Wherefore, this Indictment is lodged with the Tribunal in English, French, and Russian, each text having equal authenticity, and the charges herein made against the above named defendants are hereby presented to the Tribunal.

/ s / ROBERT H. JACKSON.
Acting on Behalf of the United States of America.

/ s / FRANÇOIS DE MENTHON.
Acting on Behalf of the French Republic.

/ s / HARTLEY SHAWCROSS.
Acting on Behalf of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

/s / R. RUDENKO.
Acting on Behalf of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Berlin, 6 October 1945.


APPENDIX A

Statement of Individual Responsibility for Crimes Set Out in Counts One, Two, Three, and Four

The statements hereinafter set forth following the name of each individual defendant constitute matters upon which the prosecution will rely inter alia as establishing the individual responsibility of the defendant according to Article 6 of the Charter of the Tribunal.

GÖRING:

The Defendant GÖRING between 1932 and 1945 was: A member of the Nazi Party, Supreme Leader of the SA, General in the SS, a member and President of the Reichstag, Minister of the Interior of Prussia, Chief of the Prussian Police and Prussian Secret State Police, Chief of the Prussian State Council, Trustee of the Four Year Plan, Reich Minister for Air, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, President of the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich, member of the Secret Cabinet Council, head of the Hermann Göring Industrial Combine, and Successor Designate to Hitler. The Defendant GÖRING used the foregoing positions, his personal influence, and his intimate connection with the Führer in such a manner that: He promoted the accession to power of the