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Meyer, Wolfen-Film, is appointed for this division. For reasons of efficiency, the office work of Vermittlungsstelle W, Sparte III, is to be taken care of at Wolfen-Film.

Circular, Frankfurt, 2 January 1936 (signed ter Meer and Selck), states that, under the management of Mr. Merbeck, a Department (Abteilung) A for counterintelligence (espionage, sabotage, betrayal of industrial secrets, etcetera), will be located at Leverkusen, and is attached to the Vermittlungsstelle. On 1 January 1944, part of the functions of this department A will be taken over by the (today) newly founded Office A of the Chief Counterintelligence Agent [Hauptabwehrbeauftragter] of the IG, Director Dr. Schneider, Leuna, or his deputies, Dr. Dieckmann (technical), Dr. von der Heyde, or Dr. Ruediger (commercial). The other counterintelligence functions of Vermittlungsstelle W will be taken care of by the Berlin Office; [Abwehrbeauftragter] Dr. Diekmann; deputy, Dr. Gorr.

As per letter of 30 June 1936, Dr. Ritter and Dr. Eckell will be replaced, as they were assigned other duties (Dr. Eckell has transferred to government service), by Dr. Diekmann and Dr. Pfaundler for Sparte I; and on 1 December 1936, Dr. von Bruening, who will return to the Hoechst Plant, will be replaced by Dr. Gorr, Hoechst, for Sparte II. A letter from Dr. von Schnitzler and Dr. Ilgner, of 3 February 1938, to the Reich Ministry of Economics, the Prussian Ministry of Economics, and to the Reich Ministry of War, expresses the following:
 
“For military-economic questions and tasks as far as all affairs of the individual IG plants are concerned, the following offices are hereby listed: The Vermittlungsstelle W for control of raw material planning and distribution of production, shipping and stockpiling of raw, intermediate, and finished products, as well as for the service exemption of the necessary personnel; and the Political-Economic Policy Department [Wirtschaftspolitische Abteilung], Berlin NW 7, for matters in the commercial sphere, for example, personnel and requirement estimates within the country and abroad, increase of export, changes of exports, stockpiling of external stores, promotion of sales, and so forth. Provisions have been made that in all military-economic matters, close contact will exist between Vermittlungsstelle W and the Wirtschaftspolitische Abteilung.”*
 
From 1 October 1935 to 30 April 1937, the Vermittlungsstelle W was located in the administrative building of the Laenderbank  
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* A discussion of the task of Vermittlungsstelle W and WIPO with respect to this same question took place at the meeting of Farben's Commercial Committee on 20 January 1938. See Document NI-7621, Prosecution Exhibit 250, reproduced in part in 2 below.  



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