HC Deb 25 October 1944 vol 404 c180W
Mr. Gallacher

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Italian partisans, so often praised by the Allied C.-in-C. in Italy, are to be given the same status as the Allied Armed Forces, and thus acquire the full protection of the Geneva Conventions.

Mr. Law

In the view of His Majesty's Government the Italian patriots fighting the enemy in German-occupied Italy are entitled to be treated in accordance with the laws and customs of war.