The following declarations were received in writing from Hans Fritzsche and from Erich Raeder on 18 October 1945:
I, Hans Fritzsche, have received today, on 18 October 1945, at 1950 Berlin time, the Indictment of the Chief of Counsel of the International Military Tribunal, a statement regarding my right to defense, a list of German lawyers, the Rules of the International Military Tribunal in the German language. Above documents have been handed to me by the Red Army Officer Grishajeff, acting on orders of the International Military Tribunal and who advised me in the German language on the contents of the documents and on my right to defense.
Berlin, 18 October 1945.
/ s / HANS FRITZSCHE
I, Erich Raeder, have received today, on 18 October 1945, at 1850 Berlin time, the Indictment of the Chief of Counsel of the International Military Tribunal, a statement regarding my right to defense, a list of German lawyers, the Rules of the International Military Tribunal in the German language. Above documents have. been handed to me by the Red Army Officer Grishajeff, acting on orders of the International Military Tribunal and who advised me in the German language on the contents of the documents and on my right to defense
Berlin, 18 October 1945.
/ s / ERICH RAEDER