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TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 343-A-PS
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 62
LETTER FROM MILCH TO WOLFF, 20 MAY 1942, REGARDING CONTINUATION OF
EXPERIMENTS
Field Marshal Milch
Secret
Berlin W 8, 20 May 1942 Leipzigerstrasse 7
Dear Wolffy!
In reference to your telegram of 12 May our medical inspector reports to
me that the altitude experiments carried out by the SS and Air Force at
Dachau have been finished. Any continuation of these experiments seems
essentially unreasonable. However the carrying out of experiments of
some other kind, in regard to perils at high sea, would be important.
These have been prepared in immediate agreement with the proper offices;
Major (M. C.) Weltz will be charged with the execution and Captain (M.
C.) Rascher will be made available until further orders in addition to
his duties within the Medical Corps of the Air Corps. A change of these
measures does not appear necessary, and an enlargement of the task is
not considered pressing at this time.
The low-pressure chamber would not be needed for these low-temperature
experiments. It is urgently needed at another place and therefore can no
longer remain in Dachau.
I convey the special thanks from the Supreme Commander of the Air Corps
to the SS for their extensive cooperation.