MOST SECRET
Draft
Supreme Command of the Armed Forces
No. 007893/4 Most Secret/Armed Forces Ops. Staff/QU (Admin. 1)
[The number is changed to 009074/44]
Fuehrer Headquarters 22.7.1944
—Copies, —Copy
Subject: Treatment of members of foreign "military missions" captured with partisan groups.
The Special Orders for the treatment of captured members of partisan groups do not apply to members of foreign so-called "military mission" (Anglo-American or Soviet-Russian) captured in the fight against partisan groups in the areas under the command of the C-in-C South East and South West. They are therefore to be treated, not as prisoners of war, but in accordance with the Fuehrer's Order on the extermination of terrorist and sabotage troops, dated 18.10.1942 (OKW/WFSt No. 003830/42 Most Secret).
This order is not to be distributed beyond the divisional or equal-ranking staffs of the other branches of the Armed Forces. Any papers distributed to Army Headquarters and equal-ranking staffs, of the Armed Forces are to be recalled, when read, and destroyed.
[This last sentence is changed to "This order is not to be distributed beyond General Headquarters and equal-ranking staffs of other branches of the Armed Forces and is to be destroyed when read.">[
Keitel
| Distribution: | |
| C-in-C South East | Copy 1 |
| C-in-C South West | Copy 2 |
| Army General Staff | Copy 3 |
| OKM/Naval War Staff | Copy 4 |
| OKL/Air Force Ops. Staff | Copy 5 |
| Reichsfuehrer SS and Chief of the GermanPolice— Headquarters Staff of the ReichsfuehrerSS— for the attention of SSBrigadefuehrer and Major-General of theWaffen SS Rohde, also for RSHA | Copy 6 |
| OKW/Gen. Armed Forces Dept. | Copy 7 |
| /Chief of P.W. section | Copy 8 |
| /Armed Forces Reserves (WR) | Copy 9 |
| /WFSt/W Pr | Copy 10 |
| /Op (Army-Air Force-Navy) | Copy 11 |
| /Org | Copy 12 |
| /War Diary | Copy 13 |
| /Qu (Draft) | Copy 14 |
| Reserve | Copy 15-25 |
PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 1285-PS