DR. SIEMERS: I beg your pardon, not the Military Government, but the British Navy.
SCHULTE-MÖNTING: The British Navy at Trondheim, while I was a commanding admiral.
DR. SIEMERS: And the cases which were investigated there, first by you and then by the competent British admiral, were not contested?
SCHULTE-MÖNTING: Were not contested. The naval officer handed them over to me for safekeeping, and I had to present the findings of the courts of inquiry in writing.
DR. SIEMERS: And the result...
SCHULTE-MÖNTING: The result was good, proper, and occasioned no protests.
DR. SIEMERS: And the result was presented to the competent British officer?
SCHULTE-MÖNTING: Yes, it was on his very order that I had to do it.
DR. SIEMERS: Admiral, the case of the Athenia has been dealt with here in detail and is known to the Tribunal. Therefore, in order to save time, I should like merely to touch this case in passing. I should like you to tell me: Did the High Command know, did you and Raeder know, at the beginning of September 1939 that the Athenia had been sunk by a German U-boat?
SCHULTE-MÖNTING: No. The Commander of U-boats reported on the 3d that the Athenia could not have been sunk by a German U-boat since, if I remember correctly, the nearest boat was about 70 nautical miles away.