§ 62. Mr. Pagetasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will take steps further to review the sentence on Wolfgang Schwender, who is at present serving a term of 15 years, reduced to 10, for having fired on the survivors of the "Peleus" in view of the fact that Schwender at the time was an ordinary seaman aged 19 years acting under direct orders of his commanding officer, who was standing beside him.
§ Mr. Ernest DaviesSchwender's sentence, in common with other long-term sentences passed by British military courts on German war criminals, is subject to periodical review. It is not proposed to undertake any review of Schwender's sentence other than under these general arrangements.