VON SCHIRACH: No, that is probably correct.
MR. DODD: Well, now, so far you haven’t disagreed with Hitler on any of these, have you?
VON SCHIRACH: No.
MR. DODD: Then, he lastly says, “Today, 1.2 million boys of the Hitler Youth receive regular instruction in small-bore rifle shooting from 7,000 instructors.” What’s wrong with that figure, if anything?
VON SCHIRACH: It may be correct—of course, I have no documentary proof that we had 7,000 young men who conducted training in small-bore rifle shooting. I discussed this small-bore rifle shooting yesterday. It is well known that we carried that out.
MR. DODD: Actually you haven’t disputed any of these figures. They are true, then, to the best of your knowledge, aren’t they?
VON SCHIRACH: My objection concerned a remark, which I remember in connection with the speech, mentioning tank force.
MR. DODD: Well, we don’t have it but, if you have it, we’d be glad to see it. But this is the Völkischer Beobachter speech that was put in by the Prosecution at the time that the case against you was put in; there is nothing in that about the tanks.
VON SCHIRACH: I believe the reason is that the retranslation of the document from English back into German is incorrect.
MR. DODD: Well, in any event, we agree that Hitler wasn’t very far off on his figures when he made this speech or gave them out?