MASS TRIAL MOOTED
MAJOR AVAR CRIMINALS
LONDON, July 5. Officials of Britain, France, Russia, and the United States are" considering a proposal that the major Nazi war criminals should be put in' the dock together for a mass trial. The proposal was made by the American War Crimes Prosecutor (Judge Jackson). It is suggested that the charge against these major criminals bo that of conspiring to wreck the peace of the world based on the Kellogg Pact of 1928 which outlawed war. Under the Moscow Declaration of October, 1943, the question of bringing the major criminals to justice was referred to the four Great Powers as distinct from the War Crimes Commission whose members, representing 16 Allied Nations, have the task of indicating minor criminals for trial by the countries where the crimes were committed. The major criminals arc those considered to have committed crimes affecting the United Nations as a whole.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 185, 6 July 1945, Page 5
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152MASS TRIAL MOOTED Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 185, 6 July 1945, Page 5
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