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8. Letter from Ed. Greutert & Cie., Basel, of 16 September 1930,
to Farben's Central Finance Department |
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[Stamp] I. G. Berlin NW 7
Central Finance Dept.
Rec'd:
18/9/39, No. 165, Folder No. 3631 |
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Ed. Greutert & Cie.
Cables: Grutederus
St/D |
| Basel, 2, 16 September 1939 |
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To: I.G. Farben, Central Finance Department
Berlin N W7
Subject: Collateral security in favor of Ethyl Export Corporation
and/or
Ethyl GasolineCorporation, New York
With reference to your letter of 6
September as well as to the discussions on this affair which were carried on
personally and by telephone with Mr. Henze and [Attorney] Gierlichs,¹ we
ask you to take notice that in the meantime we have applied by cable to the
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation, New York, with a winding-up proposal in accordance
with your suggestion.
We shall contact you again after the receipt of a
reply, and remain |
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Yours very respectfully
[Signed] ED. GREUTERT &
CIE |
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7. Letter from the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation to Brown Brothers
Harriman and Co., 21 September 1939 |
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| Ethyl Gasoline Corporation |
| New York, 21 September 1939 |
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
New York, N.Y.
Gentlemen: We hereby confirm that on receipt of the amount of $835,200
plus $5,011.20 for accrued interest, all obligations of the party who received
approximately 500 tons of fluid, as well as of Ed. Greutert & Cie., Basel,
and the other guarantors,² are fulfilled, and that all parties involved in
this transaction are released from all liability in connection with it.
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Very truly yours,
GRAHAM EDGARD (?)
Vice President
[Signature illegible]
Assistant Treasurer |
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¹ Hanns Gierlichs was
associate defense counsel for the defendant Schmitz in the Farben trial.
² Farben guaranteed to fulfill any defaults of Ethyl G.m.b.H. by a
contract of 28 August 1988 between the Ethyl Export Corporation, Ethyl
G.m.b.H., and Farben. This contract, also a part of Document NI-4922,
Prosecution Exhibit 782, is not reproduced herein.
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