“In August 1944, the French Commission attached to the German Armistice Commission addressed a note to the latter, giving an exact statement of incidents concerning alleged arbitrary executions of Frenchmen from 9 to 23 June 1944.
“The information given in the French note was for the most part so detailed that verification from the German side was undoubtedly possible.
“On 26 September 1944 the High Command of the Wehrmacht entrusted the German Armistice Commission with the study of this affair. The said commission later requested High Command West for an inquiry on the incidents and an opinion on the facts submitted in the French note.
“On 12 February 1945 the German Armistice Commission received from the Army Group B (from the President of the Military Tribunal of Army Group B) a note stating that the documents referring to this affair had been since November 1944 with the Army Judge of Pz. AOK 6, and that Pz. AOK 6 and the Second SS Panzer Division ‘Das Reich’ had in the meantime been detached from Army Group B.
“The manner in which this affair was inquired into causes the following remarks to be made: