How does this bear on the fact that he was wearing civilian clothes?
WAGNER: It shows that he...
DR. SIEMERS: Sir David would like me to read the next sentence too:
“Acts of force contrary to international law could not be proved against him. Evans made detailed statements regarding the action and, on 19 January 1943, in accordance with the Führer Order, he was shot.”
How does this bear on the fact that he was wearing civilian clothes? Does this show that he did not act as a soldier in enemy territory should act?
THE PRESIDENT: Just a moment. The Tribunal considers that that is a question of law which the Tribunal has got to decide, and not a question for the witness.
DR. SIEMERS: Then I shall forego the answer.
May I ask you to turn to the next page of the document and to come back to the Bordeaux case, a similar case which has already been discussed. You have already explained the Bordeaux case insofar as you said that the Naval Operations Staff was not informed about it. I now draw your attention to the sentence at the bottom of Page 3:
“After carrying out the explosions, they sank the boats and tried, with the help of the French civilian population, to escape into Spain.”
Thus did the men concerned in this operation also not act like soldiers?