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[re…] quests, since imports of these products for IG are
relatively small in comparison with the import requirements of the Reich, and
since we also assume that the requests of IG will be taken into account in
drafting the regulations respecting imports from France, which are to be
enforced by the appropriate German Reich authorities.
We should like to
reserve the right to supplement the suggestions and proposals made in this
exposition, if warranted, and to cover additional problems which may arise in
the course of the negotiations. |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-6955
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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| LETTER OF DEFENDANT VON SCHNITZLER TO THE MEMBERS OF FARBEN'S
COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE, 22 OCTOBER 1940, CONCERNING PROPOSALS FOR “A PEACE
PROGRAM WITH RESPECT TO THE ENGLISH CHEMICAL INDUSTRY” |
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| Dr. G. von Schnitzler |
| Frankfurt/Main, 22 October 1940 |
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| To the members of the Commercial Committee |
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| Strictly confidential! |
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Gentlemen:
During a recent visit to Ministerialdirigent Dr.
Mulert, the latter asked us to make up our minds with respect to the English
problems as soon as possible. It is evident that our program for France was
received very favorably by the official agencies,* not so much from the
standpoint that this program would now have to be that of the government too,
but due to the recognition that among the confused mass of petitions from the
Reich and economic groups, chambers of commerce, et cetera, it was one of the
very few documents which gave the Reich Ministry of Economics clearly
formulated and well thought out proposals for practical purposes. It is obvious
that a similar program is desired for England even before the end of the
hostilities with her, so that when an armistice is concluded the lack of clear
ideas in the field of political economy should not again prove a disadvantage,
as in the case of France. I immediately drew Herr Mulert’s attention to
the fact that the problem of England was more of a world problem than that of
France and that it would therefore be extremely difficult to express our
desires regarding England in as concrete a manner as we had done for France as
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* See the last document
reproduced above.
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