ROSENBERG: Yes.
GEN. RUDENKO: You do not deny that these were the actual plans?
ROSENBERG: I affirm that this is set down correctly, and that it is in accord with our hope that eastern continental Europe might, some time, be incorporated into the total economic system and economic supply of the rest of the continent, as had been the case before 1914; for at that time the Ukraine was an important country of exports of raw materials and foodstuffs.
GEN. RUDENKO: Yes, your plan concerning the Ukraine is well known. In this connection I will put the last question concerning aggression. After having seen these documents, which you do not deny, do you admit the aggressive and plundering character of Germany’s war against the Soviet Union and your personal responsibility for the planning and carrying out of this aggression? Answer briefly. Do you admit this, or do you not?
ROSENBERG: No.
GEN. RUDENKO: No? Very well.
ROSENBERG: No, because I did not consider this a war of aggression on our part but just the opposite.
GEN. RUDENKO: Of course; but we will not go into details.
I have a few more questions to put to you concerning the German administration and the German policy in the Occupied Eastern Territories.
Who was the highest official in the civil administration in the Reich Commission?