SCHULTE-MÖNTING: Whether it was a two-man or three-man U-boat, I do not know, but it was a midget U-boat. Several U-boats attacked simultaneously. Some of them were sunk, and the commander who successfully, I believe, placed his magnetic mine was taken prisoner.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: And this commander was treated according to the Geneva convention?
SCHULTE-MÖNTING: Absolutely.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Does the Prosecution wish to cross-examine?
MAJOR JONES: Witness, I want to ask you first about the Athenia episode. I take it you agree that the article in the Völkischer Beobachter was thoroughly dishonorable, lying, and discreditable.
SCHULTE-MÖNTING: I heard nothing at all in German.
MAJOR JONES: I will repeat my question. With regard to the Athenia—do you hear me now?
SCHULTE-MÖNTING: Yes.
MAJOR JONES: With regard to the Völkischer Beobachter article on the Athenia, do you agree that it was a thoroughly dishonorable publication?