COL. AMEN: Were there any other grounds urged in protest against these orders?
LAHOUSEN: Certainly. Other reasons were also mentioned in accordance with the interests of the different sections affected by these orders. For the Amt Ausland, it was the point of view of international law. The Abwehr Division III was particularly interested in the interrogation of soldiers captured in commando raids, but never in seeing them killed.
COL. AMEN: Were there any other chiefs of the Abwehr Department who assisted in the preparation of these protests?
LAHOUSEN: As far as I remember today, no.
COL. AMEN: You mentioned Admiral Bürckner, did you not?
LAHOUSEN: Yes, Bürckner was not the chief of the Amt Ausland Abwehr, but only of the Amt Ausland.
COL. AMEN: Now, have you ever heard of an operation known as “Gustav”?
LAHOUSEN: The name “Gustav” was applied not to an operation but to an undertaking similar to the one which was demanded for the elimination of Marshal Weygand.
COL. AMEN: Will you tell the Tribunal what was the meaning of “Gustav”?
LAHOUSEN: “Gustav” was the expression used by the Chief of the OKW as a cover name to be used in conversations on the question of General Giraud.