GODT: As a man whose mind was fixed entirely on duty, on his work, his naval problems, and the men in his service.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Mr. President, I have no further questions to put to this witness.
THE PRESIDENT: Do any other members of the defendants’ counsel want to ask any questions?
[There was no response.]
COL. PHILLIMORE: My Lord, might I first mention the documents that I put in in cross-examination this morning, or rather it was a document which had been in before. It was D-658, GB-229. That is the document dealing with Bordeaux, and there was a dispute as to whether it was from the Bordeaux Commando Raid. The dispute was as to whether it was from the SKL, that is the Naval War Staff Diary, or from the war diary of some lower formation. My Lord, I have had the matter confirmed with the Admiralty, and I will produce the original for defense counsel; it comes from the SKL War Diary, Tagebuch der Seekriegsleitung, and it is from Number 1 Abteilung, Teil A—that is part A—for December 1942. So it is from the War Diary of the Defendant Raeder and the witness.
You have said, Witness, that you don’t recollect protesting against this order of 17 September 1942.
GODT: Yes.
COL. PHILLIMORE: I will try and refresh your memory. Would you look at a document, D-865?
That’s GB-458, My Lord; that is an extract from an interrogation of Admiral Dönitz on 6 October. I should say that the record was kept in English and therefore the translation into German does not represent necessarily the Admiral’s actual words.
[Turning to the witness.] Would you look at the second page of that document at the end of the first paragraph. It is the end of the first paragraph on Page 207 in the English text. The Admiral is dealing with the order of 17 September 1942, and in that last sentence in that paragraph he says: