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  4. Allied declarations condemning German atrocities in occupied territories; proposal for the creation of a United Nations Commission for the Investigation of War Crimes

Allied declarations condemning German atrocities in occupied territories; proposal for the creation of a United Nations Commission for the Investigation of War Crimes1

1. For previous correspondence, see Foreign Relations, 1941, vol. i, pp. 445 ff. See also ibid., 1942, vol. iii , section under The Vatican entitled “Efforts by the United States and Other Governments To Have the Pope Protest Publicly Against Nazi Atrocities in Occupied Areas.”

[41] The Ambassador to the Polish Government in Exile ( Biddle ) to the Secretary of State

London , January 14, 1942.
[Received January 14—9:30 a.m.]

851.00/2618: Telegram

[43] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[ Washington ,] July 31, 1942.

740.00116 European War 1939/521

[44] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to President Roosevelt

London , August 5, 1942.

740.00116 European War 1939/693

[45] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[ Washington ,] September 7, 1942.

740.00116 European War 1939/543

[46] The British Embassy to the Department of State

Washington , 7 September, 1942.

740.00116 European War 1939/557

[47] The Department of State to the British Embassy

Washington , September 18, 1942.

740.00116 European War 1939/557

[48] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to the Secretary of State

London , September 20, 1942—2 p.m.
[Received September 20—10 a.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/555: Telegram

[49] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )

Washington , September 21, 1942—10 p.m.

740.00116 European War 1939/555: Telegram

[50] Memorandum by Mr. Theodore C. Achilles of the Division of European Affairs

[ Washington ,] September 24, 1942.

740.00116 European War 1939/594

[51] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to the Secretary of State

London , September 26, 1942—8 p.m.
[Received September 26—5:10 p.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/566: Telegram

[53] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )

Washington , October 5, 1942—10 p.m.

740.00116 European War 1939/571: Telegram

[54] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )

Washington , October 6, 1942—5 p.m.

740.00116 European War 1939/571 (Suppl.): Telegram

[55] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to the Secretary of State

London , October 6, 1942—midnight.
[Received October 6—10:28 p.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/574: Telegram

[56] The Chargé in the Soviet Union ( Henderson ) to the Secretary of State

Kuibyshev (Moscow), October 16, 1942—1 p.m.
[Received October 17—5:45 p.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/606: Telegram

[57] The Chargé in the Soviet Union ( Henderson ) to the Secretary of State

Kuibyshev (Moscow), October 20, 1942—1 p.m.
[Received October 22—12:48 a.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/616: Telegram

[60] The Chargé in the Soviet Union ( Henderson ) to the Secretary of State

Moscow , November 26, 1942—3 p.m.
[Received November 27—2:45 p.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/655: Telegram

[61] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to the Secretary of State

London , December 7, 1942—midnight.
[Received December 8—9:30 a.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/660: Telegram

[62] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to the Secretary of State

London , December 8, 1942—midnight.
[Received December 8—11:40 p.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/663: Telegram

[63] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to the Secretary of State

London , December 8, 1942—midnight.
[Received December 8—11:46 p.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/664: Telegram

[64] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )

Washington , December 11, 1942—midnight.

740.00116 European War 1939/664: Telegram

[65] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )

Washington , December 12, 1942—8 p.m.

740.00116 European War 1939/674a: Telegram

[66] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to the Secretary of State

London , December 14, 1942—6 p.m.
[Received 8:50 p.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/675: Telegram

[67] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )

Washington , December 16, 1942—8 p.m.

740.00116 European War 1939/675: Telegram

[68] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to the Secretary of State

London , December 17, 1942—11 p.m.
[Received December 17—8:09 a.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/677: Telegram

[69] The Minister in Switzerland ( Harrison ) to the Secretary of State

Bern , December 26, 1942—4 p.m.
[Received 5:15 p.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/689: Telegram