MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: I want to ask you some questions from your interrogation of the 17th day of October, 1945. I will first read you the questions and answers as they appear in the interrogations and I shall then ask you whether you gave those answers, and then you can make the explanations if you desire, and I assume you do. The interrogation reads:
“I wanted to ask you today about some of the economic history of the period. When was the armament program first discussed, that is, the rearmament program? What year?
“Answer: Immediately; in 1933.
“Question: In other words, Schacht had assumed the obligation at that time already, to raise funds for the rearmament program?
“Answer: Yes. But, of course, in co-operation with the Minister of Finance.
“Question: During the years 1933 to 1935, before general conscription came in, naturally, the rearmament was a secret rearmament, was it not?
“Answer: Yes.
“Question: So that money that was used outside of the budget would have to be raised by some secret means not to be known to foreign nations?
“Answer: Yes, unless they could be raised from normal Army funds.
“Question: That is to say, you had a small budget for the standing 100,000 man Army which was open, and the rest of the rearmament had to be from secret sources?