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| questions of Mr. Glaser are [true] to the best of my present
knowledge. |
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[Signed]: A. V. KNIERIEM
Member of Board of IG
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| b. Testimony of Defendant von Knieriem |
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EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF
DEFENDANT VON
KNIERIEM¹ |
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| DIRECT EXAMINATION |
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DR. FLAECHSNER (counsel for defendant Buetefisch) : Then I can turn
to another subject matter. I should like to have you look at Document
NI-4690, Prosecution Exhibit 731.² You are
familiar with the document?
DEFENDANT VON KNIERIEM: Yes.
Q. Mr.
von Knieriem, according to this document, you participated in negotiations in
London about the purchase of fuels, and also of aviation gasoline. Can you tell
me what the proportion of the aviation gasoline was in the entire amount of
fuels that was purchased?
A. It is true that I was in London and
participated in the negotiations on this contract, but since that time I never
saw it again, and I cannot answer your question with any amount of exactitude.
However, I can tell you the following: The first question of the interrogation,
which record I have before me now, reads as follows: “What are the facts
concerning the 20 million dollar aviation gasoline purchase that was made by
I.G. on behalf of the German Government?”
I then told of the facts,
but I did not mention the following: At that time, we were certainly not
concerned only with aviation gasoline, as one might be led to conclude from the
question, but at the same time, we were also concerned with motor gasoline,
lubricating oil, gas oil, and liquid fuel. In what proportion these products
were bought, I do not know any more. I do know, however, that the contract only
granted the right to procure these things up to the total value of 20 million
dollars, and that it was not exploited to its fullest limit.
I see now,
by the way, that this is mentioned in the interrogation. I said that I believed
that an amount of only 14 to 15 million dollars was spent, and that is still my
opinion now, to the best of my knowledge and recollection. |
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¹ Further extracts are
reproduced above in subsection IV D, and below in subsection, K 3 b. L 3
b. and M 6 b.
² Reproduced in part immediately
above.
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