We know the working conditions in concentration camps. But I shall proceed to read the text of the letter covering this order, paragraph four. This paragraph is a comment on the order itself. This is F-673 of the Wiesbaden Armistice Commission. Pending judicial proceedings against any act of terror or sabotage, or any other crime committed by non-German civilians in the occupied territories which endangers the security or the state of tactical readiness of the occupying power, are suspended.
Indictments are to be withdrawn.
The carrying out of sentences is not to be ordered. This order, which is to be transmitted to all commanding generals, as indicated on Page 7, is accompanied by one last comment on Page 8, the penultimate paragraph. This order is signed by Keitel. By this comment, which we have just read to you, Keitel has associated himself in spirit with the order of his Fuehrer. He has brought about the execution of numerous innocent individuals, for the uncontrolled killing of any one suspected of being a terrorist affects not only the terrorists but the innocent, and affects the innocent more than the terrorists.