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Paper No. 368 Disposes of Paper No. 301 Amends Rule 6(B)(1) INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST SITTING AT TOKYO, JAPAN Case No. 1 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; et al -vs- ARAKI, Sadao; et al ORDER, GRANTING APPLICATION OF ALL ACCUSED FOR AMENDMENT OF RULE 6(B)(1) This matter heretofore coming on to be heard before the Tribunal in Open Court on the application of all the remaining accused for the amendment of Rule 6(B)(1), as amended, of the Rules of Procedure of the International Military Tribunal for the far East, and the Tribunal being fully advised in the premises, it is the decision of a majority of the members of the Tribunal, and it is ORDERED: That Rule 6(B)(1), as amended, of the Rules of Procedure of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, be amended in that the same shall no read as follows: “b. Except as otherwise provided by the Tribunal, “(1) A copy of every document intended to be adduced in evidence by the prosecution of the defense will be delivered to the accused concerned or his counsel or tot eh prosecution, as the case may be, and also to the officer in charge of the Language Section of the Secretariat of the Tribunal, not less than twenty-four hours before such document is to be tendered in evidence. Every such copy shall have plainly marked thereon the part or parts upon which the prosecution or the defense, as the case may be, intends to rely, and every such copy shall be accompanied by a translation thereof into English or into Japanese, as the case may be, of the said part or parts. If the document is in a language other than English or Japanese, it shall be sufficient for the purpose of this provision if a translation into both English and Japanese of