NAVAL MESSAGE                           NAVY DEPARTMENT
 
                                                             ADDRESSEES
 
FROM   CG 1ST PROV MARBRIG               MARCORPS
                                                                 OPNAV
 
DATE   8 SEPT. 1941
 
TOR CODEROOM    2342
 
DE/CODED BY        BROOKE
PARAPHRASED BY     GLUNT
 
INDICATE BY ASTERISK ADDRESSEES FOR WHICH HAlL DELIVERY IS
SATISFACTORY.
 
                    081521CR0941
UNLESS OTHERWISE  INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH
DEFERRED PRECEDENCE.
 
TEXT
 
HAVE SIGNED VOLUNTARY CONFESSIONS OF 4 MARINES ACCUSED OF
RAPE OF COUNTRY WOMAN AND MARINES ARE BEING TRIED BY GENERAL
COURTS MARTIAL.  1 CONVENED TODAY.  PUBLIC STATMENT BY THIS
HEADQUARTERS DEPRECATING INCIDENT AND ASSURING ICELANDERS OF
FULL MEASURE OF PUNISHMENT FOR ACCUSED MEN ARE APPARENTLY
ALLAYED PUBLIC FEELING .  MAILED REPORT SEPT. 5TH. THE ABOVE
IS IN REFERENCE TO YOUR 062205. 
 
 
DISTRIBUTION:                                  *PHONED ADM NOYES/
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10/11....13....FILE-NAVAIDE              *PHONED MARCORPS D.O. 1922