FRITZSCHE: Just a moment. I have something to add.
The expression “close associate of Goebbels” is wrong, objectively seen, and “favorite”—well, I do not think so.
GEN. RUDENKO: Yes, very well. Let us go further.
You enjoyed the complete confidence of Goebbels and you carried out your duties in the Ministry of Propaganda entrusted with fullest powers. Do you admit that?
FRITZSCHE: Absolutely.
GEN. RUDENKO: Very well. Thus, enjoying the confidence and disposing of full powers, in your utterances you fully mirrored the demands of the Hitler Government which were made tasks of German propaganda; is that correct?
FRITZSCHE: Yes, to the exact extent which I described yesterday.
GEN. RUDENKO: Now, I should like to read into the record some extracts from your testimony of 12 September 1945. I am submitting this document (USSR-474) as Exhibit USSR-474. I am going to read into the record Excerpt Number 1.
FRITZSCHE: May I have the document?
GEN. RUDENKO: Certainly, it will be handed to you immediately. Will you please follow my quotation of Excerpt Number 1. It is underlined in red pencil. I am reading: