The Tribunal may remember that the Lohmann affair was mentioned in connection with the breaches of the Versailles Treaty. Captain Lohmann died in 1930, and has nothing to do with the present author of this affidavit, Vice Admiral Lohmann. I also remind the Court that the Lohmann affair took place before Admiral Raeder was in charge of the Navy, before 1928.
I quote from the Lohmann affidavit the statement under Numeral I.
THE PRESIDENT: Are you wanting to call this Admiral Lohmann as a witness?
DR. SIEMERS: No, I did not name him as a witness; I was satisfied with an affidavit, because of the many figures. The British Prosecution has already agreed to the affidavit being submitted, but asked that Admiral Lohmann might be cross-examined. It was arranged between Sir David and myself.
THE PRESIDENT: I see, yes. You do not need to go into all these figures of tons, do you? You do not need to read all these, do you?
DR. SIEMERS: No. I did not want to read the individual figures. I would point out that this affidavit does not deal with tonnage; it concerns Number Raeder-8, Page 39.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I have got the one. There are a good many tons in it, though.
DR. SIEMERS: I should like to read under Numeral I:
“Under the Versailles Treaty, Germany was permitted to build eight armored ships. Germany, however, built only three armored ships, the Deutschland, the Admiral Scheer, and the Graf Spee.”—I will skip the following.
“II. Under the Versailles Treaty, Germany was permitted to build eight cruisers. Germany, however, built only six cruisers.”