LAHOUSEN: They were taken over Poland, England and in southeastern Europe; I cannot be more explicit as I do not know the specific territories or countries of southeastern Europe. All I know is that this squadron was stationed in Budapest for the purpose of making such reconnoitering flights.
COL. AMEN: Did you personally see some of these photographs?
LAHOUSEN: Yes.
COL. AMEN: Now will you tell the Tribunal the dates when you know that these reconnaissance flights over London and Leningrad were being made?
LAHOUSEN: I cannot give the exact dates. I only remember, being present at discussions between Rowehl and Canaris—sometimes Pieckenbrock was there too—that these reconnaissance flights did take place in the aforementioned areas, that photographic material was furnished and that the squadron operated from Hungarian air fields in the vicinity of Budapest. I know this because once I myself flew back from Budapest to Berlin in such a plane, and also from knowing some of the pilots and their activities.
COL. AMEN: What I am going to ask you about now is the year, or years we will say, when these reconnaissance flights were being made.
LAHOUSEN: They were undertaken in 1939 before the beginning of the Polish campaign.
COL. AMEN: Were these flights kept secret?
LAHOUSEN: Yes, of course they were secret.
COL. AMEN: And why were these flights being made from Hungary, if you know?