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| [ex...] isting basis of cooperation between Farben and the Reich
Ministries of War and Economy is reflected in the significant further statement
in the report: |
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“In case of war, IG will be
treated by the authorities concerned with armament questions as one big plant
which in its tasks for the armament, as far as it is possible to do so from the
technical point of view, will regulate itself without any organizational
influence from the outside.” |
Each of the three Farben Sparten established offices in the
Vermittlungsstelle W, and these offices were responsible to the respective
Sparte Head, to wit: to the defendants Krauch and Schneider (after 1938) for
Sparte I, to the defendant ter Meer for Sparte II; and to the defendant
Gajewski for Sparte III [NI-8923, Pros. Ex. 142]. Thereafter, during the
entire period of mobilization and preparation for Germany's aggressive wars,
the Vermittlungsstelle W functioned as an important liaison office on many
major matters incident to the economic mobilization and rearmament. The
significance of the office is not lessened by the fact that it was largely a
liaison office. By the year 1939, of the military problems with which the
Vermittlungsstelle W was occupied and which were discussed with the Wehrmacht,
many projects originated with Farben itself as distinguished from matters
resulting from the direct request of the Wehrmacht. The office retained
considerable importance despite the fact that some of its original broad
functions were taken over by Krauch when he was appointed to the Office of
German Raw and Basic Materials, to which office he took several persons front
the Farben office. It should be noted that Krauch remained nominally in charge
of Vermittlungsstelle W. Under Krauch the Vermittlungsstelle W established a
special security section and issued detailed directives for
counterintelligence, in keeping with existing decrees and directives
surrounding the matter of secrecy, with certain exceptions applicable only to
Farben. In a communication to the directors of Farben plants, including several
of the defendants, Vermittlungsstelle W stated that “in view of the future
war economy, Section A” (being the special security section established
within Vermittlungsstelle W) “is at the disposal of all IG plants and IG
agencies for any information in counterintelligence and security matters, and
will take care if necessary that information be exchanged.”
By
1936 the problems incident to mobilization and production for the case of war
continuously engaged the attention of Farben personnel. [NI-5880, Pros. Ex.
191; NI-7475, Pros. Ex. 192.] These activities continued during 1937 and
1938. Mobilization plans were drafted in detail, including the production tasks
to be assigned to the various Farben plants and subsidiaries. These plans were
arrived at, based on comprehensive discussions with representatives of the
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