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A. That is all the same exhibit — Exhibit 231, book 8.
Q. Now, I come to the last point in connection with stockpiling, which
is the loan of 500 tons of tetraethyl lead mentioned in Document
NI-4922, Prosecution Exhibit 732.¹ Did you
have anything to do with that?
A. No, this was a purely commercial
incident and had nothing to do with Sparte I or with me. I learned of this
incident only here in Nuernberg. Mueller-Cunradi made this loan in his capacity
as manager of Ethyl G.m.b.H. The financial end was handled by the Central
Finance Office. I cannot recall that Mueller-Cunradi ever talked to me about
the matter.
DR. HELLMUTH DIX: We have then finished the subject of
stockpiling in your Sparte. |
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EXTRACT FROM THE TESTIMONY OF
DEFENDANT TER MEER²
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MR. DUBOIS: You spoke of the location of the plant Huels, and your
counsel introduced a map stressing the location of this plant near the western
border. Now, it is a fact, is it not, Dr. ter Meer, that vital production
facilities were geographically decentralized by Farben long before the war
because of military consideration?
DEFENDANT TER MEER: That is true of
some stand-by plants, and probably in the choice of Schkopau it was taken into
consideration that Central Germany was the best location for all eventualities,
since it was fairly far from the border both in the East and the West. The
prosecution has introduced documents about defense preparations of the Ministry
of Economics, which of course, we have all just learned of now. This matter of
the geographical distribution of production in Germany is dealt with at great
length there.
Q. But you knew of that long before the war, isn't that
right, as well as afterward?
A. These defense economy directives were
presented when I was examined. They were top secret matters. I naturally did
not know them. But if a stand-by plant for diglycol was built at Wolfen, of
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¹ Reproduced in part
in 2 above.
² Further extracts are reproduced above in subsections C
5b, E 3. G 3. H 4b; below in subsections J 4. K Sa, L 3d. M 3. 0 7a; and
section VIII, subsections C 6. D 3. D 6. E 4; and section IX F 2. volume VIII,
this series.
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