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''Invaatigative^Report^-ofi "= ..ts;.: `in; K^j^jsy^aD- *; ^KJQJ:.:Alctioage8ell6Chait '' V;^t .. . ,--- . ------... - v " '.!' <! '<!.-- Z, v,.VU-`:2t!1R?3f *- M -K fV * T*' *' < < ii f'* V > ,-..-.~j..,.i-. " <,'..''. ; 'i;'i-.,, :.;. v\ foy-i1 . framwrly--Ford Jtotor-.Coi?>aijy) - ,.t,' , __ 1'"^1*1> ^ ^ y; e~*( p* "At tuo beriming of this.year wo vouod to give our "beat and utmost ifor V v.v !flnj-victory, in:)i?hateAblp'faitlxf,u^tess:-to-puy--f`ulwor,:.;.;To4ay'wo<sajr - with, .prade :that.wCs^ceedo^'^"^t.--i^'r^hi^ail5oUt,.;l^^lj^ijBye^thfiji? -v - leas ;;in contributing ff:!tanpoptation.d:or.j\o'^%^|>^^t^ ;fro^,-Jy ^wagi^ryjli^wii; ind^thc,;5-?? r.;.* needs -af:-9\ppay-ian)i`<^i^drc^^s'&tvtioBe-^d-5^5odd,^;'*'!Xtt.i]te''-cad-^fs^.s^ tho year lot u3 vow;,'our Fuiirerthat1 in.'the .plant',!community of Ford he will find a group that is alwaysjjijdying, ^d- ablerto,jpnt.All-.'its-'efforfcmiffl , into thoir part, for!; final vi^Joryi.'. ' ^ .to^j^it/igieaBb-fln,Jtanari;^||| the Fubrer has challenged us pnce;;again'`.to':^oondit'ibnal`efforts; -'permaa homey work, buildiarms, bidp^ j|aw^tionlni^.Maf''andraore*eBaa^'^M 7;' This willisave.1 the lives- of,majiy'..'comrades ;at-.'thdVfrnt*r:; Build.and work :oni .; o.ur-means of- trarisportatipn^.so ithat'everjd>hing 'gots;upJ'.fiont>,-/--lt'depen1 .i- upon our work whether the: frorit can be-'supplled;';with..;ita-.-necosoities,Vif;"fhol -. -fore, as our ooinra&as at the front.'we-stand,underwits,"laws,;,therefore, too are soldiers of-the Fulmer. -7 'htV -Tt- -7,, ,1 > * \ , i.J, `j^jj itobert F Schmidt, 1 * ri j ilanager, of.Foi-d-'./erke, AO, V.'ehrwQrtschaftsXuhror, .. , ' i Kecipicnt.;.'pf'v-the'.'Kriegy-erdieri8j fop--thfty ; f'ordv Vferteeltung .'- v.t *4.t !,' r.Smim :.Qff- -FINDDiGJ: - Alf' 5 " *, ' ~.. ' r* V* . In', the middle twenties the Ford Hotor Company-ofj Oearttorri established Fojfd m. _ V.<?tor Company,. A,G.. in Berlin as./a -distribution agency-in'.Gercany for Aaiorican.^ ShV, 5 ` Rfl }v > . ...... ., .* i v < , 4. / v iV./ihuilt'flairs.....Ownership vras 100 percent-Amorican,,rTtd3 .-wholly.- owned'.subsidiary"; -. ..;.:.....;expended;,iJi succossivfc'.ypars.-.^nd- later,..vwhertook'tho^dss^iflblyji :an,d.:ultimatplyfi:i -.the manufacture,- Ford'pars -and trucks. ,, : ' . In 1928 tho. Ford coiiipahies of the, vjorld.'dividod.,betv/eeu.thoiaselve3;;the. sale. ; territory which tliey'ivould :eiplpiti..;-Fc>rd: of, Geriaauy.got^-Austria, iCseehoslovakiia - .'>:and -.Hungarjv ' In "Hungary ' it set;:up "a'vAyoliy''^bimeil* ahbsidikrj''Vdd.c}rit. still: con -. . . trols. ..,.-?Jhon in the later thirties': Germany :wss' hard-presscdifor^foreign. cxchongQ- ; . tho. Ucrtaan Ford oompany clamored, for.more sales territory,and. got it. .. 1'hus we.. 7 * '. had the- phenomenum of Ford Germany filling in Japan'and;:;14tin;America orders ob ..- : -V .V ...- ' 7 :fj-" , ^..j --tained .by Ford Dearborn.-'.--v-' ;-, . , .Catastrophic..economic ;.cor)aitious' of .-.the. early-thirties and .revived Ceriaan -j--- --i'.-vf.,., 1V; . *V; _ ...... 'a ..; - nationalism precipitated (the Islpgah H^riiia';buy"^ ^P^poan Ford companj r-~cwhich" in .1931- coEpletod a'-new nianufacturing plaiit-'.in-Pold^e|r..didv'it3- bestito-.ref S-FORD-069-050 SCF-FORt^-^H^ '.7 !' . 1, . ;;K i'vRi'S ~.iirvaffop^od' by ytho -aliogan..,- J^arbomV'dbvestecl',itaeli:. 6i?r45''pwceri'frjy|!lte " ^"ipanyis abode ih 1923, 'and ivlted/.GonaflM'?tb.bi^ai4y|[?Qf;,Fa^t4<^'tris>V4l?^' : f^;"obt.aii'iod` If .percent',: aiid the remaining 25. percent 'went'; .totother Ceriuanvbuy^o.lPat^ pricoa:.50.percent-' lower than ''tho'market prig.,' 7:I>eaii>prn'i'.with' ita 60 porccntpiyl retained control,' ; Gomanj Ford now bogani-bt^ing.CbnuaiajiiwcmfoviB&ji..ai\d^'iiarin|a y.: :tui'od'i.nany;oi' -/its, ovnicparts, "'As mc^^aat'possible-.it^bbu^t^fxijjx'' Goniuui- winufacrj; yi/iurers v'::.;' 'at:'lcast.;56: percent ;,l#rgejty-^ie fci Eil'ZIV. yyrican, Ceiy.iana .were actually 'buying:Cerman^';.'