DR. STAHMER: When did you and your staff reach the neighborhood of Katyn?
OBERHÄUSER: Sometime during September 1941.
DR. STAHMER: Where was your staff located?
OBERHÄUSER: My staff was located in the immediate vicinity of the commander of the army group; that is to say, about 12 kilometers west of Smolensk, near the railroad station of Krasnibor.
DR. STAHMER: Was Regiment Number 537 under your command?
OBERHÄUSER: Regiment 537 was directly under my command.
DR. STAHMER: What task did that regiment have?
OBERHÄUSER: That regiment had the task of establishing both telegraph and wireless communications between the command of the army group and the various armies and other units which were directly under its command.
DR. STAHMER: Was the staff of the regiment stationed near you?
OBERHÄUSER: The staff of that regiment was located about 3, perhaps 4 kilometers west from my own position.