| In this connection, the Armistice Delegation was warned of the
possibility that the development of the clearing business would soon give rise
to transportation difficulties, and that France would undoubtedly endeavor to
counteract forced German exportation by the introduction of some form of
control of quantities. For this reason it was decided to keep in regular
contact with Wiesbaden for the clarification of all difficulties resulting from
the clearing transactions. |
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| II. Conferences in Paris (31 August-2
September) |
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| a. Office for Economies and Armaments (Lieutenant Colonel
Neef). Neef was informed through Consul General Mann of the pharmaceutical
interests and the Leverkusen plans. The goal and procedure used by Leverkusen
were approved by Neef — although, however, he emphasized the fact that
their effect on the Rhône-Poulenc production in the unoccupied zone might
meet with certain difficulties. Neef hopes, however, to counteract these
difficulties for our Farben interests by introducing his plans for a compulsory
authorization for the resumption of production, and to this end he requested
the corresponding particulars, in which the following approximately is to be
set down separately for the occupied and unoccupied zones: |
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| (1) |
Statement of firms which are producing. |
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| (2) |
The productions of these firms. |
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| (3) |
Reasons against taking up a particular production. |
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| (4) |
Establish how German deliveries can cover French requirements for
goods, the production of which will not be resumed by French
firms. |
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As it was possible only in the case of dyestuffs to dispense with the
agreement of other German firms or with the agreement of the economic group
necessary for such a proposal, it is only for dyestuffs that such a proposal
has been passed on to Neef up to now, and this has been done with a
simultaneous report to the Economic Department France and to the Armistice
Delegation. Whether further proposals are useful is a point which it will only
be possible to decide when it has been shown clearly that the point of view
taken by the Economic Department France, which is opposed to that of Neef (and
according to which such authorization procedure will be turned down), is right
or not.
In conclusion, arrangements were made to maintain regular
contact with Neef in Wiesbaden and Paris. Neef is willing to put himself at our
disposal for further consultations. |
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| b. Economic Department France. |
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(1) Chief of War
Administration, Ministerialdirektor Michel |
| Ministerialdirektor Michel, who was informed by Consul General Mann
in the same way as Neef about the pharmaceuticals situation and was advised by
Dr. Kugler about the further development of dyestuffs, |
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