SAUCKEL: Yes, I participated.
M. HERZOG: Do you remember the proposals which, in the course of this
conference, General Warlimont made to you in the name of the General
Staff? Do you remember the reply that you made to these proposals?
SAUCKEL: I recall a conversation between General Warlimont and myself on
that occasion, and I gave an answer; but I cannot give it to you
verbatim without having some data at my disposal.
M. HERZOG: Well, I am going to read you the text. It is on Page 10. The
Tribunal will find it at the bottom of the page:
“The representative of the Chief of the OKW, General Warlimont,
referred to a recent order of the Führer according to which all
German forces would have to be used in the task of recruiting
labor. Where troops of the Wehrmacht are stationed, whenever
they are not engaged exclusively in military tasks—such as the
construction of coastal fortifications—they will be available,
but they cannot be detached solely for the purpose of the
Plenipotentiary General for the Allocation of Labor. General
Warlimont made the following practical proposals:
“(a) Troops which are in action against partisans will, in
addition, have to be used for recruiting labor in the zones held
by partisan bands....”
SAUCKEL: Would you please tell me where that is. I have not this passage
on this page. Will you please show me the page?
M. HERZOG: I will have it shown to you. Point it out to the interpreter
also.
SAUCKEL: Yes, I find the place about General Warlimont, but in the
German translation it sounds entirely different from what you are
reading.