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his company concerning these contracts with Farben in a letter dated
27 July 1936 in which he said: “The arrangement is one which necessarily
requires good will on both sides.”
On 14 July 1937, there was a
meeting at the Wehrmacht office [NI-10437, Pros. Ex. 954] on
“maintaining secrecy on improvements of IG processes in the production of
motor fuel and lubricants which are of importance to national defense”
attended by Farben representatives. A report of that meeting
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“ * * * Since the production
of this oil is expensive, there has so far been no interest in this process,
particularly since the special quality advantages cannot be seen from the
registrations. By keeping the work being done towards the large scale
exploitation secret, it is possible to ensure that Germany has advantage.
“ * * * With regard to iso-octane too, it is desirable that the
establishment of installations in Germany is kept secret. On the part of I. G.
Farbenindustrie it was mentioned in this connection that as soon as certain
products are ready for delivery in larger quantities (as will be the case with
ethylene-lubricant as well with iso-octane in the near future) the existence of
production plants can hardly be kept secret. If it does become known it would
however lead to unpleasant international relations in view of I. G.
Farbenindustrie's obligations to exchange know-how.
“The state of
knowledge for the production of aviation gasoline, iso-octane and
ethylene-lubricant on 1 July 1937 is being fixed in cooperation between the
Reich Air Ministry and I. G. Farbenindustrie.
“IG will make no
additional statements about the quality of the oils (aviation oil quality)
which can be reached with regard to the ethylene-lubricant patent, which has
actually been released, in order to justify its capacity for being patented.
“In consideration of its exchange of know-how agreements I. G.
Farbenindustrie is permitted to inform its partners in the agreements in a
cautious way shortly before the start of large-scale production that it intends
to start a certain production of iso-octane and ethylene-lubricant. The
impression is however to be conveyed that this is a matter of large-scale
experiments. Under no circumstances may statements on capacity be made.”
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| Following a conference with General Thomas, defendant Buetefisch
submitted a memorandum agreed upon with General Thomas dated 25 January 1940.
[NI-10447, Pros. Ex.
958.] In it, defendant Buetefisch said: |
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"This exchange of know-how which
is still being handled in the usual way by the neutral countries abroad even
now, and which is transmitted to us via Holland and Italy, firstly gives us an
insight into the development work and production plans of the companies
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