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opinion in order thus to contribute towards assuring the peace of
Europe.
Munich, September 30, 1938 |
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ADOLF HITLER
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-4717
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 563
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| LETTER FROM DEFENDANT TER MEER TO STATE SECRETARY BRINKMANN, 11
OCTOBER 1938. CONCERNING THE LOCATION OF THE THIRD BUNA PLANT IN RELATION TO
ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND MILITARY CONSIDERATIONS |
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| 11 October 1938 |
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| Confidential! |
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To the State Secretary R. Brinkmann
Reich Ministry of Economics
Berlin W. 8, Behrenstr. 43-45
Dear State Secretary,
With
reference to our conversation of the 4th of this month I take the liberty as
agreed to report to you briefly about the points which are of special interest
to you.
Action Concerning Buna in the USA
Enclosed
please find copy of a paper which I read to you on that evening and which
contains the statements I made in the Reich Ministry of Economics in March this
year. In the course of our conversation on this subject I pointed out that, if
the USA proceeded with the production of synthetic rubber, it would finally
lead to handing over to the greatest consumer-country of natural rubber in the
world the controlling influence on the price for plantation rubber. I believe
that this argument is decisive for your trade-political negotiations with
Washington.
As for the rest, I confirm my communication that as soon as
the duties incumbent upon me in Germany permit it I shall leave for the USA in
order to take the first steps for a utilization of our processes there. The
permission to negotiate which I requested has just been granted to me by letter
of 8 October 1938 from the Reich Ministry of Economics (I Chem. 166/38g).
Buna Production in Germany
In expositions of some length
about the problems of buna production and buna manufacture, I have explained
that, taking a long view, the production of synthetic rubber in Germany
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