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[eco…] nomic matters paid visits to Ludwigshafen and Oppau, for
instance.
MR. SPRECHER: Now, just a minute. Mr. President, I think that
that is a very unfortunate question. This is a document which we were going to
have in our rebuttal book for obvious reasons, but it also came in very handy
here during cross-examination. Now, it hasn't even been presented, and as a
favor we have given counsel the index to have that before this document —
as well as its sister documents in this document book — is presented, and
as a preliminary part of his question some of our index to our document is
read. It seems to me it is not only highly suggestive, but also highly
argumentative. He can call for the facts.
PRESIDING JUDGE SHAKE: That
objection is well taken and is sustained.
DR. HEINTZELER: Then I would
like to rephrase my question. From the reports submitted to you, can you see in
detail who participated in what conferences?
WITNESS HUENERMANN: If the
department chief participated in any conference, it would have to be
recognizable from the report or from the diary. In general, it was customary if
the department chief participated in a conference that that was so noted in the
report.
Q. Then you are of the opinion that if such a note is not in
the report —
A. Then only the expert was in charge of the
conference.
Q. Did I understand you correctly in cross-examination that
your answer was that, apart from only a few exceptions, the mobilization
questions for the Farben plants were not worked on by your agency, but by the
Reich Ministry of Economics or the Control Office Chemistry?
A. The
mobilization of the chemical industry was handled by the Reich Control Office
Chemistry or by the so-called Fuehrungsstaeben Wirtschaft [Directing Staffs for
Economy and Business], which were transformed when the war broke out into the
Landeswirtschaftsaemter, Regional Economic Offices.
Q. Would you then,
nevertheless, consider the reports submitted to you as a complete source for
the development of the mobilization question at the many Farben plants?
A. I cannot answer that question.
Q. Then I want to ask you
particularly with reference to the Farben Ludwigshafen–Oppau plant. Do you
know whether the plant leader of that plant, Dr. Wurster, at any time
participated in a conference about mobilization and similar questions in your
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