FUNK: From the beginning I assigned Ministerial Director Dr. Schlotterer to Rosenberg, so that only one economic department, the competent department for the Minister for the Eastern Occupied Territories, would work in Russia, and not two.
DR. DODD: That is all I want to know. He was assigned. And he participated in the program of stripping Russia of machines, materials, and goods, which went on for some considerable period of time; you knew about it.
FUNK: No, that is not true. This man did not have this task. These transactions were handled by the Economic Department East which, I think, came under the Four Year Plan. As far as I know these transactions were not handled by Minister Rosenberg and certainly not by the Ministry of Economics.
MR. DODD: It is a different story on different occasions. I think the best way is to read your interrogation. On 19 October 1945 you were interrogated here in Nuremberg. You were asked this question:
“And part of the plan was to take machines, materials and goods out of Russia and bring them into Germany, was it not?”
And you answered:
“Yes, most certainly, but I did not participate in that. But in any case it was done.”
The next question:
“Question: Yes, and you yourself participated in the discussions concerning these plans, and also your representative, Dr. Schlotterer?
“Answer: I myself did not participate.