Fifth paragraph of the same page:
“1. Civilians. If it is admitted that civilians captured before the armistice cannot be treated as prisoners of war, as discussed in my previous letter, surely there is all the more reason not to consider as such those captured after the armistice. I note in this respect that captures, some of which were collective, were carried out several months after the end of hostilities. . . .”
Then on Page 18, the top of the page:
“To the categories of civilians defined in my first letter, I wish to add one more—that of demobilized civilians who were going back to their homes in the occupied zone after the armistice and who, more often than not, were captured on their way home and sent into captivity as a result of the initiative of local military authorities.
“2. Soldiers. As such I would define, by convention, men who, though freed after the armistice, could not for some reason—due to the difficult circumstances of that period—be provided with the regular demobilization papers. Many of them were captured and taken into captivity under the same condition as those mentioned above. . . .”
I think the Tribunal will not require the reading of that example, but if the President wishes, I shall read it.
THE PRESIDENT: No.
M. DUBOST: Let us turn to Page 19, the last paragraph, entitled:
“A. Civilians not subject to military service.