Trial of the Major War Criminals before International Military Tribunal ...

Korps durch seinen Doyen ihm in so herzlichen Worten den Dank
fiir seine stete Bereitschaft ausgesprochen habe, dlem Dipl~matischen
Korps die Erfiillung seiner Aufgaben zu erleichtern.
DOCUMENT NEURATH-25
SCHWERIN-KROSIGK'S ANSWERS, 18 MAY 1946, TO A QUESION-
NAIRE SUBMITTED TO HIM BY NEURATH'S DEFENSE COUNSEL,
10 APRIL 1946: NEURATH BELIEVED IN PEACEABLE ACHIEVEMENT
OF GERMAN AIMS; NEURATH ADVISED HITLER TO ACCEPT MUS-
SOLINI'S PROPOSAL FOR MEDIATION IN THE SUDETEN QUESTION
ETC (EXHIBIT NEURATH-25)
EXPLANATORY NOTE:
Questions subrnittcd in mimeo. form; orig. typew. answers, signed in ,blue ink
Questions for
Co,unt Sch werin-Krosi.gk.
1.)Since when da you kno'w Mr. voa Neurath?
2.) On which occasion did you make his acquaintance?
3.) When did you become Reich Minister of Finance?
4.) Did Mr. von Neurath have a band in the negotiations that
preceded the conferring of the chancellorship upon Hitler?
5.) What was Neurath's attitide toward Hitler and to'ward
Natianal Socialism?
6.) Did Mr. von Neurath pursue an absolute policy of peace and
dlid he reject wholeheartedly all force, not to speak of a policy
emf war?
7.) Was this the reason that the President of the Reich, von
Hindenbung insisted that Mr. von Neurath remained in the
Hitler Cabinet as Reich Minister of Fareign Affairs, because
the President of the Aeich would then have the guarantee for
the continuation of the hitherto peaceful policy of the German
Reich?
8.) Did you know at the time Hitler came to power, that Hitler
had warlike intentions?