On page 58, paragraph 2:
"The demolition operations began on the 1st of February at about 9 o'clock in the morning. They were carried out by troops of the German Engineer Corps."
"The area destroyed is equivalent to fourteen nectares; that is to say, approximately twelve hundred buildings. Inquiry was made to find those who were responsible for this destruction after the liberation of Marseilles: the German consul in Marseilles, von Speigel, was interrogated." His testimony is incorporated in document F-908, which we place before you under No. 414, page 53 of your document book. We will read only the last paragraph on page 54: Speigel stated:
"I know that a very short time after the evacuation of the old port, the rumor was prevalent that this measure had been brought about by financial interests. I am in a position to affirm that such a hypothesis is erroneous. The order came from the higher echelons or organizations of the Reich Government who invoked only two motives: Security of troops, dangers of epidemics." ted by the Germans but merely a few examples. Document F-600, page 59, we place this document before you under No. 415.
"At Ohis, Aisne, civilians sought to give something to drink to an American soldier. The Germans returned. The American soldier was taken prisoner and M. Hennebert was also taken away by the Germans to a spot designated as the "black market" in the Town of Origny in Thierarche where his body was later discovered partly hidden under a stack of wood. The body bore the trace of two bayonet wounds in the back."
At Lagniev -- document F-604, placed under No. 416, page 61 of the document book.
"A civilian was killed in his vineyard. Young people, young women, were killed on the highway."
At the bottom of page 61, before the certification formula: "Motive given: Presence of resistance groups in the region."
At Culoz, Document F-904, which I place before you under No. 417, page 62 of your document book:
"Young boys were arrested because they had taken flight at the sight of the Germans. They were deported." This is three paragraphs before the end of the page. I am quoting the next to the last paragraph:
"Not one of them belonged to the resistance."
At St. Jean Maurienne, Document F-906, placed before you under No. 418, page 63 of your book of documents, paragraph 3:
"The Gendarmes, on 23 July" -- I am now quoting -- "Chavanne and Empereur, dressed in civilian clothes, were arrested by German soldiers without reasonable motives. The lieutenant who was in charge of the Kommandantur promised the liberation of these three men to the officer of the Gendarmes. This German later surreptiously ordered his men to shoot these prisoners."
Page 64, paragraph 4, the 1st of September:
"Madamoiselle Perraud, twenty-one years of age, who was a maid at the Cafe Dentroux, was raped by a German soldier under threat of a pistol." page 68 of your book.
I come to the Vercors. This region was undeniably an important assembly center for French Forces of the Interior. Document F-611, which we place before you under No. 419, relates the atrocities committed against the innocent population of this region as reprisals because of the presence of the Maquis men. This document appears in your book under page 69, et seq. Paragraph 3 of page 69 is an enumeration of police operations in this area of 15 June, carried out in theregion of St. Donat, of rapes and looting; second, execution at Portes-Les-Valence on 8 July 1944 of thirty hostages taken among the political prisoners interned at Fort Montluc at Lyon; third, police raids carried out against the Maquis of the Vercors Region from 21 July to 5 August 1944; rapes and looting in the region of Crest, Saillans, and Die; bombing by aircraft of numerous villages in the Vercors and in particular Chapelle and Vassieux in Vercors; summary execution of inhabitants of these towns; looting, lynching of wounded men, execution after summary judgment of about a hundred young men at St. Nazaire; deportation to Germany of three hundred others from this region; murder of fifty gravely wounded individuals in the Grotte of La Luire.
Page 70, paragraph 1, on 15 June 1944; "Attacked by the German troops at St. Donat" -- I am quoting-- "which the Maquis had evacuated several days earlier."
Paragraph 5, page 54: I am quoting: "Fifty-four young women from thirteen to fifteen years of age were raped by the maddened soldiers." The Tribunal will forgive me if I avoid citing the atrocious details which follow.
Page 71, the last paragraph: "Bombing of the villages of Combovin, La Baume, Cornillanne, et cetera" -- I am now quoting:--"The losses caused by these bombings among the civilian population was rather high, for in most cases the inhabitants, caught by surprise, didn't have time to seek shelter."
Page 72, third paragraph: "Two women were raped atCrest." This in paragraph 3, and in the fourth paragraph the same thing, three women in Saillans.
