When informed of the massacre of Italian prisoners at Biscari by troops under his command, Patton wrote in his diary, "I told Bradley that it was probably an exaggeration, but in any case to tell the officer to certify that the dead men were snipers or had attempted to escape or something, as it would make a stink in the press and also would make the civilians mad.
Cando foi informado da masacre de 73 prisioneiros italianos en Biscari por tropas baixo o seu mando, Patton escribiu no seu diario: "Díxenlle a Bradley que probablemente era unha esaxeración, pero que de todas as formas ordenase que o oficial certificase que os homes mortos eran francotiradores ou intentaran escapar ou algo, xa que provocaría un balbordo na prensa e anoxaría os civís.