Inter-Office Memorandum from Charles S. Lyon to Mr. Ragland-Page 1, March 29, 1948

INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM 29 March 194$ SUBJECT t Cross-examination of Flick TOs Mr. Ragland (Room 28S) Copies to: Mr* Gantt (Mr* Eric Kaufman (Mr. Barr Mr. Stone Miss Kohn I give you herewith an outline of the main points which I think my be involved in the examination and cross-examination of Flick in the Krupp case, I trust you will avail yourself also of the vast knowledge of Flick possessed by Mr, Kaufman (who interrogated Flick at great length), Mr, Barr and Mr. Gantt, 1. The £ositionjof inmstrialists_general^rjmder_the_Nazi EeJ[ixae~ ~ ~ la the F&rben ease flick talked of the so-called “anti- concern'* attitude of the Nazis. He spoke of the attitude of various Nazis but omitted Goering, At ну suggestion Mr. Sprecher asked him if Goering had disapproved of the extension of Flick *s concern. He answered in the negative. The obvious points here are that Goering approved all important extensions of the Hick concern through acquisition of the petschek brown coal properties and of the Rcaabach smelting plants in Lorraine. In the Flick case Britabach testified as to the close and favorable relations which Flick had with Goering and that Goering highly valued Flick as an advisor. 2. Meetin£ efjao February JL933 Flick testified about this at length in the Farben case. In view of the position taken by Gustav Krupp at this meeting, the - 1 -