Page 73, paragraph 4: I am quoting: "The young girl of twelve, who was wounded, was caught between beams and awaited death for six long days without being able either to sit down or sleep and without receiving any food, and that under the eyes of the Germans who were occupying the village."
Page 76; medical certificate from Doctor Nicolaides, who examined the women who were raped in this region.
I proceed: F-612, placed before you under No. 420, page 77: "To terrorize the inhabitants they hanged at Trebeurden people who were innocent, and the faces where slashed with knives."
I proceed: F-912, placed before you under No. 421, page 82 of your book: It is the recital of the massacre of thirty-five Jews at St. Amand Montrend. These men were arrested and assassinated with pistol shots in the back by members of the Gestapo and of the German Army. They were innocent of any crime.
I proceed: Document F-913, placed before you under No. 422, page 96 at the bottom of the page. I am quoting: "On 8 April 1944 German soldiers of the Gestapo arrested young Besiddon, eighteen years of age, dwelling at Oyonnax, whose brother is in the Maquis." On page 97: "The body of this young man was discovered on 11 April 1944 at Sieges (Jura) frightfully mutilated. His nose and tongue had been cut. There were traces of blows over his whole body and of slashes in his legs. Four other young men were also found at Sieges at the same time that Bessidon was. All of them had been mutilated in such a manner that they could not be identified, They carried no trace of bullets, which clearly indicates that they died from the consequences of ill-treatment."
I proceed: F-605, which I place before you under 423, page 98 of your document book. "Destruction of the village of Cerisay in the DeuxSevers Dept, page 100 of your document book, next to the last paragraph: "The fire did not cause any accident to persons, but the bodies of the two persons killed by German convoys and those of the two victims of the raids were burned."
This village was destroyed with artillery fire. One hundred seventytwo buildings were destroyed and five hundred fifty-nine people were left homeless. That is from the last line of page 100 of your document book.
We place before you Document F-919 under No. 424 and we shall quote only page 103 of your document book, paragraph 4:
"This is the murder of a young man of Tourack, in the Finistere Dept. The murderers compelled the mother to prepare a mean for them." I am quoting: "Having been fed, they disinterred the victim. They searched and found that the body bore a card of identity bearing the same name and address as his mother, brothers, and sisters, who were present and who were in tears. One of the soldiers, finding no excuse to explain this crime, said dryly before going away, "It is too bad," and the body was again buried.
Document F-616, placed before you under No. 427, page 104: This concerns the report of the operations of the German Army in the region of Nice around 20 July 1944, page 105 of your document book, second paragraph: I quote:
"Having been attacked at Presle by several groups of resistance in the region, by way of reprisals the Mongolian detachment, still under the orders of the SS, went to a farm where two French members of the resistance had been hidden. Being unable to take them prisoners, these soldiers then took the proprietors of the said farm, the husband and wife, and after exposing them to numerous atrocities, knifings, rapes, et cetera, they brought them down with sub-machine guns. Then they took the son of these victims, who was only three years of age, and after having frightfully tortured him they crucified him on the gate of the farmhouse.
I'll go on. We place document 914 under No. 426, page 107 of your document book. This was a long recital of the murders committed by the German Army in Rue Tronchet at Lyon without any cause whatever. Page 109 at the end of the last paragraph I now read: "Without preliminary warning, without any effort having been made to verify the exact act or accusation, and if necessary to see these who were responsible for the act, the soldiers opened fire. A certain number of civilians, men and women and children fell down. Others who were intact or only slightly wounded, fled in the house seeking refuge." testimony, or of the official testimony that was drawn up on occasion of the events. We place without quoting, which we ask you to take judicial notice of, only the minutes relating to the crimes of the German Army committed in the region of Loches Department and of Indre in Loire. Document F617 placed before you under No. 427 and on page 115 of your document book, Document F 607, placed before you under No. 428, which is on page 119 of your document book, describes the looting, rapes, and fires committed at Saillant during the months of July and of August in 1944. I quote the third paragraph: "During their sojourn in the region - "I mean the German soldiers," - three rapes were committed against women, three women in that area." No 429; a person was burned alive at Puisots at Vercors, on a punitive expedition. This person was innocent. it is at page 122 of your document book, the whole region of Vassieux in Vercors is devastated. This document No F610, is a report established by the Red Cross prepared prior to the liberation, or immediately prior thereto. Page 123 of your document book, I am quoting: "We find in a room a man wounded. He was struck by eight bullets in the following state. The Germans forced him to set fire to his own house, and they tried to prevent him from emerging from the place by shooting pistols at him. In spite of his wounds he was able to miraculously escape."
