“Q. I have here a document, C-156, which is a photostatic copy of the work prepared by the High Command of the Navy, and covers the struggle of the Navy against the Versailles Treaty from 1919 to 1935. I ask you initially whether you are familiar with the work?
“A. I know this book. I read it once when it was edited.
“Q. Was that an official publication of the Germany navy?
“A. This Captain Schuessler, indicated there, was Commander in the Admiralty. Published by the OKM, which was an idea of these officers to put all these things together.
“Q. Do you recall the circumstances under which the authorization to prepare such a work was given to him?
“A. I think he told me that he would write such a book as he told us here in the foreword.
“Q. In the preparation of this work he had access to the official naval files, and based his work on the items contained therein?
“A. Yes, I think so. He would have spoken with other persons, and he would have had the files, which were necessary.
“Q. Do you know whether before the work was published, a draft of it was circulated among the officers in the Admiralty for comment?
“A. No, I don’t think so. Not before it was published. I saw it only when it was published.