.To' expipitltt^ pit r.''''.';".3ikcd repeatedly in ita publiahbd atatoaionta 'ac.c^paiy^^ttib^aJwcb jhiab^iaiei 1:^: '."'Cohnan interest in-the' company and-`the-fact- .that.'Goiwaa- materials' >v6#,:belng'.\i^J' i .,Fi-oifi 1V34 ^vtil^1939 Fp'rd/Colofiiic.);bpt- paco^wxyi'.pcri^i-^conbnac/i-pCpyoj^,'';? ; Dut wiiiitappeared' to'-bo perfectly normal business.functions; of-the corii'XMjy-'v/erpy . -2'in! reality pronounced-and effective aide 'to the Xtoich's. preparation:; for war,/.:;.":: : '..fi'orlin, '.for .corur-plcy curtailed the' supply of .thb-Ford ..copipany^a .vital'.'ravr-matpfi'i F -ini.the .'a-uaiaci' - qf- l?36.?in:!a 'aucce3sf.\a.t'ciTorty.to.Xoui^I^]Fbi^':^y-^^aiij:;;iKd^raw5!pj torials- v/itlwut drawing on Geiyaoriy'.a' -oOreiy{ iicp'dfsdv-Co.reJ^i; ochan&ei. jtlipat'.ao.-/tn<3 .:govoriii:i9nt-',hppb'd;itn^^dya,I!t';perbua^..;i;9^J1t&ft^'rni!to?.sWp'p^ `'inti' other-' eaitb.rials. in, .exchange ;j?er' GePaiaiifiaado'.'pai^a'ijypriiiCixaii^iyihciolp.'jinid^yo'i 'in|(3', - -Jid tho .goverrcaentT took:a 2$ porccntpcut of.,.the iiippr^edyrap iiatci^.|l3:.|^ ';: "tdinci them ovor to other tianufacturera'. This aiiccie"'-vja.8;t'hp-'.rlatural'butci^3V(th,.,:o: 'tli,c earlier (!pri:iai'i-:uf(ericai'i cooperation 'which .'iiiiporhapigystated'-boot^in'. ,the,; ccra{^ ." 1935 business report h.l'balsaco shoot which says Jp-paytisdivt.:./' r;'V- 1 por.tdnt ' task of. German induatry,- -namely tho `dcviilopiubnt. cif fprciiiii:'prcait`,;| ." . -, i' 'oiu* exjxn'tu increased in 1935 to approximately' 1,2110^,000 ill end v;o:iiopo .to be. able to increase' this 'amount, considerably in 1936? '-lnp'tills cas'iection.:;' | . it siust be rti.:o:.'ibo.riod,that.,ov,'ii'i^ to...the..special je wgprp&pl'.rpl$l$pu?r.o^^ r- . -Co;.ipany.has.' v/itlrarf biitprprisQ'.sprcadyali-pyoi'ith'ctWQrId> '' - uii'foroiit positibi'i .poncehiiiig 'ckport slitters .than factories";vrorlinovetcciiis; :: ;h ..fyeiyin Xlcniiany'.;' 'In order.'to help Coima econoi.dclintdrests,.;a'.'nusiher.'oft:; ; 1 ' ;[ ..'-.othoi" vord t'oi.ipanios], especially' the. itiicrican and the diii;lish::Coftipai'ii(i3'J'';h'iJi' j" ^ ; placed oi'.-loi-s for industrial, producta'-in.Cen-iarij^ V :; |\' v:v:';v:'ri'Wher4ia7ar ;ciiiad,^t?ie; 'odihp;iiV^topped'' into .i&e'ppg^tionfo'fr 'm.?b#>f^pplioji-S ' j1 ' V- . T]> ,r <;/', *, V i.i.g.J, !/*.tvrvr.'r ti;o i'chrmuct.... whose .favor.- it'-had-'.oou^jlit;:sinco.a93f-wi;<g|riier.,.;' ' "j to k':. ton: trucks vrhich[thb J 120,000.';. 20 percent of [the, wohiTiiadt Js-,(^OpOQ.'ji}pbilov'iait9'^orc.,>tiuiiti'-b^-''.lti^;j ''[including appro:duad:t'cly'-1,000.half-traclcsi'' 'TSiouc are'.tiio"figures of the plaid :';v;arti.-.io. manager; iiobert Schijidt'.;--,', '" " '' "g'. ;;. -[v ;' , - , 'Y :,!' ,. 193.8, :.t!ie [German ;Fb'i$/9qiii^&^y:-j^^ iiiiericw;;* Ytruclcii. YJhprtlj^'.oiter^doiivpry' ;the,'tTOC^'^ro3^i^:.-^p;'^ocja)p!UvaiciaTw?^|^ ;; jferwaa.i.soldicrs., ...,[ v-i':.,.. y..e;cr,^- "/] 'In; 1V3/V, Cjormany ijeededX:fc'ett3lipS^J^o^dl'^^p^yi^lco:.rtljeai^'i. ESv; .".ii'elt disinclined. Y It"\elt' .to) excuo.p-a .suBs t;jtliet. inuiufactured,.v;ar treu-isport'i'tlian .one'itiwt'.V.ade; muriitfo^ :[Company, had the answer.;. If,.did through'a.cloak .wha^'.itij^^sj^Juctaht to,,;ddfi$ , :o;,n nuiiie, The cloak .was Arendtand Co,, rioeiihall^.'-dwrioiii.byi-'aii expert,',machihi.3 homed'Arendt, a ford wan of;wore than 20:.ycara;'atandi^paiid::a.;Bcrlih baiileLng'i : pclwiidthiiiiaoli-,, the ..manager of'tho Ford Cologno plant," -puti, up `Vt-pcrconf of Vt] paapany'a. capital, and .Ford held ..an option to buy'up;.the,[plant 'atp.'aiy-ti^e;^!) whole cchomo iias transparent. Ford supplied ali'-ithetmachinery,* the originalto; and plant workers. Arendt.confessed that-;lie--'hod'never [Beontinr'bti' Jitole top'-level ' 4.'"' ' `l -V: - ' - - ''."'