GODT: He must have.
COL. PHILLIMORE: Yes. Now, if—instead of taking the whole blame upon himself for the action which he took—if he had defended his action under this order of 17 September 1942, are you saying that you could have court-martialed him for disobedience?
GODT: It might have been possible.
COL. PHILLIMORE: In view of the wording of your order, do you say that?
GODT: That would have been a question for the court-martial to decide. Moreover, Eck, as far as I heard, did not refer to this order.
COL. PHILLIMORE: Can you explain to the Tribunal how the witness Möhle was allowed to go on briefing that this was an annihilation order, from September 1942 to the end of the war?
GODT: I do not know how Möhle came to interpret this order in such a way. In any case he did not ask me about it.
COL. PHILLIMORE: You realize that he is putting his own life in great jeopardy by admitting that he briefed as he did, don’t you.
GODT: Yes.
COL. PHILLIMORE: You also know, don’t you, that another commander he briefed was subsequently seen either by yourself or by Admiral Dönitz before he went out?