Reference: Rudolf Hess—Session of 30 November 1945.
I. Reply to the request of the Tribunal of 28 November 1945.
II. Preparatory statement for the trial.
I
I, as Counsel for the Defendant Hess, answer the request of the Tribunal of 28 November 1945 as follows:
1. No formal objection is being raised by Defense against presentation and use of the expert opinions obtained by the Tribunal.
2. The Defense does not think the defendant Hess to be “verhandlungsfaehig” (in a state of health to be tried).
3. Material objections are being raised by the Defense, inasmuch as the expert opinion denies the competence of the defendant as a consequence of a mental disorder.
II
For the proceedings, I, as Counsel for the Defendant Hess, wish to make the following statement: