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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-4969
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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| FIRST CIRCULAR LETTER OF DEFENDANT AMBROS, 1 JULY 1941, TO THE
MEMBERS OF FARBEN’S BUNA COMMISSION RUSSIA |
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I. G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen/Rhine
Management |
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| 1 July 1941 Dr. A/Si |
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Circular Letter No. 1 to the Members of the Buna Commission Russia
In order to assist you in your tasks in Russia, we shall endeavor to
communicate to you (to the greatest extent possible, by way of circular letters
from the buna office, Ludwigshafen), all our experiences and knowledge which
might be useful to you. I am starting with my letter of today's date and would
like to repeat that for your work we have opened up an account here under
number Ludwigshafen 64149, against which you may charge all your expenses for
travel, subsistence, and replenishing of your wardrobe. Consequently, what you
need for living is, for the time being, paid from your account for expenses
incurred, and your salary will be remitted to your families. I have also
requested that the families of all of you be informed that we shall be at their
disposal, as a matter of course, at any time, for inquiries or assistance
during your absence. For these matters, I myself, or my office, or Major
Pfeiffer, will be available.
During the next few days, I hope to find
out further details in Berlin as to the date of your departure. Until then I
ask you to familiarize yourself with the Russian language. Take lessons
wherever you can and, above all, obtain information at the Schkopau buna plant.
Dr. Otto Dorrer will be at your disposal there and will acquaint you with all
the technical problems of buna production.
It is intended that when
your assignment for Russia comes about, a commission consisting of Wulff,
Biedenkopf, and myself will go to Russia, there to decide with you the question
of using Russian plants for the production of certain types of buna (or their
primary products) in order to utilize also the Russian production for our
purposes as soon as possible. Therefore, it will be your primary task to
examine this possibility from the technical angle and to inform me of your
opinion as to how to carry this plan into effect.
It is within the same
scope that you will also endeavor to make a survey of stocks of buna and
natural rubber and, perhaps, also of finished goods.
To the extent that
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