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| [no…] ticed that in most cases DAG was not addressed. I can only
conclude from that that Vermittlungsstelle-W at least not regularly had worked
for DAG, which can easily be explained by the fact that the DAG plants belonged
to armament plants directly under the Army Ordnance Office, whereas the plants
of Farben were exclusively so-called essential and vital industries which were
taken care of by the Reich Minister of Economics and by the business manager of
Economic Group Chemistry. |
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DR. GIERLICHS (associate counsel for defendant Schmitz) Dr. ter
Meer, with respect to the TEA minutes submitted this morning, Document
NI-14230, Prosecution Exhibit 1891,* you have clarified, when asked by Mr.
Sprecher, that not three gentlemen of DAG, but only Dr. Paul Mueller, is
referred to as the recipient of these minutes. Under these circumstances does
the fact that Dr. Mueller appears as the recipient of these minutes give you
any hint that all the requests with respect to the new installations went over
to the TEA Office, even as far as DAG was concerned?
DEFENDANT TER
MEER: No, I already explained that this morning. The credit requests for
stand-by plants did not go to the TEA. No money had to be appropriated. These
were Reich-owned plants. Only other appropriations went over the TEA.
Q. Dr. ter Meer, we are not here concerned with credit appropriations.
We are concerned with appropriations with respect to these MGX and GS numbers.
A. No, that is an error. We are here concerned with the orderly
procedure in the TEA where credits were appropriated to various plants. When
discussing this subject Dr. Struss said — and he always made introductory
statements and general explanations before going over to the figures —
that the credits which were to be presented fell to 80 percent within special
numbers. The TEA didn't have to approve any such number. That was a matter for
the authorities.
Q. This morning you were asked with respect to
Document NI-2638, Prosecution Exhibit 140 about
the extent to which Vermittlungsstelle-W would also concern itself with the
DAG. This document is a report of the Vermittlungsstelle and it shows that in
the decisive field of the development work an inclusion of Vermittlungsstelle-W
with respect to DAG is not to come about; |
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herein.
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