. ©MAZAL LIBRARY

NMT08-T0129


. NUERNBERG MILITARY TRIBUNAL
Volume VIII · Page 129
Previous Page Home PageArchive
Table of Contents - Volume 7
[recom….] mended the French group to take up the matter with their government in order to eliminate the last obstacle to an understanding. Mr. Duchemin then asked us to declare our preparedness to talk to the French Government representatives together with him and his colleagues. I declared that I would only be able to do that in the presence of representatives of our own government. Mr. Duchemin thereupon went to see Mr. Barnaud and Mr. Pucheux. Those two, in their turn, called upon Mr. Michel, and thus, at the request of the French, the final discussion took place in the presence of representatives of both governments.

I believe that I have herewith informed you about all important matters on the course the Paris negotiations took. I should be happy if the results were equally welcomed by all quarters as accomplished by the joint efforts of both government and private economy. 
 
Signed Signature
[Handwritten] v. SCHNITZLER  
 
 
  PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-15220
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 2153
 
EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER OF DEFENDANT KUGLER TO DEFENDANT VON SCHNITZLER, 12 MAY 1941 12 May 1941 
 
[Handwritten notes]  1. Trip, D e n c k e r - Wallenborn 
    ter Meer
a. Correct translation?  2. Distribute evaluating data  
b. Number of excerpts complete?  3. Work on reduction (? ) 
  4. Collate bylaws  
 
Dear Mr. von Schnitzler

I. On Saturday, Dr. Kramer got here from Paris and brought with him the new version of the “Convention” and the bylaws. He also brought along translations of those parts of the Loehr draft that were handed over to the French in Paris, together with remarks; and also various other documents, details of which appear from the memorandum [bordereau] attached to Mr. Frossard’s letter of the 9th addressed to you, which is enclosed herewith. Dr. Kramer simultaneously submitted a file note on a discussion which he had with Mr. Duchemin on the 8th — paragraph 3 of the note likewise refers to the bylaws and the draft of the agreement. Copy of the file note is also enclosed herewith.

This morning, in a first reading in a small circle (Kuepper, Rospatt, Loehr, Eckert, Kramer) we sifted the final version of the French, including their remarks concerning the parts of the Loehr draft that were given to them; we also compared these with our own notes of the last meeting in Paris. This, unfortunately, completely confirmed the

 
129
Next Page NMT Home Page