| [As
] sisting him are Direktor Dr. Boeder, Rhenania-Ossag, and
Dr. Brunck, Deutsche Gasolin. |
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| 19 April 1939 |
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| Conference at the Control Office Chemistry. Setting up mobilization
schedules at the Ludwigshafen and Rheinfelden plants of the I.G.
Farbenindustrie A.G., which have hitherto been located in the red
area. |
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| 21 April 1939 |
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| Conference at the Economic Research Association (Wirtschaftliche
Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.G. [WIFO], concerning the following contracts which
have been concluded: |
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3. Transfer of the ethyl chloride plant from Ludwigshafen to
Schkopau. Farben is instructed to revise the draft of the contract once more,
since a series of unjustified demands are contained therein.
4. Raw
materials storage depot at Gerthe. At the request of the High Command of the
Armed Forces, the storage depot is to be maintained permanently. For this,
certain contractual agreements are necessary. The High Command of the Wehrmacht
and the Reich Ministry of Economics will draw up a plan for supplying the
Gerthe storage depot. |
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| 28 April 1939 |
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| Conference with the Reich Ministry of Economics, WIFO and I.G.
Farbenindustrie. |
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| 2. The raw materials storage depot arranged in Gerthe last fall
before the Czechoslovakian crisis for the stockpiling of chemical raw materials
produced only in Ludwigshafen will continue to be maintained by IG. The stored
materials remain the property of Farben. Farben agrees to maintain a certain
minimum of stock. Additional costs arising from the storage and replenishment
of the stocks will be borne by the Reich. |
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| 29 April 1939 |
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| Conference with Director Rumpf, Hydrogenation Plant, Poelitz. The
costs of constructing a widely spread out system of raw material tanks,
completely protected against air raids, will amount, |