SAUCKEL: Not at my disposal. It was not my task to bring order to those areas. I explained that it was essential for the fulfillment of my own tasks and that I could only carry them out if proper administration were once more made possible by the establishment of order; it was not for recruiting purposes.
M. HERZOG: Did you not ask that those troops should participate in the tasks assigned to the service for the recruitment of labor? I submit to you Document Number F-815, which I put in under Exhibit Number RF-1514. It is a letter of 18 April 1944 from General Field Marshal Von Rundstedt and addressed to you. I read the first paragraph of it:
“On the part of the Plenipotentiary General for the Allocation of Labor...”—that is you, is it not?
SAUCKEL: That is I, but there was another department in France, too...
M. HERZOG: “....the request was made that the Commander, West should be approached to the effect that in sectors where there are units belonging to the Commander, West, the commanders of these units should receive orders to support the execution of the tasks assigned to the Allocation of Labor by making troops available.”
Do you still deny that you requested that troops should be put at your disposal?
SAUCKEL: I personally did not ask for them. This appears to be the administrative office West.
M. HERZOG: Are you not the Plenipotentiary General for the Allocation of Labor?
SAUCKEL: Yes, but this order is not known to me personally.
M. HERZOG: Do you know whether this request was seconded by the Defendant Speer?