1. In general, the policy of this office is to conduct interrogations in the German language, using personnel who are skilled and experienced in interrogation work.

2. This policy is not, however, an inflexible one. The Interrogation Section is not large enough to conduct all the interrogations that are necessary. A number of lawyers and research analysts outside of the Interrogation Section speak German and are thoroughly qualified to interrogate in German. In a number of cases, we have found it desirable to conduct interrogations in English, where non-German speaking attorneys wished to interrogate, themselves, to develop points.

3. For the most part, this system has worked well. However, under present circumstances, there are a number of attorneys doing extensive interrogation work in English and it is important that all interrogations, no matter who conducts them, be carried out in conformity with the general principles of interrogation which we have endeavored to follow from the outset.

4. An interrogation normally is conducted for one of two purposes:

a. to obtain reliable information needed for the preparation of the case, or b. to obtain affidavits embodying information or admissions in such form that they can be offered in evidence before the Tribunals. It goes without saying that in all cases the information or admissions must be obtained voluntarily and without threats, intimidation, or promises of any kind.

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5. There is no point in trying our cases in the interrogation rooms. posure of falsehood, or misleading or incomplete statements, by confronting the person being interrogated with documents or prior inconsistent statements, is useful only if it advances the purposes of the interrogation as set forth in paragraph 4. A cross examiner's "victory" over a witness may sometimes be useful in open court, but it is quite useless in the interrogation room.

6. The general procedures governing interrogations, established by the Chief of the Evidence Division, should be scrupulously observed, so that our records of interrogations may be complete, so that the information produced by interrogations can be made available to all who are interested, and so that the observance of the general standards of interrogation can be insured.

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Visitors who are permitted to stay but a few hours, mail and packages-that has constituted for years past the only connection with our dear ones and the only way of hope in our present existence. Therefore, the more do those feel their cruel lot who, apart from their other burdens, have no such possibilities to alleviate their sufferings. There are approximately 70 among us, who, due to the war, are entirely on their own, whose relatives live in foreign countries from where they can at best receive some mail, or whose families have been driven from their homes and who have hardly enough for themselves. You yourselves have experienced the distress and dispair of the post-war years and you will know, too, what it means to have nothing but prison food which constitutes the minimum subsistence.

The order restricting parcels and packages to two per month, which has been in effect for several weeks, has considerably limited, or even made impossible altogether, the assistance we were only too glad to render to our needy comrades. Therefore, we now appeal to you. Please accept sponsorships for mailing packages. If you yourselves should not be in a position to do so, solicit among your friends. If several families pool their efforts and take turns sending a package or parcel a month to the person they sponsor, this would reduce the sacrifice for the individual sponsors and be of help to our comrades.

Please inform us soon of the addresses to whom we could forward the name of a "sponsored person to whom packages are to be sent". If the individual sponsors should have special preferences as to who should be selected, we shall give them due consideration.

Aid us to lend a helping hand and be assured of our gratitude.