SAUCKEL: In Holland there were various men. First of all, Herr Schmidt,
and there was another man; I believe his name was Ritterbusch, or
something like that, but I do not recall the exact name.
M. HERZOG: This system of representatives with the occupation
authorities, was that approved of by Defendant Speer?
SAUCKEL: This was at the instigation of the Führer, and I assume that
Speer agreed. He recommended it, as far as I know.
M. HERZOG: To your knowledge, did he take any initiative in the decree
issued by the Führer concerning this matter?
SAUCKEL: Yes. He was present and he recommended it.
M. HERZOG: In your interrogatory you said, when speaking about these
representatives, that Speer instituted these agencies for manpower in
1941 or 1942. The Tribunal will find this statement on Page 9 of the
excerpts from the interrogatory. What do you understand by that
sentence?
SAUCKEL: I did not quite understand you.
M. HERZOG: I shall read an extract of your interrogation of 8 October
1945.
“Question: ‘What was the mission entrusted to your
representatives in the labor offices of the military commander
and of the civil governor? Did they merely give technical advice
to the military authorities, which could be rejected at any time
by the latter, or did they have authority to give directives to
the military commanders on technical questions?’”
THE PRESIDENT: On what page is that?