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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OR
COPY OF DOCUMENT NI-4922¹
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 732 |
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CORRESPONDENCE AND FARBEN MEMORANDUMS CONCERNING THE PROCUREMENT OF
500 TONS OF TETRAETHYL LEAD.
JULY 1938 TO SEPTEMBER 1939 |
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1. Letter from Farben Vorstand Member Mueller-Cunradi
to the
Reich Air Ministry, 8 July 1938 |
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| Registered Letter |
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| Ludwigshafen (Rhine) 8 July 1938 |
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Dr. Mueller-Cunradi
Reich Air Ministry, LC III (5)
Berlin W
8, Leipzigerstrasse 7
With reference to the repeated discussions which
the undersigned has had with Colonel Bloch and Air Force Colonel (Engineer)
[Fliegeroberstabsingenieur] Heydenreich, I am able to inform you that it has
been possible to settle the affair of storing 500 tons of tetraethyl lead in
Germany. The Ethyl Export Corporation is ready to loan 500 tons of tetraethyl
lead to the Ethyl G.m.b.H², that is, against return of the goods. The
first delivery, amounting to 200 tons is to be effected in August; then in
September, 200 tons, and in October, 100 tons. A direct payment in foreign
currency is not necessary; it is sufficient if the guarantee of a London bank
for the amount required in each case is procured. I have requested Assessor
Duden of the I. G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen/Rhine, to
settle this question of financing. In case the RLM [Reich Air Ministry] should
want to do this in another way — perhaps by bringing in the Reichsbank
— I beg you to inform Assessor Duden of it. Ethyl G.m.b.H. bears all cost
of freight, insurance, et cetera, for the Ethyl Export Corporation, and in
addition to this, pays interest on the borrowed quantities at the interest rate
of the Bank of England, at present 2 percent per annum. In addition, the Ethyl
G.m.b.H. will bear all charges which arise through the return of the goods.
Through this, certain foreign exchange demands will ensue, which will, however,
be decreased by the fact that it is planned to use German ships for transport.
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¹ Some of the
correspondence in this document (really a series of documents) was in German
and some in English. Hence parts of the document reproduced here are copied and
parts of it are translated.
² Farben had a 50 percent financial
interest in Ethyl G.m.b.H. This was stated in a Farben file memorandum of
9 August 1938, which was part of the correspondence contained in this exhibit.
but which is not reproduced herein.
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