.''(---rl .'.'discussions;.of. the -business.that stood in lii31 namo.:3chn>idt .accepted:-a< 3alaryi . expense; account of 2,000 iEluaontld^jfor 'nuihageriai.vas.sistance'iaiid teciwipalgad: German war .victories ,re suited -,'in; greater `profitftOvFord.... Its.'earnings'y&jY .the highwate'r marl: of. the Gorman:war tide, were''doublo; its.;193S- earilij.igat'i' jjjijj;; pahy profits wore not nil -- foreign exchange for -<blieSeioK'-^WM'.''[pardi :.'ofir'-tlio!;&cl went. : Exports; .which,, prior to the war hadlieen. subaidl2ed,: ".wore' still .'rigidly., troled. ' '.Continental Europe was isolated from, the. rost ,.6f tho -world and; conseqii German exporters sold at prices far. in exooss of prices' charged'for. the'same'pr in Gormany, ' Ford sold abroad, at double, the..domestic, prices,'.and, the Goriaanf'gdv m<j>nt took all .but. 10 to 20 percent -of-'.the' increase in tho[form of an export'-.'ass Robert dchmidt, commissar of the Cologne, plant, gained stature.vdth;tho-;ox German':borders.. ;llo became Komaissar .of Ford in fntv/erpVand::'::iljB3terdam;''.' and'for[:i months' was Kommissar of,' the.: Frc'nch,:"Ford" plant. His activitios: includod; taking1 M. :- chinory out of.the Ford -oompanjr in Franco and putting. it "where in :hio: opinion `it """would be. more productive ;in serving;the. needs of German .prtKluction., lie, alborperi. capitiiised the Belgian Ford' company in 1944 and brought back to Germany beardr Shares in the Belgian concern aanunting to 4,800,000. W,. ; These 'ahares .were, s^ii'l by. us and.are now, hold by US Group-.CC finance. .. .... ...... ,.......................... "::'r 7'V; German Ford,' despite American'1 and; British interestsy-nmo'-a. genuine German;.'h concern.' It produced trucks for the Reich.; It obtained:' strategic raw materials .... for the Reich before thewar, .and it produced!foreign exchange for it both.bofpr . and during the war. It employed^, "foreign workers1.* who lived bonind;parted: wira,x' and ltsjirade paper spoke, constantly .of itha'Mgenius-Tof ' the.Fuhrer'*.;. Altliough -th American and British interest' in :tho'plant made the: Gorman.mnagement anxious to I ' draw the blinds onits;; part in the':;yr effort; those'.vb^'iriterests .made,it triad ; .ruseful asset to the Reich. '. Bacauao.Gorman iFord-was, aysubsidiary; :pf pearborn/.itl ' " ; '.'. obtained strategic' raw. materials'? from the From .1936 ;unt11,1939. Ihirthermor i ' tiio chain of .Ford subsidiaries in the. overrun. countries became grist for thd Haa i ''"mills. .It was a simple matter to place,them directly -under -the' control'.of Coiog: '...-. : hhat;plans the Reich'had'for the future of, the, Fdrd -Company-in' 'America we-rzs never .know. But'wo ,do laiow.that .'Schmidt- and- one -pf" the;"directbrs'of theiGemaa;: : I "y.-'flompany `engaged in a heatdd argument as to^vriuch''of ^theif'shpuld ;be6omb: Koianu,ssai:j yr,;}.'oI,Ford..bF Croat Britain. . ' ' 'l li-;, i ;....! Schmidt, the plants sole wartime. auttiorityj..is-.hoWunideriarrDOtj$ ^omplotion.. of the documentod report: which.td.il' follow.. this- initial-otatement.f.;:V`v , Neil. D, Raiden 21 June 1945. z . ' :v-;'- ' ' " vi-".v " Brlin-Ch*rlottenburg . !Ur\i#nhrgtr*s: Q i-'P/v' .-'ik.- ,,.. 1 April ;1939^' \ i'o tho Board ' of tford-iVerke A.G. to 1 n-i J i hi/rib cin. ^ruicTLV' orm'Uh! : i t;'of: 0a iiiilioa.' llarka to b* offered our iutirer ou the ..bboaip>v:'-.oC.v'^^i5,^^'^'i^,^Vy3':.':;l-`/si .