GEN. ALEXANDROV: They have absolutely nothing to do with the question of the number of workers imported into Germany...
THE PRESIDENT: I have not got the translation of the document, so I cannot tell. I want to hear him read the sentences...
GEN. ALEXANDROV: Then read them, please.
SAUCKEL: “...half-desperate Eastern Workers would be more of a hindrance than a help to the war economy.
“It is essential that all the government offices, right down to the factories concerned”—for these, I must add, I was not responsible—“should be quite clear on the subject, and that is my constant endeavor.”
I merely wanted to show my conscientiousness by those two sentences, and how sincerely I endeavored to carry out my task which was an extremely difficult one for me.
THE PRESIDENT: Now, Defendant, will you kindly answer the questions and only give explanations when it is necessary to explain the answer. All you were asked was whether the figure of 5,124,000 in the first document was correct and whether the figure of 7 million in the second document is correct, and you said both of them were.
Now go on, General.
SAUCKEL: I have already answered that it is correct, that the figure of 7 million is given in this document...
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we do not want any more explanations.