[151] The “red folder” contained the order of the Reich President dissolving the Parliament (Reichstag). In some instances, the Reich Chancellor would bring the “red folder” with him into a session of the Reichstag, thus indicating that the Reich President had already signed but not yet promulgated the order dissolving the Reichstag and making it clear to the Reichstag that an adverse vote would lead to the dissolution of the Reichstag.
[152] Paragraph 3 of article 48 reads: “The President of the Reich must, without delay, inform the Reichstag of any measures taken in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2 of this article. Such measures shall be abrogated up on the demand of the Reichstag.”
[153] In a previous section of his testimony, the witness had differentiated between the ordinary private citizen, who was affected by many norms only indirectly, and such categories as the soldiers and the public employees, who were more directly affected by certain norms.
[154] Article 4 reads: “The generally recognized rules of international law are valid as binding constituent parts of the law of the German Reich.”
[155] Article 4 is quoted in footnote immediately preceding.
Article 45, paragraph 3, reads: “Alliances and treaties with foreign states which refer to matters in which the Reich has legislative power require the consent of the Reichstag.”
[156] Other extracts from the testimony of defendant Schlegelberger appear below in sections V B, V C 2 a, V D 2, V D 3, and V E. His entire testimony is recorded in the mimeographed transcript (26, 27, 30 June, 1 July 1947, pp. 4367–4568).
[157] The portions of the record omitted here pertain to such matters as the order of trial and the offers of documents. At this point no testimony has been omitted.
[158] Reproduced below in section V C 1 a.
[159] Reproduced below in section V C 1 a.