DR. SERVATIUS: How did Sauckel exercise his authority to issue instructions?
TIMM: The authority to issue instructions to the offices abroad was generally exercised by means of sending instructions, directives, and decrees through normal administrative channels via the central offices.
DR. SERVATIUS: Could he issue instructions to cover everything that happened there, or were there other offices which dealt with the recruitment of labor?
TIMM: At that time, unfortunately, the situation was such that even after the appointment of the Plenipotentiary General for the Allocation of Labor other agencies there repeatedly interfered in labor matters or carried on recruiting too—that is, agencies which had neither the power nor the authority to do so.
THE PRESIDENT: What time is he talking about; he says “at that time”?
DR. SERVATIUS: I did not quite understand.
THE PRESIDENT: I say what time. He said “at that time.” At what time? What time is he speaking about?
DR. SERVATIUS: [Turning to the witness.] What time are you speaking about?
TIMM: It was at the time when the Plenipotentiary General for the Allocation of Labor was appointed.
DR. SERVATIUS: When was he appointed?