World War Ⅱ in Europe was only just over-VE Day was two days prior-when a group of senior Army and Army Air Forces officers convened on May 10, 1945, to interrogate Reich Marshal Hermann W. Goering in Augsburg, Germany. The two-hour questioning, led by Gen. Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz, commander of US Strategic Air Forces in Europe, was freighted with queries that might prove useful in prosecuting the still-active war with Japan. The questions also belied US concern s about possible German technological breakthroughs. Some of Goering's recorded responses are disarmingly candid, whether out of a desire to tell the truth or whether to curry favor with his captors. Spaatz forwarded a copy of the interrogation transcript to Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, the AAF commanding general, with a note saying: "Believe you will find this most interesting."
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机译：欧洲第二次世界大战仅在VE日结束前一天，即两天前的1945年5月10日，一群高级陆军和陆军航空兵召集在德国奥格斯堡讯问Reich元帅Hermann W. Goering。由美国欧洲战略空军司令卡尔·A·“托伊”·斯帕茨将军领导的长达两个小时的询问充满了可能被证明对起诉仍在进行中的日本战争有用的询问。这些问题也掩盖了美国对德国技术突破的担忧。戈林记录下来的某些回应令人坦率地坦诚，无论是出于讲真话还是出于讨好俘虏的目的。 Spaatz将审讯笔录的副本转发给了AAF司令官Henry H.“ Hap” Arnold将军，并附有说明：“相信您会发现这最有趣。”
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