14/1/43 -No, 5 NOT FOR PUBLICATIOJ:~s IBO.ADC.AST, OR USE ON CLL'JJ TAPES BEBOil.E o;:J. 30 B.S.T. (i.e. FOR EVENING PAPERS) ON THliiiSDAY, J1\.lW/,.r1.Y 14, l 9l~3 THIS :F11IDJ\iWO SHOULD BE :rtil~[3PECTED OVEHSEAS DY PHEFACING ANY MESSAGES FILED \HTH THE It forth their intentions. with re.gard. to the punishrnent of war cr:i.mirio.J.r;. Finally, on'. October ·H, 194'2,' Lord Simon,·' the L.ora':q[l.ancellor of En.gland, and President Roosevelt, d..ssuefFn. 'joint sto.tement in which they announced: (1) , that ,.thy syrrender 9f wo:r ,criminals will be one of the conditions of the armistice convention:; '(2) that a Commission of Investigation, composed of -delegates from a11 the Allied nO.tions, will be sot up immedintely to formulate the charges n.aairiSt those accused of war crimes~ tt : · '-' ' . .Belgium rejoices ·at these decisions. She .·will bo e;lad to learn thn.t the Ministry .of Justice has alreacJy beeun 'with the .necessarily incomplete facts at its disposal in London, to dro.w up the list of' Germans who have violated -the common la-wS of our country. These dossiers will' be· completed wh,en our country is freedi lot those of you who are 'in possession of useful informatrori with regard to the Gehnan.S t crimes committed in Bole;i1~ either in preparing or carrying out .their policy, keep careful note of it. You will · thus facilitate the task of the ·competent authorities who vr.i.11 be responsible for inflicting the perui.lties which" must b~ tneted out to. an enemy without a conscience. · / But our mission -_i_ I -2 But our nission c1oes not end there. There were, unfortunately, in our country as in all the occupied countries -citizens shaueless enoU[~h to walk hand in hand with the encuy and collaborate in the defeat and oppression of their :tiotherland. In its preparations to attack us, Gcrnpny had., by noans of n. subsidised propaganda, purchased the fidelity of a snall nw-_1hcr..:. of_J1Ł:J:_g~ans who 11c~ed as her auxiliaries for the transfornation of cur .unhappy countrj into a . National-SociaJ.ist State. · These '\'.'!'etches r.mst not escape retribution nerolj because they· have failed in their vile designs- Public norality denands that these traitors -they all deserve the sane nane if not the sar.1e penalty -should be punished in exenplary fashion. They will bo. You have learned of the recent d~cree which the Gov:ornnent have issued, :codifying certain prc,visions bf the Penal Code;;. 110 have [Siven it greater publicity than any penal text has ever before received in our cou;ritry. Nobody can say that he has not been inforned• .ti.rticles 113 to 123 of the Penal Coc1e, taken as a whole, were :adequate f o.r the repression of crine.. • It becaL1e apparent, however, that, in consENU<::nce of the new nothods er.1ployed by tl1e ener.1y iJ?. .the occupied territories to .::mabie 'hii'.i to use all the country's resources for nis own benefit and to underr.line internal ·resistance, certain clauses lacked the desired precision and severity. i·u.1 acts which, without excuse, give uaterial, noral, political· or uilitary aid . to the eneuy are likely to delay the country1,s _deliverance and :i.npair the efforts and sacrifices of our ;_1any patriots. Frou the juridical point of view; therefore, these' are criues ::1gainst the external security of the State. Froi_-_ the national point of view, they aro acts of treason. ·: ..i: :. Tho Governnerit 'tesponsiblo for Bcie;:f6u1 s vvar effort, and for naintaining the esse11ticl principles of justice, wore tl'.11.u3 bounc1 to see that no guilty person was enabled) by .any textual e.r.1biguitios or loopholes, to escape· just pu.nishr.lent·. , ·, : The recent decree-law, ,vrhic.h has been broadcast to y~u; was pronulgated to neet this requireuent. r: ,•. But the provision of ad.~quate legal texts for the chast).:senent of cr:ii:iinals is not enough; , in addition there .r.mst be swift and sure procqdilre. !t nust-be bade i:rJ.­possible for the traitors to escape their·deserts by fleyinr; tho coi.lntry, Furthernore, judg1~ent ;upon'then nust be prono'Li.nced vvithout ·1oss of .tin9. -'., To aqc~lerate the pro-,:· cedure ~v~1 have suboitted the existing texts to a cour:iissiol,1 of jurists ci.nd the Govern­r.wnt va11" soon have before theLJ for approval certain nodif~cations: o{ the :la'.'I' goi.i:erhing .. our nilitary ·penal p;tocedure. · ' ..': ,.. , ; ', ... c. It seened to ue that our-fettered .cor.ipatriots would. .be glad to;learn of the activities of the Govcrnraerit who have the f'oruidable honour to reprqs:~n~'-_thera on the free scil. of Groat Br.1.tain. ·· ' ­ I'i; is a forr;d.'