LAHOUSEN: In 1930 I was a captain.
COL. AMEN: And commencing in 1930 did you take any additional training?
LAHOUSEN: In 1930 I entered the Austrian War School, which corresponds to the Military Academy in the German Army. There I received the training of an officer of the General Staff.
COL. AMEN: How long did this training last?
LAHOUSEN: This training lasted 3 years.
COL. AMEN: In 1933 to what regular army unit were you assigned?
LAHOUSEN: In 1933 I was serving in the Second Austrian Division, that was the Vienna Division.
COL. AMEN: What type of work did you do there?
LAHOUSEN: I was an intelligence officer; that branch of the service for which I was already destined at the end of my training.
COL. AMEN: Did you then receive a further promotion?