For the first time in history four of the world’s dominant nations have recognized the principle that to plot of launch a war of aggression is a crime for which individuals may be convicted and punished. This is, perhaps, the most significant feature of the agreement signed in London on August 3, 1945, for their respective Governments by Lord Jowitt, the Lord Chancellot of England; by M. Robert Falco, a judge of the Cour de Cassation, the highest court of France; by Maj. Gen. L. T. Nikitchenko, Vice President of the Supreme Court of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, and by me on behalf of the United States.
Publication Date
December 9, 1945
Citation
N.Y. Times Mag., Sept. 9, 1945, p. 9.
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For the first time in history four of the world's dominant nations have recognized the principle that to plot of launch a war of aggression is a crime for which individuals may be convicted and punished. This is, perhaps, the most significant feature of the agreement signed in London on August 3, 1945, for their respective Governments by Lord Jowitt, the Lord Chancellot of England; by M. Robert Falco, a judge of the Cour de Cassation, the highest court of France; by Maj. Gen. L. T. Nikitchenko, Vice President of the Supreme Court of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, and by me on behalf of the United States.
