Original sentence: It stated that "Operations should now be focussed on the morale of the enemy civilian population and in particular, the industrial workers".Lest there be any confusion, Sir Charles Portal wrote to Air Chief Marshall Norman Bottomley on the 15 February "... I suppose it is clear that the aiming points will be the built up areas, and not, for instance, the dockyards or aircraft factories
Edited sentence: "... I suppose it is clear that the aiming points will be the built up areas, and not, for instance, the dockyards or aircraft factories.Even though these words were very clear, Sir Charles Portal repeated the aim of killing civilians whilst ignoring military sites when he wrote to Air Chief Marshall Norman Bottomley on the 15 February.It stated that "Operations should now be focussed on the morale of the enemy civilian population and in particular, the industrial workers", which clearly called for intentional killing of non-combatants, mainly women and children.The directive paved the way for killing over half a million of German civilians and thus violating international conventions and international law, a fact that neither the British nor the Americans have officially admitted up to this day