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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-6727
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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| MEMORANDUM CONCERNING THE MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GERMAN
AND FRENCH DYESTUFFS INDUSTRY BEFORE MINISTER HEMMEN AT WIESBADEN, ON 21
NOVEMBER 1940 |
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| Chemical Meeting held on 31 November 1940 at 11
o’clock |
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[Initials of]
TER MEER
KUGLER |
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The following were present:
Minister Dr. Hemmen;
Oberregierungsrat Dr. Schoene; Director Hartlieb; Kriegsverwaltungsrat Kolb;
Dr. von Schnitzler, Dr. ter Meer, Kommerzienrat Waibel, Dr. Kugler, Dr.
Terhaar, of I. G. Farbenindustrie A. G.; Dr. Jekel (Interpreter)
M.
Raty; M. Drillien ; M. Duchemin (Éts. Kuldmann) ; M. Thesmar (St.
Denis) ; M. Castès; General Blanchard; M. Robert (Interpreter)
Minister Hemmen first of all welcomed the representatives of the
French dyestuffs industry and recalled General Huntziger's note, dated the
beginning of August, stating that the directors of the French coal-tar
dyestuffs works desired an opportunity of conferring with the representatives
of the German coal-tar dyestuffs industry in order to discuss problems
connected with the present position of the industry on a common basis. He had
at that time informed General Huntziger, as chairman of the French economic
delegation, that he was willing, in principle, to grant this wish, but thought
it an unsuitable time to introduce conferences of this kind. In the meantime,
on 30 October, he had informed the present chairman of the French delegation,
Gouverneur de Boisanger, that he thought the time for these conferences had
come. He had done this because the negotiations between the two delegations had
made such progress that everything was ready to facilitate traffic across the
demarcation line as far as possible in present circumstances. He himself had
gone still further and had declared his willingness to allow traffic across the
demarcation line forthwith, as far as goods and payments were concerned. All
other French claims were to be left open and to be dealt with later according
to their wishes.
The above-mentioned note had led to today’s
meeting, at which he wished to give the representatives of both groups an
opportunity of talking over their respective wishes. As the suggestion had come
originally from the French side, he thought it appropriate that they should be
the first to speak. He would leave it to them to put forward any wishes which
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