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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
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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 |
__________ * 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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