| [herein...] after always called “companies”), are to be
released from all the measures taken by the enemy because of the state of war
and of their consequences |
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| (2) With regard to applications made which have the aims listed under
(1) in view, it should be taken into consideration that the camouflage may also
under no circumstances be disclosed with regard to those persons who held
shares or stocks for us in accordance with the known agreements. Applications
for annulment of war-time measures and for restitution, for instance, must
therefore not be made by us but are to be submitted by the firm's owners or
other persons concerned. The following should be provided in the armistice and
peace agreements: |
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9. Camouflaging of German
agencies abroad
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I. What were the reasons which led to our camouflage policy?
(1) Paramount in the historical development were particularly
considerations of taxation. The establishment of branches or official
subsidiary companies would have meant establishing places of manufacture. The
amount of taxes resulting from taxation on these places of manufacture would
have been considerably higher than that on independent sales companies which
were operating the business.
(2) Then the development of political
conditions forced us to camouflage as completely as possible in order to
safeguard our organization and our assets in view of the imminent danger of
war. This system provided a possibility for preserving the commercial
organization, safeguarding the assets of the sales companies and facilitated
prefinancing in connection with the raising of credit. |
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| In connection with Kuepper’s statements about the peace treaty
questions, v. Knieriem points out that apart from the questions mentioned by
Kuepper, some other suggestions might also be considered for the negotiations
on the peace treaty. He asks that the members themselves should reconsider this
and let him have any suggestions, since it is still possible to submit requests
of this kind to the competent governmental authorities for their
consideration. |
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