We place Document F 618 under No. 431, page 124 of the document book, also page 125, the next to the last line. I am quoting: "Concerning people who were executed." The next to the last line: "Before being shot these people were tortured. One of them, M. Duperrier Francis, with a broken arm and his face completely mutilated, and M. Perroud Plattet had been completely disemboweled with a piece of sharp wood. His jaw bone was also all crushed."
We place document 605 under number 432, page 126. This document relates and describes the burning of a hamlet, the place of M. Moutiers, in the Department of Savoy. I read at the beginning of the eighth line, the end of the second paragraph: "Two men and Mme. Romanet, 72 years old, and her daughter, age 41, were burned in a small house of a small place, in the dwelling where they had sought refuge. The man, Mr. Charvaz, was shattered by a bullet, who was found wretched in the same place and also burned.
We now place under No. 433 French document F 298, page 127, following in your document book, which describes the destruction of Maille' in the Department of Saint-Maure. That area was entirely destroyed on 27 August 1944, and a large number of its inhabitants were killed or seriously wounded. This destruction and these crimes were motivated by no terrorist action, by no act of French force of the interior.
We place before you F 007 under No. RF 434, page 132, following in your document book. This document relates to the crimes committed by the German Army at Montpezat. This is a letter written to the French Delegation by the Bishop of Montauban, Monsigneur Theas, on the 2nd of May. I quote: the second paragraph of page 132, "On 2nd May 1944 involving struggles against the Mighty-"
THE PRESIDENT: Can I see your document?
M. DUBOST: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Dubost, how do you make out this exhibit? It is not the official document, is it, in any shape or form?
M. DUBOST: That is document F 673, page 139, of your document book, that we first refer to the events.
THE PRESIDENT: There is some other document you mean?
M. DUBOST: Document F 907 really explains Document F 673, which is on page 139 of the Document Book, and this is the document as Exhibit 3, prepared letter by Monsigneur Theas, who is Bishop of Montauban. I wish to present that by referring to Document F 673 if the Tribunal is not disposed to grant sufficient credit to that document F 907.
THE PRESIDENT: I think that would be better.
M. DUBOST: This first number, F 673, placed under No. 392, page 139 of your document book. This document relates to the incident following crimes by the Germans, which is represented in paragraph 1, page 139, that is a letter by the French Armistice Commission, and knowledge is from the German Army Commission in these documents.
"On the night of 6th or the 7th June last, at the time of an operation in the region of Montpezat-de-Quercy, German troops set fire to four farm houses which formed the hamlet designated as Perches. Three men, two women, and two children, 14 and 4 years old, were burned alive. Two women and a child of ten disappeared and probably were exposed to the same fate.
"On Saturday, 10 June, having been shot at by two refractories in the village of Marsoulas, German troops killed these two men. Moreover, they massacred, without any explanation, all the other inhabitants of the village that they could got their hands on.
"Thus were killed seven men, six women, and 14 children, most of them still in their bed at the early hour on which this crime took place.
"On 10 June, at about 1900 hours, five Luftwaffe fliers showered for one half hour the town of Tarbes with bombs and machine guns. Several buildings were destroyed, among them the hotel of Ponts et Chaussees, and the Academic Inspectorate. There were seven dead and about ten wounded who were naturally struck haphazardly amongst the population of the city.
"On this occasion the general in command of the VS-659 at Tarbes immediately announced to the prefect of the department of Basses-Pyrenees that the operation had been neither provoked nor ordered by him.
"Following each of these events the prefect of the Region of Toulouse addressed to the General commanding the H.V.S. 564, letters in which in dignified and measured terms he protested against the acts in question.
At a time when innocent women and children were deliberately put to death he formulated quite accurately the opinion that under no circumstances could children in the cradle be considered as accomplices of the terror raids. He requested finally that instructions be given to avoid the recurrence of such painful scenes.
