Would you, with regard to this sentence...
WIELEN: Well, I should not like to repeat that here so strongly. It is possible, since shootings might have been discussed in the camp, or the fact that more ready use of firearms in general would be taken towards English officers if escapes continued; but in this connection I know nothing more specific, namely, in the connection in which this remark was made.
DR. NELTE: Then you do not want to insist on the fact that we are here dealing with remarks that were made before the escape?
WIELEN: Well, at least not so far as these shootings are concerned; at least not in direct relationship to this particular escape.
DR. NELTE: But it is not possible to know ahead of time if someone is going to escape. For that reason I ask you whether this remark is related to some discussion that took place subsequent to the flight of these officers and which perhaps was directed toward the future prevention of escapes?
WIELEN: That is altogether possible because at Sagan attempts to escape were made daily.
DR. NELTE: Then would you like to clarify the statement, according to which Colonel Lindeiner is said to have stated that military officers stood behind these measures and had been previously informed of them? That is how...
WIELEN: I do not believe that I expressed myself just that way. Could you please repeat that?
DR. NELTE: According to my notes, you said that Colonel Lindeiner stated that military officers stood behind this measure and had been informed of it ahead of time.
WIELEN: I do not think that I could have made such a statement.