I should like to submit this as Exhibit Dönitz-102.
THE PRESIDENT: What is the difference that you were making in the copy we have before us—“...all ships were to be sunk by day and German ships by night...” Is that it?
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Yes, Mr. President. It should be corrected to read, “all German ships by day and all ships by night were to be sunk.”
THE PRESIDENT: I see; I said it wrong—“and all ships by night.” Yes, very well.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Admiral Wagner, what was the significance of this statement and this practice so far as the German ships were concerned?
WAGNER: It means that all German ships by day and by night in this area were to be sunk without warning.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: And what does it mean for the neutral ships?
WAGNER: It means that without warning all neutral ships in this area by night...
THE PRESIDENT: Dr. Kranzbühler, surely the document speaks for itself. We don’t need to have it interpreted by a witness who isn’t a lawyer.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Very well.