GÖRING: I cannot tell you at the moment. It was sometime during the war that I heard that a figure which originally stood at from 5 to 10 had been altered by the Führer personally to 50 to 100. That is what I heard.
GEN. RUDENKO: For one German?
GÖRING: I have just explained to you. That is what I heard. The number was originally 5 to 10 and the Führer personally added on a zero. It was through that fact being once discussed that I learned about the whole matter.
GEN. RUDENKO: You mean the Führer added the zeros?
THE PRESIDENT: General Rudenko, do you think it is really necessary to go through these documents in such detail? The documents, after all, speak for themselves, and they have already been presented to the Tribunal.
GEN. RUDENKO: I am finishing with this document, Mr. President.
Do you know anything about the directives of the OKW with regard to the treatment of Soviet prisoners of war?
GÖRING: I shall have to see them.
GEN. RUDENKO: If you please, Mr. President, the document has already been submitted to the Tribunal, as 338-PS.
Please look at Point A, Paragraph 3, which states that there is a broad directive concerning the use of arms against Soviet prisoners of war. The use of weapons must be considered permissible and in any incidents involved the guards are not bound to report on the matter.