"Answering in toto on the 19th of June, to the three letters of the Regional Prefect of Toulouse, the chief of staff of the general commanding the Principal General Staff Liaison 564 announced that'the position of principle' is taken by his chief. The latter justifies the acts of reprisal cited because of the following:
"The French population has the duty not only to flee from terrorists but also to render their operations impossible, which will avoid any reprisals against innocents. In the struggle against terrorism the German Army must employ and will employ all means at its disposal, even methods of combat new in Western Europe. The terroristic raids of the Anglo-Americans are now causing the massacre of thousands and thousands of innocent women and children in Germany. Their innocent blood has been shed by the guilt of the Army, and therefore the German soldier must use his arms in the South of France.
"I have the honor of requesting you, General Bridoux, from the German Commission whether the French Government is to consider the arguments cited above as reflecting accurately the position taken by the German High Command face to face with the fact that has been indicated in the first part of the present letter."
the document book, which describes the crimes committed at Ascq by a German unit, which, in reprisal for the destruction of the railway, massacred 77 men of all categories and all ages, among whom were 23 railway workers, employees, industrialists, businessmen and workmen. I quote the last part of the penultimate paragraph of Page 145:
"The oldest of these victims, M. Briet, retired, was 74 years old, having been born on the 3rd of October 1869, at Ascq. The youngest, Jean Roques, a student, son of the Raceveur financial secretary, was 15 years old, having been born on the 4th of January, 1929, at Saint Quentin. Father Gilleron, who was the priest of Ascq, and his two protegees, M. Averlon and sons, who were refugees from the coastal area, were shot down." at that time, to which the Commander-in-Chief von Runstedt replied on the 3rd of May 1944, Document F-673, which we have already placed before you. That is on page 154. Number 392 was the number under which it was placed before you. The reply of this superior officer of the German Army is the last paragraph of 154:
"The population of Ascq bears the responsibility for the consequences of the treacherous conduct which I can only firmly condemn." German Armistice Commission, was not satisfied with the reply given by Runstedt, and on 21 June 1944 he reiterated the French protest, addressing it this time to General Vogl, president of the German Armistice Commission. This is 673, Page 155, of your document book. I now quote the second paragraph of page 155:
"In all, from 10 October 1943 to May 1944, more than 1200 persons were thus made victims of these measures of repression."
The last two lines of page 155: "These measures of repression strike against innocents and strike terror amongst the French population."
Page 157, next to the last paragraph: "A great number of those that had been mentioned took place in the course of repressive operations directed against populations which were accused of having had relations with the Resistance.
In such operation there was never any concern of discovering whether the people who were suspected of having rendered service to the Rebels were really guilty, and even less in this case the concern of discovering whether these people had acted of their own free will or under duress.
The number of innocent people thus executed is therefore considerable."
The last paragraph: "The repression operation in Dordogne of 26 March to 3. April 1944, and particularly the tragic incident of Ascq, which have already brought about the intervention on the part of the French Government at Ascq specifically, 86 innocents paid with their lives for one attempt, which, according to my information, did not cause the death of a single German soldier."
End of paragraph 3, Page 158: "Such acts can only stimulate the spirit of revolt of the enemies of Germany, which after all are the only beneficiaries." you under Number 436, is a rejection of the request formulated by General Berard. The document is before you. I don't think it is necessary for me to quote it. This is Document 673, already deposited before you, Page 160 of your document book. And on Page 162 in your own document book, at the end of his protest he writes:
"An enemy who surrenders must not be killed even if he is a Franctireur or a spy. The latter shall receive from the Tribunal a just punishment, but this is only the text of the German stipulations applying to domestic matters." the Secretary of State for Defense to the German general, which protest is also against measures of destruction taken by the German troops in Chaudebonne and Chaveroche. We shall not read this document. The Tribunal may take judicial notice of it if it deems it necessary. Frenchmen were killed. Page 169, paragraph 2. I am now quoting:
"On 7 June an important group of Franc-tireurs attached to the dawn."
On page 170, first paragraph: "The same day at about 20.00 drew in haste."
Next to the last paragraph: "These troops toward morning now decided to exercise reprisals.
The French Forces of the Interior that had taken the town had withdrawn.
The Germans had taken no prisoners.
The reprisals will be extended upon civilians. Without instruction they were arrested."
And I am now reading the penultimate "The victims were selected without any inquiry, without even any questioning--haphazardly; workmen, students, professors, industrialists.
There were even among them some militia sympathizers and members of the Waffen SS.
