“4. Extreme caution is indicated in assessing the credibility of statements made by enemy civilians.
“III. Responsibility of the Military Commanders.
“Within their sphere of competence Military Commanders are personally responsible for seeing that:
“1. Every commissioned officer of the units under their command is instructed promptly and in the most emphatic manner on principles set out under I above.
“2. Their legal advisers are notified promptly of these instructions and of verbal information in which the political intentions of the High Command were explained to C-in-Cs.
“3. Only those court sentences are confirmed which are in accordance with the political intentions of the High Command.
“IV. Security.
Once the camouflage is lifted this decree will be treated as “Most Secret”:
“By order
“Chief of the Supreme Command