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on two separate occasions that I read in a German newspaper a certain
IG. Farben plant “X” I no longer remember the name, is being
destroyed. Since Dr. Ehmann¹ from the Army Ordnance Office was also in
Kransberg, he told me twice, “Dr. ter Meer, this is a stand-by plant of
the Reich which was built in cooperation with the Dynamit A.G.” It is a
matter of fact that even I did not know the names of these plants because the
matter was kept so strictly secret.
Q. Do you have anything else to say
in regard to the problem of the DAG, from your own knowledge?
A. I
reported previously about the discussion with the DAG when the Montan plan and
the IG plan were discussed. The annual auditing reports of the DAG I did not
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MR. SPRECHER: Now, Dr. ter Meer, there is in evidence, as
Prosecution Exhibit 140, Document NI-2638,²
document book 6, English page 28 and following, the confidential letter of
Krauch concerning the development work of Vermittlungsstelle-W. Now, there are
some statements in that document with respect to preliminary development work
that has to be done in connection with the rearmament.
JUDGE SHAKE: Is
that a document in evidence?
MR. SPRECHER: Yes. Prosecution Exhibit
140;
Q. May I ask you this? Were you surprised at that time — that
is 1935 - that, as Krauch points out, there was an agreement that DAG —
that's Dynamit-Nobel - should work together with Vermittlungsstelle-W and the
Farben plants in supplies for raw materials for armament and planning work in
that connection?
DEFENDANT TER MEER: Is that mentioned in that
document?
Q. Yes, that's in that document. Apart from the fact that
it's in the document, it is a circular by Krauch from Sparte I which you saw at
this time, is that correct? Did you see that document at the time it was
circulated?
A. This one?
Q. Yes, in 1935.
A. I can't
answer the question. With respect to DAG I can only tell you the following.
During the last months I have been able to go rather thoroughly through the
documents submitted by the prosecution concerning Vermittlungsstelle-W and I
have no- […ticed] |
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¹ Dr. Emil Ehmann testified for the
prosecution as well as for the defense. An extract from Ehmann's testimony as a
defense witness is reproduced above in subsection K5.
² Reproduced in
full above in subsection H 2.
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