COL. PHILLIMORE: Did not your operational—did your commanders not report when they captured an enemy Commando?
WAGNER: I must assume that those things were also reported in the situation reports.
COL. PHILLIMORE: Now, you are really suggesting that you have forgotten all about these incidents now?
WAGNER: In all my testimony I have strictly adhered to what I personally remember.
COL. PHILLIMORE: Do you know what happened to these men? You know they were captured in uniform, do you not? There was a naval officer with gold braid around his arm. That is a badge you use in the German Navy, is it not?
WAGNER: I have already said that I do not recall this affair.
COL. PHILLIMORE: Well, let me just tell you and remind you. After interrogation by naval officers and officers of the SD, both of whom recommended prisoner-of-war treatment, these men were handed over by the Navy to the SD for shooting. They were taken to a concentration camp, and at 4 o’clock in the morning they were led out one by one, blindfolded, fettered, not told they were going to be shot, and shot one by one on the rifle range. Do you know that?
WAGNER: No.
COL. PHILLIMORE: Did you know that is what handing over to the SD meant?
WAGNER: I have already said that handing over to the SD implied several possibilities.