The Nuremberg Trials (Vol.10). International Military Tribunal

Ribbentrop told him: "Yes, that is very good. You may go with a few people to the army groups and see whether anything of interest for us is happening there and also see to it that when we approach Moscow the foreign embassies et cetera are not entered, and that the documents are preserved." But he did not consider himself any longer as belonging to the Foreign Office and apparently received orders from other offices.

      Then, as I later heard, he had a large number of men under him and had many automobiles which he could not have received from the Foreign Office any more than he could have received a military uniform from the Foreign Office so he was apparently working for other offices.

      DR. HORN: He no longer belonged to the Foreign Office at any rate not in a military capacity?

      VON STEENGRACHT: No. And, in addition, when Ribbentrop heard that he had undertaken such a large job, he charged me personally to call immediately on the SS and say that he, Ribbentrop, did not want to have Günsberg any longer, and at that time I told Obergruppenführer Wolff that I should like to paint out that we wanted nothing more to do with Günsberg. See to it that you keep him with the Waffen-SS along with all his subordinates. That is all I know about the matter of Günsberg.

      DR. HORN: Would Your Lordship Like to interrupt the examination or should I continue to put further questions?

      THE PRESIDENT: Unless you are going to conclude almost immediately, we had better adjourn. Will you be some time longer with this witness?

      DR. HORN: I have a number of further questions.

       [The Tribunal adjourned until at 1000 hours.]