VOLUME XIV

16 May 48
are dealing with Exhibit Number Raeder-2, in my Document Book 2,
under part 111, on Page 5. I think the Prosecution have miwnder-
stood the meaning of certain terms. The terms "Kriegsgliederung"
(Combat Organization Plan) and "Aufstellungsgliederung" (Establishment
Organization Plan) have been misunderstood.
I ask permission, therefore, 'to read this affidavit in conjunction
with the documents I have submitted in evidence. I quote:
"111. Referring to Documents C-135 and C-153, Armament
Plan, Mobilization Plan, Establishment Organization Plan
-Aufstellungsgliederung, k.G.-and Combat Organization
Plan-Kriegsgliederung, K.G. . . ."
I would like to add that C-153 and C-135 are connected. I have
taken them together for the sake of simplicity. Therefore, I would
like to state for the record that 153 is Exhibit USA-43 and may be
found in British Document Book 10a, Page 107. It is headed,
"Armament Plan (A.P.) for the Third Armament Period." It is a
rather long document and is dated 12 May 1934.
I quote Lohmann's affidavit on these two documents:
"The above-named documents submitted to me deal with
the Establishment Organization Plan, the Combat Organiza-
tion Plan, the Mobilization Plan, and the Armament Plan.
The first three plans, or orders of distribution, deal with the
same matters and differ only in manner of composition. The
Armament Plan differs from the other plans inasmuch as it
deals with new construction and the required new materials
and is hence less extensive.
"The German Navy, like the Armed Forces as a whole-and,
no doubt, the Armed Forces of every nation-made such
plans in order to be able, in the case of a conflict or of
m~litary complications, to prepare in tlme and use efficiently
the means of combat available. Owing to changing conditions,
military developments, changes in personnel, and advances
in technique, such plans were revised every year. An essential
pa~t of these preparations, self-evident in the case of any
Armed Forces, consisted of the establishment, mobilization,
or combat organization, which provided a survey of all naval
installations on land and sea, their local defenses, and tactical
subordination-as well as of all combat material on hand or
to be secured, increased, or reorganized by a specified date.
All operations envisaged by the milltary command were
based on this Combat Organization Plan, and it also served
the political leaders as an indication of the polssibilities
according to the strength and number of the mihtary resources
available.