The 120 corpses who were hanged from remain in the memory of the unfortunate population of Tulle."
June 1944. The Tribunal will accept perhaps we hope the placing of document F-236, which now becomes document 438.
This is a book, an description of the events.
I shall give you a brief analysis of the report of the "de facto" Government of the time, sent to the General "On Saturday, 10 June, a detachment of SS, probably belonging to the 'Das Reich' Division which was in the region, burst into the village after having completely surrounded it."
book, not the little printed text that has just been given to you:
THE PRESIDENT: Page 72?
M. DUBOST: 172, Sir. "On Saturday, 10 June, beginning of the afternoon, a detachment of SS belonging very likely to the "Das Reich" population on the central square.
It was then announced that a take place.
The men were invited to group together in four or five units, each of which was locked into a barn.
The women and children were led into and locked in the church.
It was about 14.00 hours.
whole village, as well as to the surrounding farms. The houses were set on fire one by one.
The operation lasted undoubtedly several hours, in view of the extent of the locality and of the town.
In the echoes of the fire and of the shootings.
At 17.00 hours, German the atmosphere became unbreathable.
Someone was able to break the ness.
The German soldiers then started to shoot through the windows remaining survivors.
Then they spread upon the soil inflammable material.
Not a single woman was able to escape. Having reached the and wounded her seriously.
She saved her life by simulating death "At about 18.
00 hours the German soldiers stopped the depart "At the end of the evening as well as the following day, which who were guarding exits of the village.
However, in the afternoon all carbonized--calcinated.
An absolutely reliable witness was able "During the night of Sunday to Monday the German troops returned "The news of this tragedy spread through Limoges during the day "On Tuesday, 13 June, the Regional Prefect finally obtained the church which was partly in ruins.
There was still human calcinated remains of children.
The bones were mixed with them. The ground was strewn with shells having the 'S.T.K.A.M.' brand upon them and there were numerous traces of bullets the height of a man.
Outside remains of children's bodies.
Outside children formed a spectacle, sight."
The paragraph before the end: "Although it is impossible to from regions threatened by bombardment.
There doesn't seem to be the beginning of the afternoon of 10 June.
Such are the facts.
I have the honor, General, of asking you, sir (General Bridoux speaking to his enemy), to be good enough to communicate them to the German High Command in France.
I strongly hope that he will take repercussion on the mind of the French population."
the book which has been placed before you. This inquiry has shown village.
There were none within several kilometers. It is even distant and remote.
The units which perpetrated this crime apparently The document F-673, page 175, and 176, so indicates.
Page 176: this "There were no Germans in France at that time, at least not in Oradour sur Glane.
The version given by the German authority is that of reprisals for military reasons, absolutely justified.
The German military commander fell in the combat of Normandy."
These are the last four lines of paragraph 4 of page 176:
"According to these facts, these reprisals seem to be absolutely justified by military reasons.
Therefore, in the eyes of the to you plainly, is a crime which is fully justified."
is a strange document which is signed by him. It was drafted on the 5th of March, 1945.
It concerns the so-called executions without judgment of French citizens.
You will find it on page 107. It will incidents as grave or as bad as that of Oradour sur Glane.
From "It was in the interest of the Germans to answer as promptly as possible to these condemnations."
THE TRIBUNAL: Isn't this a document of which we can take
M. DUBOST: You have already accepted it, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: It already has been read.
M. DUBOST: You have already accepted it. This is F-673. It was placed before you under No. 392 and this is the whole bundle of documents of the German Armistice Commission.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, but is it a public document? It is not a public document, is it?
M. DUBOST: I believe that the Tribunal would want me to read it in its entirety.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, F-673, seems to be a very large bundle of documents. That is right, isn't it?
M. DUBOST: Yes, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: This particular part of it, this document signed by Keitel, is a private document.
M. DUBOST: The document which comes from the German Armistice Commission, it was presented several hours ago under No. 392 and you did accept its being deposited before you.
THE PRESIDENT: I know we accepted its being deposited, but that doesn't mean that the whole of the document is in evidence. I mean, we have ruled over and over again that documents of which we do not take judicial notice must be read so that they will go through the interpreting system and will be interpreted into German for the German counsel.
M. DUBOST: I am therefore going to give you the reading of the whole document.
THE PRESIDENT: Very well.
