A. Yes, that was my rank.
Q. So that the only one who ranked higher than you was Goering?
A. Yes.
Q. And that continued up until the time when you told us this morning that you completely withdrew, which, I believe was some time in January of 1945?
A. Yes. May I remark here that from 1937 several officers were in the second place. That is to say, the chief of the general staff, the chief of the personnel office, and also the GL. We were all of the same rank, as it were, but I was the most senior officer among them.
Q. And under Goering there were really four echelons; that is, the chief of staff, the inspector general, the GL, and the director of the personnel office?
A. Yes. They were all equal to each other.
Q. Goering was on top, and then came these four in a parallel line below him; is that right?
A. Yes, under Goering.
Q. And you, from 1941, November, following Udet’s death until sometime in the middle of 1944, held both the office of GL and inspector general?