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OCI--r 1J' \ tt % . ' W ILL 1HTR3& IK llNfc ^ * -. MEMORANDUM X 'AS'toF ixavin^ ooaplotod ay studios oi* shosiotoy at .tS tJhivoraity or Munich (l920i926) and aTtor having obtained ay Doctor dogroo undor tho Nobol Prlzo vinnor Profoesor Dr* Diehard Villsthttor X had ontorod omploysont with tho - XG-rccrooninduatrlo at th asmonia laboratory in irudwigoharoa Oppau la 1927* Already la 1932 whoa X returned rroa a mission la the rar East x was appointed hoad of* a technical department coacomcd with tho development or plastics* synthetic rubbor, synthotic ribors and other inventions* During this period X also con** colvod tho idoa Tor tho production or tho Jfirst magnotic tape* X was responsible Tor tho planning and putting into / operation or tho k Goman and 2 Italian largo-scale synthotic rubber plants* Hy task to construct the rirst synthetic rubber ,, plant ror Standard Oil or Now Jorsoy in Baton Douge in tho rail or 1939 had railed because or tho outbroak or the Second Vorld War* > ' In.1933 X became a monbor or tho IG-Farbenindustrio Contra! ; ; X. . Management Committee and thus responsible ror a broad soctor of ; organic chemistry or the XG-Farbonindu$trio* * . f- - . *4 . ;. . In I9^5A^ X was submitted to hearings by difreront technical * ' ; : commissions or tho Allies and in X was. sentenced to a ^ail . torm of oight years by tho Military Courts or tho TXnitod States ^ at Nuremberg* X was roleasod in 1951* : * .. By virtue or tho law 35 or the Occupation Authorities ! ..X was not allowed to roturn to ono or ay foraor plants or tho * XGrfarboninduotrio. So, X dooldcd to work iadopcndoatly as a chemical consultant* . X'. \ . ' Ky plait was supported by tho Government which appointed, no member or the board or 5 companies belonging to thor Federal . 2?^gtpd&Xio (llibemAa AG# * SchoXvou--Chomio AG# , ' S\kdoutGoho XalSc--. atickstorF AG. ,; VIAG and Phonolohoaio GmbH*) JU.I w ~2 * A further x/orUlmg area was oponcd to so through s;y cc- operation 'wit:* tho Flick-Croup and the nomination as member of tie board of FoldaUblo AG. , tka bis^oet .contiaontaJL paper mill. ` ;* * " * Additionally,* X am board noabor of h otbor important companion ono of which is the Knoll AG. in LudwigshafGa/Bkoia vhoro X an Chairman of tho board. ,` X think I might put a slain to boing an acknowledged * . .* ,. i personality in tho Goman industry (ro. lottor from tho' former Minister Prbfoseor Erhard of August 22, 1958). ' It only stands to reason that sty prowar relations and oaporioncos and ray activities inco 1951 have soon lod to a close contact with tho American, Froach and English chemical industry resulting1 in various agreements on a consultancy basis in tho field of technical chemistry. In my capacity as Chairman of tho board of Knoll AG. in Lradwigshafon/Rhein X onort quite an influence on the development of Knoll AC. in Orange, USA. . . ` With a number of US companion X have. cose into personal and businoss associations on a consultancy basis either ad hoc or permanent,* namely .; . '*/. ; V/ ' i W.; > /..V "Dow Chomicai. .. . . . Rohm A Haas *' ,, `' . . / W.K.Graoo ' ; Dooring Millikan and othors. By virtue of tho abovo doc cribcd industrial activities in tho European chemical industry and by my close contact with tho Gorman Universities and ^osoarch. Institutes (ref. doctor honoris causa of the chemical faculty of tho University of Freiburg im Brel agnu) X believe to bo voll up in the development and pregross of the chomical industry enabling me to submit to tho companies with which X as working sound proposals for - industrial cooperation or licoac and know-how agreements with appropriate US partners covering tho handling -v marketin')* <m-m - .... - 1 V .t -3- 6 / . X ob not a rinancial oxportt but as restricted . tvo* the' sector or tochnical consultancy. '` My activities have sot with mutual intorost and have broadoaod troeondously in tho course or to Almost . 'oVory wook X have visitors from tho Uaitod Statos at ay omco. Under those oircunstancoo X was requested by v Americans to coiao to tho United States for technical discussions with tho statr r.osabors or US companies. Noodloss to say that X would bo very happy to ?oilov tho invitation or my technical coXXeaguos* . - . . m ' l! Mannheim, November 14* ; 19^7 . . . : .^ / . *` '*! ;***-*.'.I*,. - ` * *' *r I* * ; * ' **.A ' ; ** % . .. . 4* ** t , ' * -* v* - , j, * . "'f--'<*> * ' * ` * ; ' i** . ` . ^vr-K1