“Answer: Yes.”
The next questions concern the conversation with Dahlerus . . .
THE PRESIDENT: Does that purport to be a verbatim account of what the Defendant Göring said? Did he refer to himself in the third person, “Göring does not want a war,” meaning, “I do not want a war”?
DR. STAHMER: He did not want a war either. England would be able to contribute much to the peaceful solution of this question. He does not want war either for these reasons. He, that is, Göring does not want war either, but these questions have to be settled under all circumstances.
This is, of course, indirect speech. In direct speech it would be, “I, Göring, do not want war, but the questions have to be settled under all circumstances.”
The next questions refer to Dahlerus. Question 15, which is the question put to Halifax, is also of importance in my opinion:
“Did you have the impression that Göring’s endeavors to avoid war were sincere?”
The answer of Halifax is:
“I have no doubt that Göring would have preferred to enforce the German demands on Poland without war, if he could have.”
At the end of June or the beginning of July 1938, the Defendant Göring made a speech to the Gauleiter at Karinhall which was distinctly a speech for peace. I am referring to a statement from Dr. Uiberreither of 27 February 1946, the original of which is being presented as Document Number 38, Exhibit Number Göring-4, and is given in Document Book Number 2 on Page 37.