TEN YEARS OCCUPATION
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U.S. PLANS FOR GERMANY NEW PUNISIIMENT LAW
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Received Tuesdav, 11.45 a.m. LONDON, March 4. , A sweeping new law drafted by three German Ministers makes 3,oou, 000 Germans In the American zone liable to punishment for aiding Hitler, states the Associated Press of Great Britain's Berlin correspondent. The punishment ranges from ten, years in labour camps and the confiscation of proeroy for major offenders to a. i special reparations fihe for those' ! ^ ocu at. ioiiOWers. Lieut.-General Lucius Clary, depuoy American Miiioary Governor, said the Americans were determined to see the sentences are carried out. The Germans will do uieir own prosecuting. He added that as far as the Military Government could commit the United States, j the Americans wouid remain in 'Germany for at least ten years. jFurther instructions wouid be isI sued to the German Ministers con|cerning the persons held guilty of war crimes and conduct against "peace and humanity."
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1946, Page 5
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158TEN YEARS OCCUPATION Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1946, Page 5
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