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| requested that ter Meer's direct examination on spoliation be
deferred until a late stage of the case so that his testimony on that subject
could cover a number of defense documents which would be introduced in the
interim. The Tribunal granted this request, but at the same time upheld the
prosecution's contention that this arrangement should not prevent the
prosecution from cross-examining the defendant upon all counts of the
indictment once he had taken the witness stand (extracts from the transcript of
the discussion concerning this procedural matter is reproduced in section XVIII
G 10, vol. XV, this series). Pursuant to this arrangement, the prosecution
conducted the first examination of defendant ter Meer concerning the spoliation
charges during cross-examination. More than 2 months later, defendant ter Meer
was recalled to the stand for further examination by his own counsel concerning
the spoliation charges. In the meantime, a number of other defendants had
testified on the spoliation charges, including defendants Ambros and Kugler.
Since ter Meer's later testimony is predicted in part upon the preceding
testimony of Ambros and Kugler, his testimony has been separated here as it was
in the trial itself. Accordingly, the defense evidence reproduced below on the
Francolor case has been arranged as follows: extracts from the testimony of
Defendant ter Meer upon examination by the prosecution (3 below) ; extracts
from the testimony of Defendant Ambros (4 below) ; extracts from the testimony
of Defendant Kugler (5 below) ; and extracts from the testimony of Defendant
ter Meer upon his recall to the witness stand for further examination (6
below). |
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| 2. CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTS |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENTS NI-6839
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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| EXTRACTS FROM A MEMORANDUM BY DR. TERHAAR ON THE TRIP OF FARBEN
OFFICIALS TO WIESBADEN,* PARIS, AND BRUSSELS IN LATE AUGUST AND EARLY SEPTEMBER
1940 |
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| TOP SECRET |
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| Negotiations for Peacetime Planning in Wiesbaden (29 August), Paris
(31 August-2 September), Brussels (4 September), and Wiesbaden (5 September)
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| Participants: Consul General Mann [defendant], Leverkusen; Director
Dr. Grobel, Leverkusen; Director Dr. Kugler [defendant], Frankfurt; Director
Dr. Krueger, Berlin; Dr. Terhaar, Berlin. |
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* The France-German
armistice negotiations following the campaign in the West in May-June 1940 took
place at Wiesbaden, Germany.
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