DÖNITZ: I have merely said how the order came about; up to now, I have not once shirked the responsibility.
SIR DAVID MAXWELL-FYFE: All right.
THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal will adjourn.
[A recess was taken.]
THE PRESIDENT: Is there any further cross-examination?
COLONEL POKROVSKY: My Lord, the Soviet Prosecution has several questions to ask the Defendant Dönitz.
[Turning to the defendant.] Defendant Dönitz, your address to the German people and your order to the Armed Forces in connection with Hitler’s death were drafted by you on 30 April 1945, is that not so?
DÖNITZ: Yes.
COL. POKROVSKY: In these documents you informed the people that Hitler’s successor, appointed by Hitler himself, was you. That is correct, is it not?
DÖNITZ: Yes.