COL. PHILLIMORE: Well then, what was the purpose of this organization of the Foreign Office?
VON STEENGRACHT: By Hitler’s order we had to contact all German departments and archives in order to collect all the material there, and we attached importance...
COL. PHILLIMORE: And this was ordered by Ribbentrop, wasn’t it?
VON STEENGRACHT: Yes.
COL. PHILLIMORE: As set out in your letter?
VON STEENGRACHT: Yes. And we thought it important that we get an idea in this way of what was actually happening to the Jews, et cetera, and therefore we drew in people from all offices.
COL. PHILLIMORE: I will show you in a minute what was actually happening and out of your own files, but I just want to put this to you:
The point of your putting off the anti-Jewish congress was simply because you did not want the world to know. You had not the slightest objection to setting up an anti-Jewish organization in Germany.
Now, will you look at Page 32 of the German text.
My Lord, that is on Page 23 of the English text.