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Q. Turning now to book 26, I refer you to document NI-9088,
Prosecution Exhibit 524,¹ which appears at page 100 of the English, and
144 of the German. This is a letter of the Reich Air Ministry to the Army
Ordnance Office, September 1934. It refers to a memorandum on decisions made
with respect to aviation gasoline. On page 4 of this document — the
original document — mention is made of the fact that Farben obtained a
license for the production of tetraethyl lead, and built a plant for the
production. Was Farben the sole producer of tetraethyl lead in Germany?
A. Yes, Farben was the producer of ethylene chloride, which is a
necessary raw material in the process. The operation is, technologically, very
difficult, because of the toxic property of the tetraethyl
lead. |
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6. INTERROGATION AND TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANT
VON KNIERIEM
CONCERNING THE PURCHASE OF
FUELS AND AVIATION GASOLINE |
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a.
Interrogation |
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PARTIAL COPY OF
DOCUMENT NI-4690
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 731
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EXTRACTS FROM AN INTERROGATION OF DEFENDANT VON
KNIERIEM, 25
AUGUST 1945, CONCERNING THE 20 MILLION
DOLLAR PURCHASE OF AVIATION GASOLINE
AND FUELS
FROM THE UNITED STATES BY FARBEN ON BEHALF
OF THE GERMAN
GOVERNMENT |
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| Interrogation of von Knieriem by Mr. B. Glaser |
3:00 to 4:00
pm,
Saturday
25 August 1945 |
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MR. GLASER: What are the facts concerning the 20 million dollar
aviation gasoline purchase that was made by IG on behalf of the German
Government?
DEFENDANT VON KNIERIEM: I made an explicit statement to
this effect to Major Tilley,² and he has all that information in detail.
The government approached us, asking us to try to procure for them a rather
great stock of oil and to try to purchase it from Standard Oil. |
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¹ Letter from the
Reich Ministry of Aviation to the Army Ordnance Office. 6 September 1934,
concerning "Fuel for Aircraft Engines." This document is not reproduced herein.
² Major Edmund Tilley was a member of Field Intelligence Agency
(Technical) (FIAT) a joint British-American investigation group which worked in
Germany after Germanys unconditional surrender.
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