THE PRESIDENT: No, General Alexandrov, the cross-examination will continue up to the recess.
GEN. ALEXANDROV: Do you admit that, while acting as President of the Reichsbank and as Minister of Economics and Plenipotentiary for War Economy, you played a decisive part in preparing the rearmament of Germany and consequently, in preparing for a war of aggression?
SCHACHT: No, I categorically deny that.
GEN. ALEXANDROV: You were Plenipotentiary for War Economy?
SCHACHT: Well, we have spoken about that here ten times already.
GEN. ALEXANDROV: I did not hear it from your own lips, not once.
THE PRESIDENT: He has admitted throughout—and, of course, it is obvious—that he was Plenipotentiary for War Economy; but what you put to him was, whether he as Plenipotentiary for War Economy took part in rearmament for aggressive war, and he has said over and over again that that was not his object, that his object was to gain equality for Germany. He said so, and we have got to consider whether that is true. But that he said it is perfectly clear.
GEN. ALEXANDROV: In my subsequent questions it will be quite clear why I touch precisely on this question.
How long did you occupy the post of Plenipotentiary for War Economy?
SCHACHT: I have just stated that I do not understand the question—for what duration? All this has certainly been stated here already.