“M. Georges Scapini, Ambassador of France.
“To his Excellency Monsieur Abetz, German Ambassador in Paris.
“Subject: Men captured after ‘the coming into force of the Armistice Convention and treated as prisoners of war. . . .’ ”
At the bottom of the page:
“I. The Geneva Convention applies only during a state of war as far as captures are concerned. Armistice, however, suspends war operations; therefore, any man captured after the Armistice Convention came into force and treated as a prisoner of war, is wrongfully retained in captivity. . . .”
Page 17, third paragraph:
“The Armistice Convention, in its second paragraph, states only that the French Armed Forces stationed in regions to be occupied by Germany are to be brought back quickly into unoccupied territory and demobilized, but does not say that they are to be taken into captivity, which would be contrary to the Geneva Convention. . . .”