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Q. After this trip, did you have anything to do with negotiations
concerning the leasing or acquiring of Polish chemical factories?
A.
No.
Q. You know that the prosecution, in this trial, has charged Farben
with the acquisition of three chemical factories in Poland, calling it plunder
and spoliation. These are Wola, Winnica, and Boruta. Did you ever visit Wola?
A. No.
Q. Did you
visit Winnica?
A. No.
Q. Did you visit Boruta?
A. Yes,
briefly.
Q. Is there another factory called Boruta?
A. No. You
can see from my report that there are two plants which belonged to the company.
I was, for a short time, in one of them on this official trip.
Q. And
the final question on this subject. Did you have anything to do with the
acquisition of chemical factories in Poland — namely Wola, Winnica, or
Boruta — by Farben? Did your trip have any connection with the
acquisition?
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Mr. SPRECHER: Now, let us go over to Poland. You testified
concerning the report of your trip to Poland in October 1939, which is in
evidence as Document NI-1149, Prosecution Exhibit
No. 1134. Did you show copies of your report on Poland to any other Farben
official, apart from the defendant Buergin?
DEFENDANT WURSTER: To the
best of my recollection, I sent it only to Mr. Buergin.
Q. Did you
report about your inspection of the Polish plants in the fall of 1939 to any
other leading officials of Farben except the defendant Buergin?
A. I
remember that in the Vorstand meeting, and in a meeting in Ludwigshafen, I
reported about this trip, particularly and — as far as I remember —
exclusively about my impressions of the effects of air raids on chemical
plants. That is the best of my recollection, and I believe that it was at those
two meetings.
Q. Did you report on the economic condition, as well as
the technical condition of the Polish plants you visited, to the Vorstand?
A. Not as far as I remember. As far as I remember, the very brief
report was limited to my impressions [of air raid protection measures] because
we were all concerned about that. Moreover, Mr. Prosecutor, if you read these
notes, you will see that I always paid particular at- […tention]
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