“My question: ‘But you were the highest law enforcement official in a certain sense. Daluege was your subordinate. Looking back at it now, and not in the excitement that was there once, wasn’t it too early to say without any investigation that the Communists had started the fire?’
“Göring: ‘Yes, that is possible, but the Führer wanted it this way.’
“Question: ‘Why did the Führer want to issue at once a statement that the Communists had started the fire?’
“Answer: ‘He was convinced of it.’
“Question: ‘It is right when I say he was convinced without having any evidence or any proof of that at this moment?’