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| 2. CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTS |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-8843
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN FARBEN AND MILITARY AGENCIES,
1934, 1935,
AND 1937, CONCERNING THE
STORAGE OF IRON PYRITES |
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1. Letter from Deputy Director Westpfahl in Berlin to Army
Ordnance Office, 16 October 1934 |
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Rudolf E. Westpfahl
Deputy Director |
Berlin SO 36, 16 October 1934 |
I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G.
Berlin |
Lohnmuehlenstrasse 65-67
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| Strictly confidential! |
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Army Ordnance Office
Attention Major Becht
Berlin-Charlottenburg 2, Jebenstrasse 1
Subject: Storage of iron
pyrites*
Dear Major, I report as follows concerning the present
situation with regard to the storage of iron pyrites: |
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Stored in Doeberitz |
5,012,930 kg |
Orkla fine ore. |
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Stored in Kruemmel |
2,052,852 kg |
Rio Tinto coarse pyrites. |
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Arrived in Hamburg for Kruemmel and in process of transfer
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3,400,000 kg |
Rio Tinto coarse pyrites. |
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Leaving Spain at end of October for Kruemmel |
2,500,000 kg |
Rio Tinto coarse pyrites. |
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| In addition, one steamer will leave for Kruemmel with 6,000 tons Rio
Tinto coarse pyrites in November and in December. |
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With German greetings
[Signed] WESTPFAHL |
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* Pyrites at this time were
the basic raw materials for the production of sulfuric acid in Germany. See
Document EC-128, Prosecution Exhibit 716, a
military report on the progress of mobilization dated 30 September 1934,
reproduced above in subsection E 2.
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