FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: How long have you been working with Admiral Dönitz, and in what position?
GODT: Since January 1938; first of all as First Naval Staff Officer attached to the Commander, U-boats, and immediately after the beginning of the war as Chief of the Operations Department.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Chief of the Operations Department with the Chief of Submarines?
GODT: Yes, attached to the Chief of Submarines, later Flag Officer, U-boats.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Did you collaborate since 1938 in the drafting of all operational orders worked out by the staff of the Flag Officer, U-boats?
GODT: Yes.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: How many officers were on this staff at the beginning of the war?
GODT: At the beginning of the war there were four officers, one chief engineer, and two administrative officers on that staff.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: I shall now show you Document GB-83 of the Prosecution’s document book Page 16, which is a letter from Commander U-boats, dated 9 October 1939. It refers to bases in Norway. How did this letter originate?
GODT: At that time I was visiting the Naval Operations Staff in Berlin on other business. On the occasion of that visit I was asked whether Commander, U-boats, was interested in bases in Norway and what demands should be made in that connection.