[Turning to the witness.] Witness, you were, as a rule, personally present during the visit of highly placed foreign statesmen. Were you also present during the visit of statesmen during the Olympic Games of 1936?
SCHMIDT: Yes.
DR. LÖFFLER: Did any one of the foreign statesmen express the wish to inspect the German institutions and the establishments set up by the National Socialists—in particular in the social sphere—before or after 1936?
SCHMIDT: Whether any such wishes were expressed during the Olympic Games I cannot remember at the moment; but that such wishes were expressed and that they were fulfilled becomes clear from a number of facts—for instance, from Lloyd George’s visit to the Obersalzberg and, later on, his inspection of social institutions in Germany; from the visit of a number of interested foreign persons who, in my opinion, took a very lively interest in the social institutions in Germany.
DR. LÖFFLER: You were present personally during these inspections. Do you remember an inspection during which you were present?
SCHMIDT: Mostly I was not present at these inspections. I only recollect that, for instance, the Labor Front had an organization which was called “Joy and Work” and that was an international organization which held a great annual congress at Hamburg, during which I often acted as interpreter.
DR. LÖFFLER: Do you know anything about the impressions made by these institutions on foreign statesmen?
SCHMIDT: The social institutions, as far as I know, always made quite a favorable impression.
DR. LÖFFLER: Do you remember the visit of the Prince of Wales to Germany?
SCHMIDT: Yes. I acted as interpreter there.