THE PRESIDENT: Do you want to ask any questions?
GEN. RUDENKO: I shall have some questions. If the President will permit
me I shall present them in tomorrow’s session.
THE PRESIDENT: We will adjourn now.
[_The Tribunal adjourned until 29 January 1946 at 1000 hours._]
FORTY-FIFTH DAY
Tuesday, 29 January 1946
_Morning Session_
MARSHAL: May it please the Court, I desire now to say that the Defendant
Kaltenbrunner will be absent from this morning’s session on account of
illness.
M. DUBOST: In my capacity as representative of the French Prosecution, I
wish to ask the Tribunal to consider this request. The witnesses that
were interrogated yesterday are to be cross-examined by the Defense. The
conditions under which they are here are rather precarious, for it takes
30 hours to return to Paris. We would like to know whether we are to
keep them here; and, if the Defense really intends to cross-examine
them, we should like to proceed with that as quickly as possible in
order to ensure their return to France.
THE PRESIDENT: In view of what you said yesterday, M. Dubost, I said on
behalf of the Tribunal that Herr Babel might have the opportunity of
cross-examining one of your witnesses within the next two days. Is Herr
Babel ready to cross-examine that witness now?
HERR BABEL: No, Mr. President, I have not yet received a copy of his
interrogation and consequently have not been able to prepare my
cross-examination. The time from yesterday to today is, naturally, also
too short. Therefore, I cannot yet make a definite statement whether or
not I shall want to cross-examine the witness. If I were given an
opportunity during the course of the day to get the Record. . . .
THE PRESIDENT: [_Interposing_] Well, that witness must stay until
tomorrow afternoon, M. Dubost, but the other witnesses can go. M.
Dubost, will you see, if you can, that a copy of the shorthand notes is
furnished to Herr Babel as soon as possible?