WAGNER: Obviously I did not consider it expedient.
COL. PHILLIMORE: It was considered expedient to deceive the neutrals. And you, an Admiral in the German Navy, told me you did not do that ten minutes ago. As a matter of fact, these three boats were all sunk by the same U-boat, were they not?
WAGNER: I cannot tell you that at the moment.
COL. PHILLIMORE: I say they were all sunk by U-38, and the dates of sinking were: the Deptford, on 13 December, the Garoufalia on the 11th, and the Thomas Walton on the 7th. Do you dispute that?
WAGNER: I did not understand the last sentence.
COL. PHILLIMORE: Do you dispute those details, or do you not remember?
WAGNER: I cannot recall; but I actually believe it is impossible.
COL. PHILLIMORE: I will show you another instance of deceiving the neutrals, and this time it was your friends, the Spanish. Would you look at C-105?
My Lord, that is a new document; it becomes GB-455. It is an extract from the SKL War Diary for 19 December 1940.
[Turning to the witness.] You kept the SKL War Diary yourself at that time, did you not?