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                         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
 
 
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