FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: I am talking about the regulations published on 26 August 1939, which are contained in my document book. They are on Page 137, in Volume III of my document book.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: I beg your pardon, Mr. President; the date is not 26, but 28 August.
THE PRESIDENT: The witness was saying that exercises were carried out?
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Yes, in the year 1938.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: [Turning to the witness.] Which conceptions did the Naval Operations Staff have after the beginning of the war regarding the development of the naval war against Britain?
WAGNER: The Naval Operations Staff thought that Great Britain would probably start in where she had stopped at the end of the first World War. That meant that there would be a hunger blockade against Germany, a control of the merchandise of neutral countries, introduction of a system of control, the arming of merchant ships, and the delimitation of operational waters.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: I am now going to have the battle order of 3 September 1939 shown to you. It is Document Dönitz-55. It can be found on Page 139, in Volume III of the document book. You will see from this that submarines, like all naval forces, had orders to adhere to this Prize Ordinance in the economic warfare.
Then, at the end, you will find an order which I propose to read to you. This is on Page 140: