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A. No, they were not expanded, Mr. Mandellaub. They were simply
modernized, that is to say, made better.
Q. Wasn’t it Mr. von
Bohlen who laid particular emphasis on exploiting the workshops more
efficiently?
A. No, that was I, Mr. Mandellaub.
Q. Well, now
your letter of 16 November, 1943, in Document Book 21 (NIK-7025, Pros. Ex.
674),¹ please let me read one or two sentences from that to refresh
your memory. Page 12 of the German Document Book. “Essen, 16 November
1943.” Letter to Mr. Habermaas. At Liancourt “Mr. von Bohlen was also
of my opinion that the plant in Liancourt is far from being adequately utilized
and that something should be done to employ 300-400 workers there.” Did
you write this sentence?
A. Yes, Dr. Mandellaub.
Q. That is all
I wanted to know.
A. Well, I must give an explanation. This letter was
not written for this Tribunal and you must give me a chance to explain how I
came to write it.
Q. We are not interested in the origin of the letter.
I believe this letter speaks for itself.
A. But maybe it doesn’t.
Q. I am simply interested in the authenticity of the letter.
DR. SCHILF: Your Honors, this is a cross-examination, but if a witness
has a sentence read to him and expresses the wish to elucidate, I do not think
it is permissible that he be prevented from doing so.
MR. MANDELLAUB:
Your Honor, I was just asking a very limited question.
JUDGE DALY,
Presiding: You are justified in limiting the question. He will be given an
opportunity in redirect examination to elucidate, if they care to examine
him.²
MR. MANDELLAUB: Yes, Your Honor. What other representatives
did the Krupp firm have in France?
WITNESS SCHROEDER: We also had a
French firm acting as our representative, but I had nothing to do with it.
Q. I am not talking of firms, but of agents of Krupp in France.
A. You mean employees of Mr. Stein?
Q. No, I mean employees of
the Krupp firm. Either subordinated to Stein or directly responsible to Essen.
A. With Mr. Stein there was a Mr. Klatt, from Essen. Moreover, we had
in Paris a designing department for locomotive parts, but I don’t know who
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¹ Reproduced above in
VII D 2.
² See the redirect examination by Dr. Schilf, counsel for the
defendant Janssen, reproduced on following page.
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