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Farben. In this respect this was also a contract guaranteeing
dividends.
Q. Were the relations between Farben and the DAG restricted
to the financial sector?
A. The financial sector was in my opinion the
most essential point. Furthermore, according to paragraph 1 of the contract,
which has already been introduced by the prosecution as Exhibit 17 in book 2,
the DAG remained in control — rather remained independent in the control
of its own business affairs.
Q. Did Farben have an influence on DAG in
a technical respect?
A. No, in no way. The mutual relationship in the
technical field can be described best as an exchange of know-how. Such an
exchange took place almost exclusively, one could say, only in the field of
plastics. In my Sparte in the plant at Dormagen, acetylcellulose was being
produced which the DAG fabricated into a nonsplintering glass for automobiles.
Here an exchange of know-how took place in the field of acetylcellulose.
Furthermore such an exchange of know-how took place with Ludwigshafen in the
field of plastics which were being processed and made into goods, such as radio
apparatus, radio materials, etc. In connection with this, a certain friendly
exchange of know-how took place in the field of engineering.
Q. You
named several fields, such as plastics, as being the production field, of DAG.
Didn't it have another important field of production?
A. Yes, oh yes.
DAG also produced explosives and powder, as is well known.
Q. Does the
fact that IG had no technical influence on DAG — is that valid for this
field too?
A. Even more so for this field, because here an influence
was not possible because the specialists in explosives and powder were with
DAG, whereas Farben did not have any such specialists at all. Thus, the general
director of DAG, Dr. Paul Mueller, was the most respected expert in Germany for
powder and explosives. As such, he was also known abroad.
Q. In this
respect, may I show you Document NI-9487, Prosecution Exhibit 391,* in book 15,
English page 94 or 119, German Page 104 and 137, respectively? This is an
affidavit of Dr. Struss in which DAG is mentioned as a company attached to
Sparte III. Can you briefly comment on this?
A. This attachment was a
purely formal one. It took place merely for the reason that the DAG was in
charge of cellulose derivatives and cellulose itself, or rather, had points of
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