The British delegation was of the opinion that pending consideration of the reparation question by the Moscow Reparation Commission no figures of reparation should be mentioned.
The above Soviet-American proposal has been passed to the Moscow Reparation Commission as one of the proposals to be considered by the Commission.
VI. Major War Criminals
The Conference agreed that the question of the major war criminals should be the subject of enquiry by the three Foreign Secretaries for report in due course after the close of the Conference.
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E. R. Stettinus, Jr.
V. Molotov
Anthony Eden
Source: Extracts from the Protocol of the Proceedings of the Crimea (Yalta) Conference, (February 11, 1945), Cmd. 7088 (1947); reprinted in Beata Ruhm von Oppen, ed., Documents on Germany under Occupation, 1945-1954. London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1955, pp. 7-8.
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