WAGNER: No, these preparations and this war planning, in particular for the “Case White,” were exclusively the task of the Naval Operations Staff.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Did Dönitz at any previous time hear about the military intentions of the Naval Operations Staff?
WAGNER: No.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Did Admiral Dönitz hear of the military intentions of the Naval Operations Staff at a time earlier than necessary for the carrying out of the orders given him?
WAGNER: No, he heard of it by means of the orders reaching him from the Naval Operations Staff.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Admiral Wagner, you know of the London Agreement of 1936 regarding submarine warfare. Did the Naval Operations Staff draw any conclusions from that agreement for their preparation for a war, in particular, for carrying on a possible economic war?
WAGNER: The Prize Regulations still existing from the last war were revised and made to conform with the London Agreement. For that purpose a committee was formed which included representatives from the High Command of the Navy, the Foreign Office, the Reich Ministry of Justice, and scientific experts.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Were these new Prize Regulations made known to the commandants some time before the war or were they communicated to them just when they were published shortly before the outbreak of the war?
WAGNER: These new Prize Regulations were published in 1938 as an internal ordinance of the Navy, which was available for the purpose of training officers. During the autumn maneuvers of the Fleet in 1938 a number of exercises were arranged for the purpose of acquainting the officer corps with these new regulations. I, myself, at that time...
THE PRESIDENT: Where are the new Prize Regulations you are referring to?