“Question: ‘When did you become interested in becoming a co-worker of Hitler?’
“Answer: ‘I should say in the years of 1931, 1932.’
“Question: ‘And that was when you saw that he had a mass movement that was likely to take power?’
“Answer: ‘Quite right; it was growing continually.’
“Question: ‘And did you publicly record your support for Hitler in those years?’
“Answer: ‘I think I made a statement in December 1930 once at the Bavarian People’s Party, upon coming back from America. I said that there was a choice for any future Government, either to hold against 25 percent socialists, or against 20 percent National Socialists.’
“Question: ‘But what I mean—to make it very brief indeed—did you lend the prestige of your name to help Hitler come to power?’
“Answer: ‘I stated publicly that I expected Hitler to come into power for the first time that I remember in November 1932.’
“Question: ‘And you know, or perhaps you don’t, that Goebbels in his diary, records with great affection...’
“Answer: ‘Yes.’