% .re irelf led, tn*t jou h*v''plfcc*u-'.tn'--'aaaat. of ^-:? ' :ii* ^o,UuU (thii'tj-f lye r thousand)..:;, V ' . T-P at- our di4po*.l" 're-^ui.etp th*'t yo'u'.;tnihf*p':"ttM' .'sum-to- the '.'special . account' %>,( "Uaakspendeusti'if t.img" '. 'thanlead: offering) at the *,cutac:.e Bank, itepoait ankai3'a\ i\Berlin- Oni riot; tauburg, 'Joachiins tnale r Str. d;- v.-. .r - ..at -the .ti!!}o.' -vo.'!iall'.':ipprec.l ate jo.ur uaenclosed envalojj* .for notifying -'us; oft-the completed transfer. . .. . ' ..-'-p ' ' ... il'i.e utr>'of iour ;t,ir;:t_i'n'htiiep.ciii*c.' Bocu.aentp: wi ll. ; tor': .vlo'je , .:) \ w,'":''hr: . ..;,; Vhe. gif t is. .freed ;Of . elliiiuco.me- anti '.other , iyx*a., " including .gift, lux.' i'; V r-; " V.'^ ~ -'divyrrj; ....... : : . . .Hell. '.Ill tier 1 ;V-.'' .'^i' ' , .; .; ' . 'Aeid> aye rbud.id'r,AuiO;scMl Industrie,.^ '" ".(Aeicti association .ofs.tne--kutoiwo,'dve, Irpt .: A ; 1 ' bj '.order I''"n; ! : ''3."A]lawrz "br":v ii.argi:i*. 1 '..'otea; " ' i-'ea* i'a^ed M/{) , , . 1'o.icil; a.ia.veid . ., .. . i ji'9*. id?" ' " irons 'Utlo:.' hv i*fc . George Lob'berib'irg J**fl*>/ tun. 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Uiou ^^.;b<>iiol(lM-d-;in:l|: ;"'.;;:'..:-'?'"i*Pork of vahlolaa' aad parta during iii* ^aarly^patage of'toa' war; ;" . aara diraotad aalnljr to auntria* oacuplad >/ or *llia# of Camonjr, But >h raaainla#. ooojm ftk& kh# oftlos: of rortu**^ *ad kp*lu rolyA :.'.1m.. *9*44 .p*rtq. wA * ^aota :b*olo."^ ibia. quot* v*o :Mt^ up bp tk*':Qora*n CoTar^Mt mi4 V*rld mooi^d^ .to' tk* ottmilltt^ of y :V r' '77 ri.;:,tx4* rM4aipMi*fS;I7:/>i^ : '7- ' .H " ,r'^v^-'^V''' ^'tvsj>;,._.if,.; . fflSSfjHH Ur<i tolly of etock ii*xyrd .': .,' IniTCUiih*, tlliBk, J.'(Vf?lMl<I. ; `S-: xcr-' tati, ::y,. 1945 . 1 -WS'llp pof,o -4- . . A., compliohied ai tudlou ;*rigj*e .heQiuua la i.uy. coe&triee ca'r.ranA`'j''-v3 truck* wore run for- t-.hiuU..Cologne nvur l.ni eppiaef htc:,ue'the ...7 l ouptcitlvo :;cr .not a,vriuftct>ir*(! nor nold-'it)'tior*i.t>. -So' til oil oo . ano.-huo to ou'o poor f-rv-hio:'..:'vnTy auootry-wan ting tp'.rui ox' aom-i Kind :a. f-.'.kl then tksxa 'ou -'.a linuia., v'"iic dii'-idui'tihy tivi^- tocurranuy. bach-ugc varc previa:i<n.s */full. .auectoa.-. .. Su- t;l* j-uit# fell'buck oft 1' ijni "Iinn poof. on ?>>..,,-is lu:aui.; `^Ouiiae'' iei..--jjooliee ii--tl.-Cuifll--*"" LU ttu in !, i i. cifur. trios withe r occult . 4: by . JnsiTiivnjvor ni^iud. with ;C-wt'XMlijr ui> V ; 1 <wt Ol.a-vrs ;:-i?d to, si'forte a!'.ivojy'fcuJr. .cri-jic".'.' mad, Wi....".** turvicir.^ of ra; d oar*. on .a-is .of ooaptiSi :l,va ; ak#e,.> .. f 'f.te/p}**?': d;!''tVi.'.C'-. V/'": .idS; Spain itcd icrtuyal ii.r..Ti.#tteA'%ith'fc. vltk^f'lnt'iaeiii^.ilica'.'lnt'Val*; eystea of srotivn,-, Iim; Jxofic-.towerd.* tiw tisTpev of;-i;-; kervxy.e; -tot;; v,it..out cwuewbu. .. ' ' 1 : -.... .* '. 7.1V! ^ ' ' J .'lh fall o.r lJK.J i.t 'ti;o bocauua cf a tie-ci don, of the C.iruun-lUlitnry' ?i:i,ceii''fl'y;..vacuit* .uti ' ,!.' auehinory ` fran no' inr.r.. ' Ti.i vritcr wbs uct*fu;. a v O^ i'>! rt.ii C1|Chfl >IQ j thiwl cucu ufxchifirry would r.ot h* di>ror..i Carman -lncui*in j;l;er. t*rp imcroalad in' each ti til;.;, tut tohrve tnyin. tiviiibiioiietl. ixlo .ii'ul'd. Vfwald nd kept thorn cither. for dl.r*ot woo or for.'iate.i: .dc.laihn.'Y Cyiichviently: oil tins /.noUrdu* In oaiiBiSl to produce, iseterdfia n.iolilne* wl.lch omnot ha uad.:for produotion ,'&ii ' propaiiy otovnd.' fm >. bupplied lai.o'.in'ti i'y;''lio tlr' to. .lttrp.. and :/.ast<! co .`.til t:n to Cologne. : ., ` , ' ' .i.v ii..vo nttnedte lit of oil TM*cfiini hold in ii;r:Cillty and wr.lc!; .all the property -of dinar f'rnriCs. brirf.&m ' or Ucllanct> Syuie a: tao oaoninary h;.a ouffared frost - oopibintS ottftCka -ttociuiee ,tr. nidcii they were' ntorud `.'ere oeoiroyed', Xnd the' inacidnve thus onpoeeil t-'U';'1 hr.