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“3. To assure the closest
possible cooperation between Dr. Krauch and the OKH (Wa A) the following
measures are to be carried through:
“a. Creation by Dr.
Krauch of a Building Staff for which OKH (Wa A) delegates a permanent
representative.
“b. Assignment of a permanent
representative of Dr. Krauch to OKH (Wa A).
“c. Creation by
Dr. Krauch of control agents (authoritative specialists) who, together with Dr.
Krauch, are also at the disposal of OKH (Wa A) for control
purposes.” |
Leading Farben personnel were frequently called upon by Krauch as
advisers in the execution of projects of the Four Year Plan. Farben and its
subsidiaries supported the execution of the plan and a large percentage of the
total expenditures under the plan was allocated for Farben projects.
[NI-9656, Pros. Ex. 682; NI-9945, Pros. Ex. 700: NI-10036,
Pros. Ex. 429; NI-10035, Pros. Ex. 428.]
Farben’s plant
investments rapidly rose as a result of the Four Year Plan. In the execution of
the "new military economic plan," immediate instructions and commissions were
issued to Farben to increase production facilities for chemical warfare agents
and diglycol, an essential intermediate for explosive production. [NI-7424,
Pros. Ex. 444]
Krauch remained with the Four Year Plan throughout
this period of intensive acceleration of rearmament.
After referring to
an implementation survey in August of 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the
war with particular emphasis upon the case of war in the fields of mineral oil,
buna, chemistry, light metals, and the “rapid plan” for powder,
explosives, and chemical warfare agents, Krauch, following the outbreak of the
war, proposed further plans for increased production [NI-8796, Pros. Ex. 459]
in September 1939.
Krauch during the war participated in meetings of
the General Council of the Four Year Plan where be occupied a position of
dominating importance in the planning for and supplying of the fighting forces
with munitions and war materials. He remained in that position throughout the
war.
Krauch continued as a member of the Farben Vorstand until 1940,
although often his work in the Four Year Plan prevented his attending its
meetings. In that year he was elevated to the position of Chairman of the
Aufsichtsrat of I. G. Farben.
d. Creating and Equipping the
Nazi Military Machine. The activities of the defendants through Farben as
an instrumentality for the production of vital chemical war products included:
Explosives. Farben had large
responsibilities and carried out a tremendous program of activities in the
production of explosives. |
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