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NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, signatories of the said Agreement on behalf of their respective Governments, duly authorized thereto, have agreed that Article 6, paragraph (c), of the Charter in the Russian text is correct, and that the meaning and intention of the Agreement and Charter require that the said semi-colon in the English text should be changed to a comma, and that the French text should be amended to read as follows:
(a) LES CRIMES CONTRE L'HUMANITE: c'est à dire l'assassinat, l'extermination, la réduction en esclavage, la déportation, et tout autre acte inhumain commis contre toutes populations civiles, avant ou pendant la guerre, ou bien les persécutions Peur (les motifs politiques, raciaux, on réligieux, lorsque ces actes on persécutions, qu'ils aient constitué on non mie violation du droit interne du pays où ils ont été perpétrés, ont été commis á la suite de tout crime rentrant dans la compétence du Tribunal, ou en liaison avec ce crime.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Undersigned have signed the present Protocol. DONE in quadruplicate in Berlin this 6th day of October, 1945 each in English, French, and Russian, and each text to have equal authenticity.
For the Government of the United States of America
ROBERT H. JACKSON
For the Provisional Government of the French Republic
FRANCOIS DE MENTHON
For the Government of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
HARTLEY SHAWCROSS
For the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
R. RUDENKO
OF WAR CRIMES, CRIMES AGAINST PEACE
AND AGAINST HUMANITY
In order to give effect to the terms of the Moscow Declaration of 30 October 1943 and the London Agreement of 8 August 1945, and the Charter issued pursuant thereto and in order to establish a uniform legal basis in Germany for the prosecution of war criminals and other similar offenders, other than those dealt with by the International MilitaryTribunal, the Control Council enacts as follows:
The Moscow Declaration of 30 October 1943 "Concerning Responsibility of Hitlerites for Committed Atrocities" and His London Agreement of 8 August 1945 "Concerning Prosecution and Punishment of Major War Criminals of the European Axis" are made integral parts of this Law. Adherence to the provisions of the London Agreement by any of the United Nations, as provided for
