WIELEN: The number is not correct. It was not 40. I did not know at that time.
MR. ROBERTS: That’s right, because it isn’t the correct number. I think, 50.
WIELEN: I made a mistake at that time.
MR. ROBERTS: That’s right.
“They had come to no harm whatsoever; I must assume that...”
WIELEN: Fifteen additional were brought back.
MR. ROBERTS: Yes, yes. I just want you now to listen to it, if you will be kind enough:
“...I must assume that their treatment was perfectly correct. It had been impossible to avoid putting them into police prisons due to the general conditions then prevailing.
“I do not know who interrogated the officers in the police prisons. I assume this was done by the local police authorities, as an interrogation must necessarily follow every notification of arrest. I do not know the names of the officials of the Staatspolizei or the Gemeindepolizei (small local police force) who co-operated in this matter, but Dr. Absalon should be able to supply the answer to this question.”
I go on to the paragraph beginning, “The urns...” if Your Lordship please: