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| long as one cannot see clearly what the situation of the Empire will
be and what attitude the U.S.A. will take in future discussions. Nevertheless
he begged me to submit to the Reich Ministry of Economics a statement of how we
plan a peace program with respect to the English Chemical industry and
especially in regard to the ICI [Imperial Chemical Industries]. It would
therefore be advisable that, on the occasion of the next session of the KA
[Commercial Committee] we first of all discuss for purposes of information what
desires we may have with regard to England and the African and Asiatic parts of
the Empire. Whether it is then advisable to notify the authorities of our
desires, will depend on the result of our discussion. In any case, I have asked
the office of the Commercial Committee to put down “England” as the
first item on the agenda for our next meeting. |
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Heil Hitler!
[Signed] G. VON SCHNITZLER |
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5. TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANTS HAEFLIGER
AND KRAUCH |
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| a. Testimony of Defendant Haefliger |
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EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF
DEFENDANT
HAEFLIGER* |
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| DIRECT EXAMINATION |
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DR. VON METZLER (counsel for defendant Haefliger): I am now turning
to count two, plunder and spoliation. The indictment charges you in that
connection with participation in an alleged spoliation in Austria, which
started with the acquisition of the share majority of Skoda-Wetzler A.G. from
the Austrian Credit Institute [Oesterreichische Creditanstalt]. I must put a
number of questions to you in that respect.
Paragraph 22 of Part II of
the Trial Brief maintains that Farben, already before Austria’s
annexation, had endeavored to acquire the majority of the shares of
Skoda-Wetzler A.G. from the Austrian Credit Institute [Oesterreichisehe
Creditanstalt] but that these negotiations failed as a result of the rigid
opposition of the Austrian Credit Institute. Is that situation correct? Would
you please state your views?
DEFENDANT HAEFLIGER: This description is
in no way in accordance with the facts. Many years before there were nego-
[…tiations] |
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* Further extracts from the
testimony of the defendant Haefliger are reproduced above in subsection, C
5e and I 7f, below in subsection O 7b and in subsection
VIII E 4 in volume VIII, this series.
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