At that meeting, held on the 26th day of June 1935, it was said that the
Rhineland required special treatment, because of the assurances given by
Hitler to the French that no military action was being undertaken in the
de-militarized zone. Among the matters requiring special treatment was
the preparation of economic mobilization, a task specifically entrusted
to the Defendant Schacht, as secret Plenipotentiary for the War Economy.
THE PRESIDENT: Are you reading from this document?
MR. DODD: I am quoting in part from it, Your Honor, and it is upon the
document that I base my statements which can be found therein on Pages 4
and 5. I dislike annoying the Court with constant references to these
documents, but I thought it would be the best way to proceed so as fully
to inform the Court.
THE PRESIDENT: Well if you tell us where it is in the document we can
follow it in the document.
MR. DODD: On Page 4, the middle of the page, the fifth paragraph, the
first sentence: “The de-militarized zone requires special treatment.”
And on Page 5, (j), under “the preparations,” “Preparation of economic
mobilization.” On Page 4, the last paragraph just before the setting-out
of the (a), (b), (c), and (d), it is said. . . .
THE PRESIDENT: I think you ought to read on Page 4, the last paragraph
but one: “Since political entanglements. . . .”