DR. LATERNSER: Now, a few questions regarding the equipment of the Commando units. Do you not know that automatic arms were found on some members of these units and that, in particular, pistols were carried in such a manner that if, in the event of capture, the man raised his arms, that movement would automatically cause a shot to be fired which would hit the person standing opposite the man with raised arms? Do you know anything about that?
WAGNER: I have heard of it.
DR. LATERNSER: Did you not see pictures of it?
WAGNER: At the moment I cannot remember seeing such pictures.
DR. LATERNSER: Did the Germans also undertake sabotage operations in enemy countries?
THE PRESIDENT: What has it got to do with that, Dr. Laternser?
DR. LATERNSER: I wanted to ascertain by means of this question whether the witness had knowledge of German sabotage operations, and furthermore, whether he had received reports about the treatment of such sabotage units.
THE PRESIDENT: That is the very thing which we have already ruled cannot be put.
You are not suggesting that these actions were taken by way of reprisal for the way in which German sabotage units were treated? We are not trying whether any other powers have committed breaches of international law, or crimes against humanity, or war crimes; we are trying whether these defendants have.
The Tribunal has ruled that such questions cannot be put.