Correspondence and reports
TitleCorrespondence and reports
ReferenceMS5954/2
Date
1946 - 1947
Production date 1946-05-17 - 1947-12-02
Scope and ContentReport summarising the aims and findings of the committee, n.d. (for the final version, see PREM 8/1111 at the National Archives.)
Copy letter from W/Cdr Thompson to Major AK Mant, enclosing minutes of meetings, 17/05/1946
Letter from Major Mant to Lord Moran, enclosing minutes of meetings, 18/09/1946
Copy letter from W/Cdr Thompson to Prof Lovatt Evans, asking him to advise the committee, 16/07/1947
Copy of the questionnaire given to all specialists to form the basis of their reports, n.d.
Letter from VA Fenger of the Danish Medical Association to Lord Moran, enclosing a copy of a report proposing the response of the World Medical Association to evidence of medical war crimes, 02/12/1947
Annotated agenda for a meeting regarding the setting up of the International Scientific Commission (War Crimes), n.d.
The agenda notes summarise the aims of the Commission, thus:
(a) To strengthen the stand against a disregard for human life and for human rights.
(b) To aid in maintaining the public’s confidence in ethical research and to this end lay down criteria for the justifiable use of human beings as experimental subjects.
(c) To evaluate the results of the experimental work in question.
Extracts from instructions issued on 28 February 1931 by the German Ministry of the Interior, relating to the use of human subjects in medical experiments (translated into English), n.d. (Much reference is made to these instructions throughout the committee papers, as they provided evidence of standard medical practice in Germany. The experiments in concentration camps and elsewhere were found to be in conflict with the 1931 instructions.)
Professor Barnard’s summary of the specialists’ reports, n.d. (see MS5955 for full reports)
Minutes of a meeting of the International Scientific Commission (War Crimes) held on 15/01/1947
Copy letter from W/Cdr Thompson to Major AK Mant, enclosing minutes of meetings, 17/05/1946
Letter from Major Mant to Lord Moran, enclosing minutes of meetings, 18/09/1946
Copy letter from W/Cdr Thompson to Prof Lovatt Evans, asking him to advise the committee, 16/07/1947
Copy of the questionnaire given to all specialists to form the basis of their reports, n.d.
Letter from VA Fenger of the Danish Medical Association to Lord Moran, enclosing a copy of a report proposing the response of the World Medical Association to evidence of medical war crimes, 02/12/1947
Annotated agenda for a meeting regarding the setting up of the International Scientific Commission (War Crimes), n.d.
The agenda notes summarise the aims of the Commission, thus:
(a) To strengthen the stand against a disregard for human life and for human rights.
(b) To aid in maintaining the public’s confidence in ethical research and to this end lay down criteria for the justifiable use of human beings as experimental subjects.
(c) To evaluate the results of the experimental work in question.
Extracts from instructions issued on 28 February 1931 by the German Ministry of the Interior, relating to the use of human subjects in medical experiments (translated into English), n.d. (Much reference is made to these instructions throughout the committee papers, as they provided evidence of standard medical practice in Germany. The experiments in concentration camps and elsewhere were found to be in conflict with the 1931 instructions.)
Professor Barnard’s summary of the specialists’ reports, n.d. (see MS5955 for full reports)
Minutes of a meeting of the International Scientific Commission (War Crimes) held on 15/01/1947
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LanguageEnglish
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