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| I do, however, believe that this connection with the new plants could
be of great value to the Rottweil powder plant in the future, particularly also
for the replacements. This type of temporary supervision is not too great a
burden and we only recommend it. |
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| [Signed] OSTERBURG |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-6345
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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| LEITER FROM DR. MUELLER, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF DAG, TO DR, LUDWIGS,
MEMBER OF FARBEN'S SALES COMBINE CHEMICALS, 30 APRIL 1940 |
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30 April 1940
No. 178 |
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Herrn Direktor Walther Ludwigs,
I.G. Farbenindustrie
Aktiengesellschaft, Sales
Combine Chemicals
Frankfurt/Main 20
Your Ref.: Dept. L Ga/Scha
Dear Mr. Ludwigs,
Troisdorf
had asked for information on the quantities of acetylcellulose delivered to
Speyer by IG for manufacture of Ecarite.* Frankfurt stated in their reply dated
17 April that they were opposed on principle to giving the desired information
regarding total turnover of Ecarite.
Since the DAG is to all intents
and purposes a branch of the IG, I cannot see any reason why there should be
objections to supplying the desired figures. It is unfortunate enough that
Speyer of all people, a firm which has never in the past worked with
acetylcellulose, should have no difficulty at all in procuring it at a time
when IG is unable to supply the quantities of acetylcellulose we require.
Speyer is in fact getting its supplies at our expense. You will remember what
efforts I made some time ago to incorporate Speyer in a sales combine
[Verkaufsgesellschaft] along with all other celluloid manufacturers. You will
also remember Speyer's somewhat peculiar behavior on that occasion. Why then
should IG give preference to such firms over members of its own organization?
You also know that I was never inwardly satisfied with what was done in the
question about camphor. Wherever Speyer entered the picture it also managed to
obtain an advantage for itself. We had to pay RM 1.80 for home-produced camphor
while Speyer paid only |
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* A cellulose acetate.
1370 |
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