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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NIK-8011
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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| LETTER FROM KRUPP TO ERHARD, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE AUSTIN PLANT, 22
JUNE 1942, OFFERING TO PURCHASE THE PLANT |
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| 22 June 1942 |
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R. Erhard, Arbitrator,
30, Rue Pierre Nicole,
Paris 5e
On behalf of the firm Fried. Krupp A.G. Motor Vehicle Department,
Essen, and with reference to the discussion held in your office last Saturday,
20 June 1942 with Director Habermaas* of the Motor Vehicle Department
concerning the acquisition of the Austin works in Liancourt, we make you
without obligation the following purchase offer:
We acquire the entire
works, including all buildings, real estate, machines, factory fittings, and
stocks of material, free from any liabilities whatsoever, for the price of 5
million francs.
In the event of purchase, we would be prepared to
continue to operate the now existing plant, and also for the coming 3 years to
carry out incoming orders for spare parts for the Austin tractor, and to supply
present customers.
We are planning to make substantial improvements to
the machinery plant by replacing many of the unusable machines with new ones,
and consequently also offer permanent employment for the coming years to the
present workers, who will be taken over in a body, the office staff included.
By expanding our building and manufacturing program in Liancourt in
various directions, we would also try to bring back again the workers who have
left to date, and further we will make every effort to attract new workers to
the factory in Liancourt, so that resumption of production in the former Austin
factory to the extent projected would also be of substantial advantage for the
city of Liancourt. It is understood that we would also renovate the present
buildings — whether it be the factory itself or the large dwelling house
belonging to it — in order to accomodate newly engaged workers in that
very dwelling house and in this way to increase the capacity of the plant still
further.
We should be very grateful to you if you would pass on our
purchase offer to the competent ministry as quickly as possible,
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* Habermass was commercial
manager of the Krupp motor vehicle department (Krawa) In Essen. See extracts
from the testimony of defense witness Johannes Schroeder reproduced below in
this section.
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