THOMS: Yes.
DR. SAUTER: To whom were these accounts sent?
THOMS: They were sent to the Reichsführer-SS office direct; that is to say, they were collected by Melmer directly from the bank.
DR. SAUTER: Did they not go to any other office?
THOMS: And then they were officially passed on to the Foreign Currency Department.
DR. SAUTER: To the Foreign Currency Department, that is, to a State Department?
THOMS: No, that is a department of the Reichsbank which in turn is the link with the Directorate.
DR. SAUTER: Were not these accounts also transmitted, or did they not go, to the Reich Ministry of Finance?
THOMS: The liaison man, Melmer, always received two accounts, that is, in duplicate. Whether the Reichsführer’s office sent one copy to the Reich Ministry of Finance, I do not know.
DR. SAUTER: Were these accounts really treated confidentially, that is, kept secret?