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First Canadian Army Orders to German Commanders on Surrender
- Troops under your command will remain in their present location. You will be held personally responsible for their discipline and that no movement of your troops, either individually or otherwise, takes place without authority from the Allied Headquarters specified in paragraph 17 below.
- You will provide in accordance with the forms to be delivered to you the following information together with any other information now or later demanded:
- detailed order of battle of your Command, location of all subordinate units, headquarters and their strength.
- the maintenance plan of your command together with an estimate of the amount of food, petrol, oil, lubricants, medical supplies and forage under your control.
- a plan of all minefields, prepared demolitions of all typed and other obstacles to movement and a report of the condition of routes and other communications in your area.
- the layout of your signal communications, detail of codes and cipher systems.
- information of the number, by nationalities and locations, of United Nations personnel
whetherwho are prisoners of war or civilian internees in your area. This information will be provided at 1600 hrs 6 May. - your weapon, vehicle and animal states.
- the locations and holdings of all military installations, dumps, depots and parks in your area.
- You will be responsible for the accuracy of the information you give and the delivery of such information within the prescribed time limits.
