposed to surrendering any IG employees, that is, my
employees, because I said: "In the first place it will probably not be
unpleasant for you, either, to have assistants from firms other than the IG";
and from the first paragraph you can see that Dr. Feise had requested me to
intervene and see whether Dr. Ruesberg could not be sent to the Krauch Office.
Dr. Feise made it a point to have one of his people in that office, and I tried
to dissipate possible misgivings of Dr. Krauch by saying this man would not do
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* Reproduced immediately
below.
864 |
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