.flo.ssiono.te posting to be vvith hor nothcr., Now, one in· the .cookhouso o.nc-: the r-'thc1· in the signals section, not.her cl cbughtcr are v-rorking for the c1o.y vrhcn tlye t little gu-:;st-house in Ostend vrill be open o.r_:;::,in -to British visitors. _ _________... ___ -14-.1.43 ... No. 35 Air Hinistry' News Service Air Hinistry BulletL."1 No• 8973 TONS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES ON THE RUHR 1.lore than a hundred tons of high explosives and incendiary bombs were Jiropped in 12 minutes by our four-engined bombers during last night's raid on the Ruhr~ Large fires were reported at Essen~ Anti~ircrn.ft fire vvas as violent as ever a;nd, fu contrast to recent nights, there were several encounters with figh:ters along the route. A Junkers 88 :rro.Q.e a sudden attack on one of our bombers on the homeward journey, . The first the crew knew of the attack was when tracers. hit the bomber from dead astern and.wounded the rear-gunner in the leg, Bullets dug n. large hole in the port wing, and this ca.used the dinghy to be released. It shot out into the air and wrnppcd itself round the tail of the bomber, which at once became uncontrollable. It fell 21000 feet and in so doing threw off the fighter, Then the pilot regained control and brought the bomber home with its hyc3raulic system out of action, elevator and rudder d~rrnged, and holes in the rear and mid-upper turrets as well as in the fuselage; .·A Ln.ncaster crow descrioed. how.theĄ defeated another Junk~rs 88. "It opened fire from a long way off''1; the pilot said; 11and I saw tracers from its cannon going just above my cockpit. It was so close that I felt tbD. t if I put r;iy mnd out it would be shot away. At once I began evasive action. 11 The rear-gunner e:icplG.ined how he put in a burst vvhen the enemy was still sor;,e distance n.way. "Then as he closed and tried to bring his guns to bear on us by f(Jllowing us a roµnd as tightly as he could, I let him .have o.nother burst.u He n.dded, "I saw my tracers going into the Junkers wing roots. We did not see it ago.in but sane minutes ai'tervvc..rds I saw a flash -on the ground which might bave been the Junkers hitting the en.rth. 11 -------------..-­ 'lL~/1/43 -No. 36 · The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the liinister without Portfolio received at the Treasury .yesterday~ deputation rroµ the Family Endowment Society, representing sone 20 different orgo.nisations, on' the subject of children's allowances. Group Capto.in ·;right, l !.P., introducing the deputation, gave o. general .S'l!µ'vey of the subject o.nc1 stresseci the wide ncasure of support which the proposuls for children1 s o.llo;-vances now enjoyed. Er. Seebohr.1 Rowntree dealt 'v~:ith the poverty aspect of the subject, and Hiss Eleanor Ra thbone; 1,1, P,, er.g;:ihasiseci the urgency of providing a st:i.r.rulus to the birth-rate, .· Lrs•. Lyrton Gould, the forr::.er Chc..irr:nn of the Labour Po.rty1 spoke· of the need for naintnining the health of the children, q.nd 1'.r• Kenneth Lindsay, . L.P. 1 spoke on fa111ily e..llowances as an eler.1ent in the educational prograr.uae, ­ Lo.dy Violet Bonhan-Carter urged the i;r~ortance of_the po.ynent of the allowance being rode. to the mother., I.Irs. Corbet stressed the urgency of / the proposals, . ~ view of the increase in the cost-of-living. Mr:s, Eva Hubrock e1'1lh.asised the :i.r:lporto.nce of the r:iatter from the point of view of social justice. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Ninister without Portfolio thD.nked the deputation for waiting upon then, and pronised to give full cons.iderat ion to the views which had been e:x:pre ssed. +++++++++++++ 10, DOWNING STREET. Discussions hove token pl.ace -vdth the Go-verrnnent of the U.S.A_. on the question of ~upplies for Icelond nnd agreer;1ent hos now been re~ched. The' gencrol responsibility for raeeting Icelandic requirements lies with . the U.S.A.. , but there are certnin classes of goods YJhich vdll cont.inue to be supplied fror.1 the United Kingdon in strictly limited quantities, supply and other considerntions pernittingo .Lkcordingly-, all expo:cts to rcelnnd hove been .subjected to licence as from Je.nunry 150 T~icencc;s will not normally be granted~ even where the goods are in proccirs of manufacture or alrendy on order; for nny goods not appearing in the foHovrl:ng..list:­ Books and periodicals: Chenicnls (bicarhonate of soda, calciun chloride, caustic sodo, !\! coal tar ( refinea), salt: sheep dip, W3shi.tig sod.a): Cement: Charcoal: Coal and coke: !! Cork and ·nanufactui~es thereof: !'i Explos;i.ves: Hides and Skins and Leather: Non··me-\;nllic minOrol nnterials and nnnufactures (;including n as·bestos goods): ~~ R.cp.loccment pnrts for comme1~ciaJ. radio transnitters and re'.Jeivers (including volves) of ·\;Y]_)cs not Obcc:irn:i"'ule ir1 the u.s.11.: Spare p'