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| [capac…] ity as deputy chairman of the Economic Group Chemical
Industry and as chairman of the Commercial Committee of I. G. Farben, to be
elected to the Administrative Council of Chemie Ostland G. m. b. H. As I have
the agreement on this question of those of my colleagues concerned, I would
appreciate it if you would kindly convey this request to the Minister of
Economics as soon as matters have developed sufficiently (see art. 8, par. 1).
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With kind regards, and Heil Hitler
Yours very truly
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-14530
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 1996
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CONFIDENTIAL LETTER FROM DEFENDANT HAEFLIGER TO DIRECTOR ZIEGLER OF
FARBEN'S BITTERFELD PLANT, 29 JULY
1941, DISCUSSING
PLANS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF
RUSSIAN LIGHT METAL
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P. Haefliger
Member of Vorstand of I. G.
Farbenindustrie A.
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Berlin-Halensee
Kurfuerstendamm 142/143 |
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29 July 1941 |
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Director Ziegler
Bitterfeld
Subject: Russia
As
you perhaps know, the Reich Ministry of Economics plans to set up a
“Chemie Ostland G. m. b. H.” for the trustee administration of the
chemical industry of the Occupied Eastern Territories. The members of this
corporation will be drawn from the Wigru Chemie [Wirtschaftsgruppe Chemie
— Economic Group Chemistry] and a number of German chemical firms. For
nitrogen, oil, and buna, separate trustee corporations will be created. I have
made inquiries as to what is planned in this respect in the light metal field.
Up to now, investigations have shown that, although discussions are pending for
the amalgamation of light metal interests in Russia in a special corporation
similar to that of the Ostland G. m. b. H., the Reich Ministry of Economics,
however, does not support this idea, owing to the partly opposing interests of
those involved, such as the Vereinigte Aluminum Werke and Koppenberg. In order
to render the Russian light metal capacities useful as soon as possible, the
Reich Ministry of Economics is thinking of putting the trustees administration
and the further operation of the Russian plants into the hands of group of
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