1) Counsel for the Defendant Streicher accepted that position on 27
October 1945.
2) The Indictment against the said defendant and others was published on
18 October 1945 and served on the Defendant Streicher shortly
thereafter.
3) The said Counsel has therefore had a considerable time to familiarise
himself with the contents of the Indictment and especially these
which, as appears in the part of the Appendix A, page 33 relating to
the said defendant, are particularly relevant to him. In this
connection the Chief Prosecutor respectfully refers to Page 5,
Section IV(D)(3)(d) and page 26 Section X(A) and (B) of the
Indictment.
4) This Chief Prosecutor further respectfully reminds the Court that the
said Counsel has got a week from the filing of this answer until the
commencement of the Trial, and in addition any time which may be
occupied by the opening of the case and any matters preliminary to
evidence being produced requiring cross-examination by Counsel for
the Defendant Streicher.
5) If oral evidence is called relating to the part alleged to have been
played by the said defendant and the said Counsel is not ready to
cross-examine, he will be able to ask for a postponement of his
cross-examination.
6) It is therefore respectfully submitted that this Application is
premature, and that the time for applying for an adjournment to
assist Counsel for the said defendant is when a difficulty actually
arises at the Trial.
7) This Chief Prosecutor respectfully reminds the Tribunal of the words
of General Nikitchenko, then its President, uttered at Berlin on 18
October 1945: “It must be understood that the Tribunal which is
directed by the Charter to secure an expeditious hearing of the
issues raised by the charges will not permit any delay either in the
preparation of the defense or of the Trial.”