*-* ueetnar* ; ait&il filecn ' no rppr.tr thorn in cup oouree. ' V. ...... : ''' ` ' ,- , M ^'juLi'-'^'i-N'r,::;: : i^VV;;>^'-UJS.:iTlv;:J;!, J-V-U-,' -*,>.; -AJWIlU.*iJUy. m tori.Parry of Stock Harvard Iaa*nba, Eeaex, England. ' iip.mii a- | ISI taw 23th '..Ha/, 1945. ' hnS 5 * r&- nil v:: -m r. . n 'TV, : ..'.-. . Returning bo the situation in Geroony, ,kn<l. to. Ford baalngaa in siSil particular, : the year 1940 paseed with the j'fO()u.p$lon runnihgwbout.t^ 'echwdule. iuny of our enployata'ware oellad to. the colour* and !icd;i r ft bo replaced by whatever watt avallablei efficiency as to Ford,standard* Sr-&'HKv dropped oonniderably,, The - r;applies to 194i,:. Son* 2CK) F ranch .1, ' prisoners of wer wa r*, ewployed &oat of aboa a*i'u pte>:a4 e.n for. tQol auahino shop. . '. ' ' 11 . . ' ' ' ' . ;; ? .. . ' . ' ' ". ' ' if','. . :F . A: mambar of our Board, profeaaor Pr loach, d'iiii, one tits'.n ... ohulranin of the board of 10 Farbeninduu trie bacnae a Beard tsawbar in !;t Schmidt, iCayor of Coicono alo died Mid Ki\ i$.ij*aeyer# vio^-pic^itlQ^V; or tko,Ch"-*br of Commerce i Coio^ut? Wcut hi it *uccu*ot)r* ^3$ ' , ( In 1942 tit* saajiegeweat wee reorganised. Ueasr* Streit in cijar*|* $11oil. teohuioal affairs and Wokaunn in charge* of purchiiue und etucke bucaise aoauere of the wenuGoaent. Tho writer baesae ohairaon. In th uaaa year ln jum the writer wca appointed custodian for allon'prQpajrtjrt:?!' .and oonaei*uutly took ovar ail function*, oftli;board of directors .and 'i;Sv tho General beating, However, the German. aanbar# of. the board of: dt[ro* cipzil ir i: Y Albert, Professor Krwuch,- Hr iiUnepeyer,' wfra- olapted into, an -, ..advisory board of direatora without dooialva pow'ar, .but to be-consulted'''.;1 on affairs of aejor laportence. Tula, board, boeavar, . has been-; treel adin the atmo w.oyi as if the foraer board ware etill.in existence, i.e. all lspcrtent affaire'ware Olecueaed before' a docialon was cn>de and aapaoialiy I>r Albert (ook a constant interest 1.; all company affair! r.R'-:: coal tv; to Cologne * ' oftan ua paaai bia. ::' ' .! In 1942 600 Kuaaian oivlliana uaie eaployad;' With tho oosaanosnant of 1945 a cuiiaidorabla c:iitnuu took placa ''`..x.. agardiog all lnbuatri aa to naka aauiunltlon and othar muteritil int'bi'tant...: for the continuation of ar. In consa^uanoa, the vrltor % aaktd i.fti;-iv to tunii over th* guttodlanahlp In KrauDu in ordar. to speed up produiition,.^ France-to yroduoo enough truaks and auteriol -to wnabl# ta - Ford ooi, inii of - Franca, Beitius and. Holland to turn out 2 OOtf^ trucke par uantJj. r thta:|: | ewt da tha aohadula ballad for Cologne. ThueVord in Europe would hawf/.y totalled 4 000, . Cuatodianahip wee turnvd down by the writer, but CplOt.'na,, was nekad to give all.spaslbla support, to the Fronch Ford Company i order to enable "thaw to turm out tha Quantity dairad. ,:,21lila , aa .dona anI *i'i,... ut cV*' w4-** ;j',;]'? ^"-T?.-"y;' _;:./.;i"'-'.y:.-'.;|'`-iivvJ^'i"."'A';?..'C'- ^'r-;'.:'vV;v; "'"''t'vv' ''' !'- .'V .rh-*&' 7^H'\-rk4`*? Vv ^'^7 '?>;>;; " -'^V-vv'^Kf -i y?;i .)'):: 'tl \ ' !sd':' 'V"- '>', J"'^` T,'*4" v 7 '( 'J'* : '-5- ^ '.;. '-'V'2'**1' 9ltk Suw<* UDanga|n, Phtutn*,yiaoafa_S_x,.tAfli_akg lanM d...'. ' ' >` ' \ . . 1 ""! .1 ,, ' '! 42A04t>ht K*WaaWyB ,' j ". hHS paga. -ff.' ' oonaldarmbla. part of our. ataff ;! alx montha and .aor* Axr.fraoda for , that porfwae. , 8oma 'aapaaa*: waaiMhiaVad* hut ;*h*;,jwtiiba.r .of trubka dtai rod ' w*a, nawa r raaahadtendtha'taa i ' r*ailt ..wait.: batwaan ' 7.00"ad 900; unlta moathimataad af 2 000. Kith tha ooaaenaaaant of 194) a tutlf-traak-vaiaola oaaa Into, / : prodaotion uaing ouratandard truofc but applying aa auxiliary fraaa with lollwrs owar white tha traak chain waa running. Jqppraximatnly, ;'; lO OOO unlto warn built until June 1944 *hen thla modal waa abandoned;'. Uoat of thee# half track,, yahioiaa aara ,aaaa*baad::at:;Aaatarda^froa'\,;;fe aatwrlal ohippad fram Calagaa. .''