APPENDIX B Punishment of Certain War Crimes and Treatment of Special Groups. A. Punishment of Certain War Crimes. (1) Arch-Criminals. A List of the Arch Criminals of this war whose obvious guilt has generally been recognized by the United Nations shall be drawn up as soon as possible and transmitted to the appropriate military authorities. The military authorities shall be instructed with respect to all persons who are on such lists as follows: (a) They shall be apprehended as soon as possible and identified as soon as possible after aprehension, the identification to be approved by an officer of the General rank. (b) When such identification has been made the person identified shall be put to death forthwith by firing squads made up of soldiers of the United Nations. (2) Certain Other War Criminals. (a) Military commissions shall be established by the Allied Military Government for the trial of certain crimes which have been cmmitted against civilization during this war. As soon as practicable, representatives of the liberated countries of Europe shall be included on such commissions. These crimes shall include those crimes covered by the following section and such other crimes as such military commissions may be ordered to try from time to time. (b) Any person who is suspected of being responsible for (through the issuance of orders or otherwise), or having partici- pated in, causing the death of any human being in the following situations shall be arrested and tried promptly by such military commissions, unless prior to trial one of the United Nations has requested that such person be placed in its custody for trial on similar charges for acts committed within its territory: (i) The death was caused by action in violation of the rules of war. (ii) The victim was killed as a hostage in reprisal for the deeds of other persons. (iii) The victim met death because of his nationality, race, color, creed, or political conviction. (b) Any person who is convicted by the military commissions of the crimes specified in paragraph (c) shall be sentenced to death, unless the military commissions, in exceptional cases, determine that there are extenuating circumstances, in which |