THE PRESIDENT: The document is translated into German, is it not?
GEN. RUDENKO: The original is in German.
THE PRESIDENT: It is in German to start with. It is not necessary to read it all; you can put it in like other documents.
GEN. RUDENKO: Very well.
[Turning to the defendant.] In this letter you expressed your resentment in connection with the appointment of the Defendant Ribbentrop as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Is that correct?
ROSENBERG: Yes, yes.
GEN. RUDENKO: You thought that the post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Hitler Cabinet could have been filled by yourself, Defendant Rosenberg; is that correct?
ROSENBERG: Yes, and I do not find it so extraordinary that I should not have expressed my wish to be used in the State service of the German Reich after so many years of activity.
GEN. RUDENKO: Very well. You speak in this letter of the existence of a secret cabinet; is that correct?
ROSENBERG: Well, may I read through this letter a little? Because I cannot answer fragmentary questions.