.- . -' ': '.: v-v"; ..' -'v1"- - ^'-; ' '.'. Apart from a majar airraid la 1942 w had plenty of ralda ln: 1943 oou* of ahloh affaatad tha worka dlraatiy./. Paatrnotiona in Colegna'.';. canned dalay la ihe re#u*ptlw of aork and oonaa^uantly in raeohiug tha production eahadula* All-%aid it oaa ha a aid, hoaawer, that luakof ' metoriel oauaad aora reduction in production .than, the bombing ralda,v . . la 1943 ' 400 Italian. workman', wara'amplo/ad*V;;::,;:;:-,;Vr-\w ';V.-'d 1944 ca^lad for aoiro truoka than 1943*; aod trucka hacaao.a aora-'-',:,; , iaportant, factor iu tha oontlmation of var<: Trocka ranked Idghar, up 1 priority than oar bafara. Oonaa^uaotly, i t aaa aakad than. tha. product ,, aohadula (Calo^aa 2 000' unlta par aoath) ba' fUlflllad undar ali:oiroua-> Otanoaa. Op to and lnaXudiaK tha thirdtpmrtar af 1944 our produotibn r higher tliaa >formariy, bt waa haodiaappad by tha faot that in the firat plaoa Pranoa oaaaad to aupply to both Antwerp and Aaiitardaa; and furtha that A:.taarp could not iampply anymora to Cologna,' and tha aaa a happana to Acaterclaa. Stptaabar and Qotabar 1944 baottia tha wuoat aont.lta of b ln<i raid a and our prodmotlon oama to a oowplata atandatlll from Oetobar iUS.rough Npvanbar 16tk, from than onward on a raduoad achodula '; compared with tha monthly mwaraga of 1944. production maa hapt up until . thu ocouputlon of Colagna. Thl* raduoad. aohodue waa approxiaataly lOjtv of tha nonthly awaraga of July-Sap^aabar. 1944 j 1/00 t.Tuci;s pluo 3500 rucumii tioned motorc, .plua^J000>w BOtvrBi'JS ^ ...- : 1 tard ftrrj of Stool Harvard I%oahM, uiu, tnglaud. r&wSKWtS 0pp. 29th May, 1345 iojs 5 r : ,y;-n: P o<;w -7- i . ' In iu^-uut 1344 xa raoaivad an ordar .to"wy*cu*,V# fl `maohliv*# ,fjr i ':' . : .Cologne Into' oix dlffwrant plaoao on th*. othar.aidaof tho, riyar, l.a, . ; j). f tha Eaatoiu* of the H>4a for nuiUr of: rw**ona,. how*war, no projq: f/'i,(T:*aii, wad* until Hot 16tn, whan, thratanad?by>drM^id;-'aea*iray.tori .that ` V': V-j: . <; i'-ri of ti. Cazaan Covarnaaat, and ufltilthal*td^r bwfor* th* occupation a* avaouatad about dOJ{. of 'tmr itaohjlnarjf, i Rila, rr.*cblaary,;wk act up in pix"-rurloua loealltlaa. and iwith^thri.lwxoaptlQn of.-ona -plnow" v! `i 'la, ready to'. oparata.. />ro plaoaw arw oparaiingvat^praBant.:;: \ i!': ' " 'f!0 c011P"tton of Cologne took pi *ca .".on':.Mrch. ,6 th, and tha plant ; f Ai'^'7 *' t ? , waa occupied by oowbat, unit*. Our cl vlliwn;7orow''ara confined .tot* 'st'M-1 anti-airraid aholter* for riree- xaeke. ..'it'twiffort-' thw,ooujtiti||l; . 'and cauaed by Aworiotn uhelliug our ewer'i^.ribij^iofli.ri^ Y '.. xorked over'ulnae Qotober, buraad'downlantlraly^d'-aith'itUaa;^any^r paporu, printa, luvolcaa, eto, ?':v~: hl ug aituatad along the fchine, for; tha. flrat; three weela.; tha . plir.t x~s under occasional Cai\-n oliall fIra.. ..'la.w'ara; ,uIiowed,,,bccaal j visile only out oould wwcura *owa epare part*,and.-,wood''hUj'nar-Vttuokf.ii 'i`o. caploy our force* x* *da *n *rrantaiaent':.wi:th''.,,thw .Xllitary-'.CUi.varfcjja to. set up yiiiili rwpalr whop, to repair tru'o^w'l'wn^' pasaoni'*r.'oar*.;bf;r behalf of, Military Government. cadwaTOtt'rap.fflCpiS'wywilt'' furtio,s-r";:.j # ueutructlon of plant and material w%rc in vain until ttia puhr 'poaiat.. gnvu up. Por the loot thraa caaaa .tha Caiuanlahall '.flra iuto. the plsn bvChaa vary lntanaa and wavarwl 'hundrwd ahaHw'h'lt-'-t^* roof v of;;bur.i"r;". ..prooika* ao t!;ut practically no. gluaa w* lntaot.: Tha.roof a holad in huocred^of plaoaa. Che atruotura, h&aavr,l*aa;no.t :damndedlto. any uxtuut. ' ..... ....... ......,. After * had uryayad tha whola *ltuati.cn ** ..found..that.ioany trv approxlauteiy 60, and puaaoogar cara, gtoroyo-a*,iVioyolea had baw toi'.en away'by tha . oou..at unlta, n larga . v*ri*ty of aiitarlal and ap.ari part* tup on away .or (.as troyad. fa bav do ways, and aeanu to chwektl proper tu'.ouut of tule, dll aat'aa kero tuok.an opn'.JC 'i,4 cililun l.uloh<u.uila r-.uuivad thor* to pay umployaav also dleappearad. . -a- Jfl 2-4 Lord Pariy of Stook Harvard,'", Juo'anisa. Laaax. Sorflcwd. v,.: ' ', . 