WAGNER: That, according to this document, is perfectly clear.
DR. SIEMERS: Thank you. And now one last question. At the end of his examination Colonel Phillimore asked you whether you considered Grossadmiral Raeder and Grossadmiral Dönitz guilty in the cases which have just been discussed, guilty of these murders as he termed them? Now that I have further clarified these cases I should like you to answer the question again.
WAGNER: I consider that both admirals are not guilty in these two cases.
DR. SIEMERS: I have no further questions.
DR. LATERNSER: Admiral, during cross-examination you explained your views on the Commando Order. I wanted to ask you: Were your views possibly based on the assumption that the order was examined by a superior authority as to its justification before international law?
WAGNER: Yes. I assumed that the justification for the order was examined by my superiors.
DR. LATERNSER: Furthermore, during cross-examination you stated your conception of what happened when a man was handed over to the SD. I wanted to ask you: Did you have this conception already at that time, or has it taken form now that a great deal of material has become known to you?
WAGNER: There is no question that this conception was considerably influenced by knowledge of a great deal of material.
DR. LATERNSER: You did not, therefore, at that time have the definite conception that the handing over of a man to the SD meant certain death?
WAGNER: No, I did not have that conception.