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| intelligence and espionage activities. Farben worked closely with the
intelligence of the Wehrmacht, called the Abwehr, and financed institutions
abroad in the service of that agency. Both before and during the war, Farben
was zealous in its efforts to obtain and furnish the Wehrmacht militarily
important information. The Central Finance Administration (ZEFI), commonly
called “Berlin NW 7,” had been organized by the defendant Ilgner in
1927 and was gradually enlarged to include the Economic Research Department
(VOWI), the Political Economic Policy Department (WIPO) headed by defendant
Gattineau, and the Bureau of the Commercial Committee (BdKA) [NI-10702,
Pros. Ex. 839]. This organization, through its incomparable sources of
information all over the world, collected and compiled detailed information in
various countries concerning the most important branches of industry and
particular enterprises, including the purposes of the undertaking, the
financial structure, products, capacity and location. The material thus
assembled probably surpassed that of any other institution in Germany in extent
and quality, and was made available to several agencies of the government
regularly [NI-6544, Pros. Ex. 327; NI-8414, Pros. Ex. 851]. Often VOWI,
at the request of the Military Economic and Armament Staff, made thorough
investigations abroad. Witness Bannert said [NI-8149 Pros. Ex.
850]: |
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“ * * * As an example of
this, I would mention the investigations that were made in the autumn of 1989
concerning the Toluol capacities in England and France, and the study at the
beginning of 1940 on the effect of the stoppage of fodder imports on Danish
agriculture. We were also asked at this time for pictures and maps of the
industrial plant in enemy countries. As we could not possess these, we had to
limit ourselves to making photostatic copies from the rarely published drawings
and photos in the different technical publications and placing these at the
disposal of the Military Economic and Armaments Staff. I remember that once
during the war we were asked to explain, with the aid of an air photograph, the
lay-out of the Clifton Magnesium Works in England, in preparation for a bombing
attack. We passed on the advice of a gentleman from Bitterfeld, who was
familiar with the works lay-out.” |
| Concerning Farben as a source of information, General Huehnermann
said: |
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“Another of our sources of
information was the Economics Department of the I. G. Farbenindustrie A. G.
(Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung) * * * The Economics Department of the IG
cooperated with us by putting their work, such as reports on countries,
detailed reports on raw materials, developmental prospects, at our disposal.
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