[The witness Riecke took the stand.]
THE PRESIDENT: What is your name?
HANS JOACHIM RIECKE (Witness): Hans Joachim Riecke.
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.]
THE PRESIDENT: You may sit down.
Dr. Thoma, will you spell the name, please?
DR. THOMA: R-i-e-c-k-e.
[Turning to the witness.] Witness, what position did you have in the Economic Staff East and in the Ministry of the Occupied Eastern Territories?
RIECKE: I held both positions upon orders from Göring. I was in charge of the food and agriculture department.