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removed should be assigned to the Steel Works Association
[Stahlwerksverband] for further distribution in Germany.
f.¹ Because of the alleged tendencies on the part of
heavy industry toward incorporation [Einverleibungstendenzen] and their
claims for former property, it has been decided to address a joint letter to
the Reich Minister for Economics. (See enclosure.) Whether future claims shall
be represented by the old association for vested interests [alte
Interessengemeinschaft], that is something we shall have to resolve at a future
date. In any event, it appears expedient that this association be reactivated
under the appointment of a new business manager. (Regierungsrat Schoen?)
In this letter claims for Minette supplies are also to be stated unless
they are required for the Saar and Luxembourg, whereby the principle is to be
applied that the Ruhr Works will have to pay for all ore which they may obtain
from there at once.
Mr. Flick² points out that in the
East the former owners have been eliminated. Although he does not in any
way wish to contest the claims of the Ruhr Works regarding former property in
Luxembourg and Lorraine, he could, nevertheless only agree to the letter to Mr.
Funk with the reservation that under certain circumstances he would
assert claims in the East.
III. The firms are prepared to provide
officials, engineers, and business men upon the request of Mr.
Steinbrinck, the salaries of which officials, etc., will continue to
be paid by them, and they are also prepared to meet expenses such as traveling
and accommodation allowances. |
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| XII. Scrapping of plants - Mr. Tgahrt points out that there is a
request from Dr. Kiegel for a report on all plants which were not in
operation in 1939 in order to make them available for scrapping. In most
cases the scrapping of such plants is certainly not justified. The economic
group will investigate this problem further. |
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| XIV. Dr. Winkhaus raises bitter complaints regarding the fact, that
the distribution of ore, agreed upon for the adjustment of stocks on 1
May, was not making any progress since still further objections were being
raised regarding individual points. It becomes apparent that with the exception
of Krupp it is the view adopted by all firms that by the adjustment agreed upon
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¹ There is no
paragraph "e" in the report.
² Flick was the leading defendant in the
Flick Case (United States vs. Friedrich Flick, et al., Case 5, Vol. VI).
He was convicted of spoliation with respect to the Rombach Plant in
Alsace-Lorraine. Further contemporaneous documents concerning the activities of
German iron and steel manufactures in the occupied West are contained in volume
VI.
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