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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 280
complicate things and add to war dangers.
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Ambassador Dodd was a loyal American and very astute. General Motors (G.M.) and
Ford became very significant to Germany’s war efforts. G.M. (controlled by J. P. Morgan and
the du Ponts) and Ford were the parent companies of Germany’s two largest tank producers.
These were Opel, a subsidiary of G.M. and Ford A.G., a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company.
Additionally, International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) held a substantial interest in Focke-
Wolfe, an airplane manufacturer who produced German fighter aircraft.
1122
ITT also supplied Germany with electronic equipment including: telephones, air raid
warning devices, and radar equipment. Their more troubling activity included supplying
Germany with fuses for artillery shells. These were supplied at the rate of 30,000 per month and
rising to 50,000 per month by 1944.
1123
In 1933 German General Electric (A.E.G.) contributed 60,000RM to Hitler’s political
campaign.
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A.E.G. was a subsidiary of the US’s International General Electric (I.G.E.). I.G.E.
owned 25 to 30 percent of A.E.G.
After providing undisclosed financial contributions to Hitler, Ford was able to negotiate a
favorable relationship with Germany. In exchange for Ford providing certain raw materials that
Germany desperately needed, the Ford Motor Company was allowed to maintain controlling
interest in Ford's German subsidiary. Ford, as agreed, supplied rubber and other critical material
desperately needed by Germany for her war preparations in 1938 and 1939. Germany paid for
the raw materials with truck parts. Some suspect that this arrangement continued into the war but
it has not been proven. After France fell to the Germans, “French Ford was able to produce 20
trucks a day for the Germans.” Ford’s net profits on their French production of trucks for the
Germans in 1941 was “no less than 58,000,000 francs – because the Germans paid promptly for
Ford’s output.” Documentation including cables going to and from Edsel Ford shows that he had
full knowledge and support of the French production for the Germans.
1125
It is believed, although not proven, that the “private messages from Ford Motor Co. in
Europe were passed to Edsel Ford by [the US] Assistant Secretary of State”. This same Assistant
Secretary “one year later suppressed private messages through the State Department concerning
the extermination of Jews in Europe.” Conceivably, knowledge of these messages could have
been used to help the victims of the holocaust.
1126
Just as all bearings were critical components in the production of Russian military
hardware, they were equally important to the Nazis. Tanks, other military vehicles, and the anti
aircraft guns which shot at Allied planes required ball bearings. The giant Swedish SKF ball
bearing plant supplied the Nazis with ball bearings throughout the war. The American SKF plant
in Philadelphia “was repeatedly put on the Proclaimed List, and each time, Dean Acheson
removed it.”
1127
The “Proclaimed List” also known as the “American Black List” was the
governments attempt to prevent persons or companies from profiting from or financing of
subversive activities. Removing American SKF from the Proclaimed List allowed it to supply
Hitler with ball bearings through SKF of Switzerland.
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