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The report shows the extremely friendly cooperation which
existed between the just-mentioned three companies until the outbreak of the
war.
Your Honors, I offer next in evidence Document Haefliger 24, which
Your Honors will find in book 2 on page 30, and which will become Haefliger
Defense Exhibit 18. This is an affidavit of Clemens Brendel, one of the authors
of the above-mentioned report, concerning the missing exhibits to this report.
I offer next in evidence, Your Honors, Document Haefliger 26, which
Your Honors will find in book 2, on page 68, and which will be Haefliger
Defense Exhibit 19. This is an affidavit of Walter Schubardt, formerly a
chemist in the IG plant at Oppau, concerning the annual production of nickel in
this plant. I offer next in evidence, Document Haefliger 27, which Your Honors
will find in book 2, on page 71, and which will be Haefliger Defense Exhibit
20. This is an affidavit of Leo Schlecht, a former chemist in the IG plant at
Oppau, and the Mond Nickel Co., London, and the International Nickel Company of
Toronto, Canada, and how I.G. made available to these companies extremely
valuable experience relating to the production of nickel powder.
The
affiant furthermore testifies that the stock of nickel in Germany available at
the outbreak of the war amounted to 2,124 tons, and did not suffice for more
than 5 months.
I offer next in evidence Document Haefliger 28, which
Your Honors will find in book 2, on page 80, and which will be Haefliger
Defense Exhibit 21. This is an affidavit of Dr. Alfred Petersen, now president
of the Chamber of Commerce at Frankfurt. He testifies to the necessity for
stockpiling nickel raw materials for the purpose of producing nickel. The
affiant states that such stockpiling was a matter of economic foresight, and
had nothing to do with considerations of war or rearmament.
Mr.
Haefliger, among the documents which I have just introduced there is an
affidavit of Mr. Leo Schlecht, dealing with the quantity of nickel stocks
available in Germany before the war. He says that this supply would have lasted
for about 5 months only. What sort of supplies does this refer to?
A.
This can only refer to the requirements of I.G. Farben for their nickel
factory, for the capacity of this factory was about 4,500 tons of nickel per
year, so that a supply of 2,140 tons, as Mr. Schlecht states, with a deduction
of 10 percent less in processing, makes about 1,800 tons. That amounts to
exactly 5 months, referring to the requirements of Farben, but if you compare
this supply with the total requirements of Germany, then I consider it only
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