TO: The International Military Tribunal.
I
As defense counsel for the accused Julius Streicher I should like to
request that it be considered whether the time of commencement of the
Trial of the major war criminals fixed for 20 November could not be
postponed to a later date. My reasons for this request are as follows:
It is not possible for me properly to prepare the defense of the accused
Streicher by 20 November 1945, nor especially to work through all the
relevant papers and documents which are in the possession of the Court
nor to produce the evidence which the accused proposes to submit nor to
discover or cause to be discovered the witnesses named by him. Therefore
I propose a postponement of the commencement of the Trial for three or
four weeks.