COL. POKROVSKY: All right, I withdraw my objection.
THE PRESIDENT: Call your witness then now.
[The witness Strölin took the stand.]
What is your name?
KARL STRÖLIN (Witness): Karl Strölin.
THE PRESIDENT: Will you repeat this oath after me: “I swear by God—the Almighty and Omniscient—that I will speak the pure truth—and will withhold and add nothing.”
[The witness repeated the oath in German.]
THE PRESIDENT: You may sit down if you wish.
DR. SEIDL: Witness, you were last Lord Mayor of the City of Stuttgart; is that correct?
STRÖLIN: Yes.