20 th Kay, 1945 ': . : .wa.Mr.-;v:' -0- 'fas writ.*r finall/ succeeded in ubit tin*fcnoff*rtoth, Jillitu/:: Government to ask* 500 trucks from material aysllablsorto bsoomejavsdl-';' able within three months. ' In consequence 15th-US jamj' territory t;ot interested and Naked for help freer-B*#ba* and i'lrturn.;;/^* Mesa Ihecwer, liorloek !und McCarthy owns over, i: :pl'cQUi;i-w do'jOOt ^tinV:;^ rostriot the manufacturing profraa to 500 totAijy'but want' to'ccntiwis on^j 4 basis of 250-500 trucks peraonth *hlqh inourseUmstian ssss' {iciMibl -Mr Thnoksr will h# in' a position to detail ths effort* mad` e so. far. and- to- ebs and*. Vv-" vr- i.tf ; Our finances sors quite ^ooct even after. tns bin' tom bins' raid in ' I. ::. Ceptoaiber und October of last year, and tho consequent .-downfall of ;-roductj knars wu stand to-dsy as art not quits ours. Indications are that tiis finwiiolul position is utill aood ulthough ouch material must- bs considered 'lost, ' . . . ' . '. .;',' .' '''.'< -Cv.v';' .tj . before tit* occupation s estimated cur r darnelsityeurd* G.'ailllon'rf \A/1-, +a Iwtictosurke ahsllihi; Is Tlib damans' estimated at to the plunt by American-wid sapucisll/by Osfuta approximately 1'million trlehemarks, Bssids* ci tut a, material, motors ana trucks huvs disappeared sad for tli*is neither.: raquioltiuu nor rooeipt has loan received, and consequently thu above sent) - waount tiy bo doubled. A considerable period sillJUl. tintil: ws.'.hays;.afiM :h accurate picture. i.s---;-~~r--.. ... -A*. >v~). ; v/] In order to cover thu costs of decentralisation a had. obtained; an advanoo from thu (Joraun Government aiiica sill covsr th# dscuntrsl.is>tlon-ij oil ut re-centrsliuation coats. The amount we- still hnvs to rsosivs ffyl the Covoraatmt for trucks and parts is fairly small oinoe wc dtiad-.cashed ^ very possible luvoios bsfors ths occupation, '$ , : yiio rate* of pay, both for pay-.end salary-roll :hve not ,ohttssd duri ths wur, only in tho o&sea of promotion or demotion, <0 . bo far no contact lies been mode neither frqm If81 or brands. r:4's Usd the visit of an iint'lish Colonsl, ths nams of whoa umrortttns.t#ijrp!irmii#bt|SS dlacloutd, *au oasts on. huhalf of Mr Sollfua vho in turn had a Iottsr,;from:; llsnry lord II to look uftsr aliat had happened, to the Colours 21sat; ;.;Ws\JtM tha visit from Mr V J.'Cort sou runs an urrand.ln Pbisoy'nd uo has;bssdv!: Mi- .aid i*riry of Stools' Harvard Imionli**, iaeaa, fcs*lend. - , ,28th Kiy'.- 1945 - KilS ME . " . r-y.\*tA:vA;-.U\ifr p*& m lent by Ford'!of. Eetroit, to the African Government.1 > However, he. :X;; cuoe over.,hara only to piok up tcrea m*chlnaa:wr.ioh were bt>dly'needed;;] in jrj>noe two. of which .were Cologne, on* jbBaterdcB,.property. ; Contaot, by .owfcio and i'ettar wea'made with Kaol Ford and-Chaa Boronoan-. until."": V'vVijo the'outbreak of war with the USA prevented further ofe-c tiatlone,J There are a, few i.teae which'ay. ce.'0f 1 o te rt.etto you; Ae Watt'dhWsi'.' 0ri-pu*# >' .isif eiair.*e!#' ` ^4jjff* -to'bupvrvlaaVVheee; ywo'Wterprle'ee: war* too abort of. capital,' and vM^Syjp necessary Money wueadvanoed by Cologne. Altogether a?pro 1 iaava^y 80/ io^irlj yoainion iaJtfiui.: Frenos. were' inveated. Part of Xhie aoney, n^taiy :6t - oil lion Franca am to be ooosldexed aa a loan. '`,;For.,>*aota.. which' :U-explained ';*; 1*tar.