A statement indicating that the surrender of those responsible for the Nazi pogroms on Jews might be one of the conditions of any armistice granted to the Axis, was made here today by Secretary of State Cordell Hull, following the announcement by the State Department that the United States, Britain, Russia, Fighting French and eight other allied governments have issued a joint declaration condemning the Nazi massacres of Jews and warning that the Nazis shall not escape retribution for their crimes.
Secretary Hull’s statement was made in reply to a question asked at his press conference as to what practical steps could be taken to implement the protest declaration of the Allied Nations. “The names of the criminals and accounts of their crimes are being recorded so that they can be dealt with at the earliest possible time, not later than the end of the war,” the Secretary of State said. He also referred to a previous statement by President Roosevelt which indicated that evidence is being systematically collected against those guilty of crimes against the civilian population in Nazi-occupied territories.
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