M. DUBOST: "The High Command of the Wehrmacht, Headquarters of the Fuehrer, 5 March 1945. I am dealing with the question of West/QU 2(1) No.01487/45-G, dealing with the question of Captain Cartellieri, concerning so called executions without trial of French citizens.
"1. German Armistice Commission.
"2. Command in the West, Western Command.
"In the month of August 1944, the French Commission attached to the German "Armistice Commission, addressed a note to the latter, giving an exact statement of incidents concerning so called arbitrary executions of Frenchmen from the 9th to the 20th of January, 1944.
The information given in the French note were for the most part so accurate that a control, a verification from the German side was undoubtedly possible.
"On the date of 26/9/1944, the High Command of the Wehrmacht entrusted the German Armistice Commission with the study of this affair. The said commission did later request the Western Command to carry out an inquiry on the incidents and the position taken on the facts submitted in the French note.
"On the 12th of February 1945, the German Armistice Commission received from the Army Group B, from the President of the Military Tribunal of the Army Group B, a note stating that the documents referring to this affair were since November 1944, with the Judge of the Army Pz, AOK 6, and that Pz, AOK 6; and the Second SS Panzer Division, Das Reich' had in the meanwhile been detached from Army Group B. The manner in which this affair was inquired into causes the following remarks to be made. The French and specifically the Vichy Government Delegation have addressed to the German Wehrmacht the grave reproach of having carried out unjustified executions, unjustified by the laws of war against citizens of France - therefore, murders.
"It was in the interest of Germany to answer as promptly as possible against such reproaches. In the long period which has elapsed since the French note was prepared, it should have been possible, even considering the evolution of military events and the movements of troops in relation with such events, to take at least part of these reproaches and to challenge them by examination of the facts. "If merely one fraction of the condemnation had been refuted," - this sentence is important - "if merely one fraction of these condemnations had been refuted, it would have been possible to show the French that all of their claims rested upon doubtful data by the fact that in this matter nothing was done as far as the Germans were concerned. The enemy must have the impression that we are not in a position to answer these condemnations. Their study of this matter shows that very frequently there exists an utter lack of awareness of importance of refuting all reproaches that are formulated against the Wehrmacht and to act against German propaganda. The German Armistice Commission has been entrusted by the present letter to continue the study of this matter with all necessary energy.
We ask that every assistance be given, especially with respect to the compilation of this inquiry on the part of everyone concerned."
"The reality of the fact that Panzer Aok 6 is no longer under western command is not an obstacle to obtain the necessary information to cast light and to permit repetition of the French condemnation."
THE PRESIDENT: M. Dubost, you stated, I think, that this document implicated Keitel.
M. DUBOST: It is signed byKeitel, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Signed by him, yes, but how does it implicate him in the affair of Oradour?
M. DUBOST: Mr. President, the French Commission, called on many occasions by the Vichy Government, brought to the attention of the German Government not only the atrocities of the Oradour but numerous other atrocities. Orders were given, so that these facts constitute absolute reality not merely in the eyes of the French but in the eyes of all those who have objectively inquired into the problem. This should be examined for the purpose of refuting part of the reproaches of the condemnation. This letter is the protest formerly lodged by the French, and we read part of it before you in the course of this examination of the problem, specifically, the fact noted in the letter of General Bridoux and which shows the assassination of Frenchmen at Marsoulas in the department of Hte.-Garonne, among them fourteen children.
THE PRESIDENT: I think you said that that was the last document you were going to refer to?
M. DUBOST: It is the last document.
THE PRESIDENT: Ten minutes past five. Shall we adjourn? M. Dubost, could you let us know what subject is to be gone into tomorrow?
M. DUBOST: Crimes against humanity, by my colleague M. Faure. If you will allow me to present my conclusion this evening--. Our work has been delayer somewhat this afternoon.
THE PRESIDENT: How long do you think you will take, M. Dubost, to make your concluding statement?
M. DUBOST: I think by five-thirty I shall be through.
THE PRESIDENT: I think perhaps, if it is as convenient to you, we had better hear you in the morning.
M. DUBOST: I am at the orders of the Tribunal.
(Whereupon at 1710 hours the hearing of the Tribunal adjourned to reconvene at 1000 hours, 1 February 1946) Military Tribunal, in the matter of: