The United States Government intends that Axis crimes against their own nationals, such as the Jewish minority in Germany, shall be punished, it was indicated today in a statement made by Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew.
Referring to declarations made by President Roosevelt calling for punishment of Nazi atrocities, the statement says:
“Over the past months officers of the Department of State, in consultation with other departments, have worked out proposals for the realization of the objectives stated by the President. Pending the outcome of current discussions with our Allies on this subject, these proposals cannot be published. I wish, however, to state categorically that these proposals are as forthright and far reaching as the objectives announced by the President which they are intended to implement. They provide for the punishment of German leaders and their associates for their responsibility for the whole broad criminal enterprise devised and executed with ruthless disregard of the very foundation of law and morality, including offenses, wherever committed, against the rules of war and against minority elements Jewish and other groups and individuals.”
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