-data it waeooneidersd advisable to turn thls\ loan into ...ah'ttroa and coneeftuent ly `on oaiaaion of;ahi>a wtountib,;. to~(d>:^|" ailllon Frano; aa,;oarriad.' through;'.!nomaainf ,;the:'t>tai;';oapit*i:;of;,tK*^:|'fej 'ae'l'3iao'.CQ.i!paiiy'',,tO.Jljp'alUldn^Franoa." 'Froa itlje'.Bali.'la*..point ,0>i'Via3r-:S>^p<:j thia could not ba dona within the statutes.of.the, Company. Citu*qfiiia this Issue of ahuveo can' be, ;ta'iied ouly:if a,>e.etlno.'of' the. ' a.,tfaeral awetlng would verify tbs -transaction, This ia now i<>.your?; minds. Otherwise the , tianeuctlor\ will remain. a loan i'roa Coloijfla Antwerp. The whole buainaew ro carding - the'; forte; and the foundry; can;.hardiy be oiplnined by latter, but ,! elnoerely hope that there: wi 11.-b' \v.: tv:;.' l ; ohanoa at a later data, to diecuva this natter thoroughly. ." .Oh, r' .ThaokarJ^'yaquaot; 1 wivh to aivB .a brief outline on''tru<^sp fmdrpaastniptt; o(ire $$099*4 jrt W *o-ca 11 ad conaratoi ai ;t there.. were," an are in exieteaoe i.eeyeralVtypee.. both, for truola and Jisaaencor cara.l bu & if,-1 it can ba aald that only, a faw had success. . For inotar.oe, for .truck! i Iibart type. baaed oa .wood ia the beat known type, For puKacnger ''qarij^v||' both. tha wood, burmur rWt.wali '* the - charcoal Iwtii-.FrovadVauw^ioiantljrj^i^p:^ .;ofl^plant,.i't'Oanarai;ijr.;i'i :cn .'be-aai'd. ihafyehldlta .w'l'th ;unora^dr. ' auatrba, judicad tgr ^th*;'fot,,that you :altUer..liay \u :'ue;; auoh a. device^ or aalk. /;v''\v.i". ,, '' ' V:JS0^' y;ipy0:^: :; ih t-i < : i * . tr* * * s &v-<J ^ ;:r; : '- , .; Lord Tarry of 3oQ< Harvard ' .*anhaib, Eaaax, England. ' '/ ?8tn kay, ly45!HilS 1CD ` page - 10 - She eQuijttent for trublso oaueed an oddl Uoal wai^ut of ok -100 to 500 .kiioe, for'paueeUb'er .car* btn.75..(WldjI:50.',k.i'loe.-.t-US* an w.'.KtJiBr om uui only charcoal or wood >,urnerV'. ' :'.;. ,-, 1 ....... I'r.la.a the ooxi.rciisloc xo.tlo 1* and oiur b*,; yaiaad conaldaruti.yy lo# la poaar la batvaan'50 acd 60 paroent., for .fcataccoi U.e Mc.-oux; v rtth y, VSXUf iiav*lopa.-.o:tly; 40 .to 45. rgduoerojriiar &! ao`,or, which norautlljr. Uae 50 BMP, davalopa. 40 to;.'45iUP' wlta'lna/wood;: v;burner pray! dad tha ooapreeelbn ratio hoe been. lncreoaad 'front b42 to.: I b TUI*, however, cuuuad s eoxplate re-deutn:cr;il:-ee*entia. - porta U otor. .The wearier reel a te.no a of tUa r-ator 'l*';laai!.anad .'by': o> ,'l;*ttt''OU; t.'UL ol,' -Tbe. *rflalonoy;oi,';,tb#'..aotor!.d*psnri*:;Iari*l>'-;B^on,.'.t.o-111*1,:;;/.^ \Inapt t*> of thuae pifficulti** prapcioaliyb.tfHlv^ oivllian 'transport have.seen running ou i**roib.r;:4avloy;Tor::;iiioiiuiv.? year, The Alb)- hod pleuaed that frva October Iet,':'1544* 'or*'' to- v; " -'U',-:l,vur nothine butwcod. sumarn.V' T::ia wti nfld up' Uua to iacirof1 a'u.ii X triad to i;lvc you tauoh of a i-ictura a I'C-snlbla oo; cdn'Ul IJibn they ftcr* rioting duri nj the war oltl.out cCln^ too .auon , lnto tielalia, .1 o ay belief tfcut probably cany of the .iutr.o wri tten'.--bout.call for m>, i i.fonti-tlon, aut 1 chould uppraciot* your reaction arid alii gladly fun any further infoxuation which;, you nay ulau to hfeve.1 fthile the out loot ctiij.:prt.oot. ocauo ruitior gloomy* 1 elnooreiy hopb .'that the;-.*i tuation >1. boooae setler i n tun fu tura. wid that eoao definite deolaion iu tt.do ra, Mu*; the future of Ford Cologne. . Any infotstotloa'..:onx-d'o...l-"!jo and ahoi. ..bo''.vary aaich '.typrvoip ted,"; - . 1 ' .:.'......'".........'"' , ".'".' .. ., .. .' '.' ;. ' . . . . .Your* very tiii.Q*r.,ly, . AttaoUad Llat of all saonluaa .. . . -nald In Caraany and tutlob ora. . proparty of althar. Franca, or ljolUind;' I'.ftWiiiiea irt.Toblrooaj . : 13tn.tiijticu; :. j: ' " ., " : kxi:<iu ti vea i n' Coloi;ne Plant. . ' i '. '-V?' -v; -'l/-'- i'*'.''. '. sdi H E Sciialdt