[Signed] Goebel[455]
District Court Director [Landgerichtsdirektor]
[Memorandum, 18 January 1943, from Ministerial Director Grau to defendant von Ammon asking for comments on the proposal of the President of the Special Court in Essen.]
Secret
In reference: III a 184/43g
To Oberlandesgerichtsrat Dr. von Ammon
Account of proceedings enclosed with request for comments. In case a regulation of the nature suggested by the Essen Special Court should be considered necessary, a legal decision along the lines of the draft could be made. The formulation of this communication intends to leave untouched in principle the necessity for defense in the cases concerned and only to permit individual exceptions of the compulsory regulation contained in paragraph 32 of the competence decree (ZustVO).
I consider it doubtful whether the principle of the necessity of having a defense should be abandoned also in cases where the death sentence may be expected. Here the existing regulations should be waived only in cases of the utmost urgency.
Berlin, 18 January 1943