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    "ocrText": "The President.\n- 3 -\n6/6/45.\nand the Theater Judge Advocate's staff. The officials of other coun-\ntries were most anxious to help. For example, the French brought to\nGeneral Donovan and me in Paris evidence that civilians in Germany had\nbeaten to death wi th wrenches three American airmen. They had obtained\nfrom the German Burgomeister identification of the killers, had taken\nthem into custody, and offered to deliver them to our forces. Cases\nsuch as this a.re not infrequent. Under the arrangements perfected,\nthe military authorities are enabled to move in cases of this class\nwithout delay. Some are already under way; some by now have been\nCHARGE\ntried and verdicts rendered. Some concentratic on camp cases are also\n: ARCHIVES SERVICE* RECORDS THATIONAL AND\nsoon to go on trial.\n2. A second class of offenders, the prosecution of which wil 11 not\ninterfere with the major case, consists of those who, under the Moscow\nDeclaration, are to be sent back to the scene of their crimes for trial\nby local authorities. These comprise localized offenses or atrocities\nagainst persons or property, usually of civilians of countries formerly\noccupied by Germany. The part of the United States in these cases con-\nsists of the identification of offenders and the surrender on demand of\nthose who a.re within our control.\nThe United Nations War Crimes Commission is especially concerned\nwith cases of this kind. It represents many of the United Nations,\nwith the exception of Russia. It has been usefully engaged as a body\nwith which the aggrieved of all the United Nations have recorded their\naccusations and evidence. Lord Wright, representing Australia, is the\nChairman of this Commission, and Lt. Col. Joseph V. Hodgson is the"
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