THE PRESIDENT: Are you wanting to call this Admiral Lohmann as a
witness?
DR. SIEMERS: No, I did not name him as a witness; I was satisfied with
an affidavit, because of the many figures. The British Prosecution has
already agreed to the affidavit being submitted, but asked that Admiral
Lohmann might be cross-examined. It was arranged between Sir David and
myself.
THE PRESIDENT: I see, yes. You do not need to go into all these figures
of tons, do you? You do not need to read all these, do you?
DR. SIEMERS: No. I did not want to read the individual figures. I would
point out that this affidavit does not deal with tonnage; it concerns
Number Raeder-8, Page 39.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I have got the one. There are a good many tons in
it, though.
DR. SIEMERS: I should like to read under Numeral I:
“Under the Versailles Treaty, Germany was permitted to build
eight armored ships. Germany, however, built only three armored
ships, the _Deutschland_, the _Admiral Scheer_, and the _Graf
Spee_.”—I will skip the following.
“II. Under the Versailles Treaty, Germany was permitted to build
eight cruisers. Germany, however, built only six cruisers.”