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| a possible dividing up according to regions. For the rest, Professor
Krauch's office is in charge of this group of questions in particular.
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Heil Hitler!
[Signed] HAEFLIGER |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-14529
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 1997
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CONFIDENTIAL LETTER FROM DEFENDANT HAEFLIGER’S
OFFICE TO
DIRECTOR ZIEGLER 9 AUGUST 1941,
CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION OF RUSSIAN
LIGHT METAL PLANTS |
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I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Haefliger
Office |
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Berlin-Halensee
Kurfuerstendamm 142/43 |
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9 August 1941 |
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| Strictly confidential |
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| Director Ziegler I. G. Farbenindustrie Aktieugesellschaft Bitterfeld
Subject: Russia Following up the strictly confidential
memorandum of the 29th of last month (which was
sent you by Director Haefliger),* we give you below a supplementary report from
the SIPO dated the 6th instant, which runs as follows: |
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“Information received again
at the Reich Ministry of Economics confirms the train of ideas which was
already communicated in our memorandum of the 24th instant [sic], according to
which it is improbable that one can reckon with German light metal interests
being amalgamated in a special holding company. On the contrary, the Russian
factories in question are to be transferred to German light metal
manufacturers, to be administered by them on a trustee basis. Independent of
this, however, individual parties interested seem to have come to an agreement
already among themselves with respect to their future tasks.
“Furthermore, a similar settlement is also planned for the control
of Russian light metal plants engaged in further processing; although, in the
opinion of the Reich Ministry of Economics, things are still fairly confused
here, chiefly for the reason that the information at hand on the light metal
rolling mills, forges, and plants for semifinished products is incomplete, and,
moreover, the further |
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* Reproduced immediately above.
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