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plants in Germany to the Francolor plants, and that you received
reports on the results of these meetings in which it was stated that the
indirect needs of the Wehrmacht could better be served if that transfer of
production was made?
A. There is no doubt about that. There is no doubt
that we tried to transfer as much dyestuffs and intermediates production to
France as Francolor could cope with. That would have been the reasonable thing
to do. In France there was labor, there were production facilities; and we had
particular scarcities of labor here in Germany. But you were putting the
question in connection with the buna plants, and I said that the parallel did
not seem to be right.
PRESIDING JUDGE SHAKE: May I interrupt you to
read a note to you? “Your Honor, will you please instruct the defendant to
make a pause after the question so that the German translation can catch
up?” That speaks for itself. Please bear that in mind. I realize that
under the spur of answering a question that has been asked, you are tempted to
go too rapidly, but it is really a problem here.
DEFENDANT TER MEER : I
am sorry, Mr. President.
MR. SPRECHER: Do you recall whether any of
Farben’s orders for the supply of the SS were transferred to the French
dyestuffs concern?
A. I don't know that.
Q. Do you remember
that according to a plan which Farben worked out, and to which the Reich
agencies agreed, the following report was made, or a report like this in
substance: |
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“The entire personnel of the
Francolor plants, which amounts to about 3,500 employees and workers, will be
engaged in manufacturing for Germany.” |
A. I really cannot say. If you would put the document before me, I
could define my attitude towards it.
Q. Dr. ter Meer, I show you
Document NI-4845 which will become Prosecution
Exhibit 1887.* This has not been previously introduced, but you will find it in
Document Book 58, English page 181, German page 196. Mention is made there in
connection with Francolor - -it is an excerpt from a report of the enlarged
Farben committee, of 20 November 1942. Mention is made there of the
Kehrl-Schieber Plan and that Francolor products will be turned over to the
account of the production. Just so we have the record straight, was Kehrl the
head of the Planning Office of the Central Planning Board?
A. He was the
head of the so-called Raw Materials Office. Do you mean the Central Planning
Board by that?
Q. Yes.
A. That was —
Q. Was that a
different Kehrl? |
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above.
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