The Tribunal has requested the commission to examine
the Defendant Hess and furnish a report on the mental state of the
defendant with particular reference to the question whether he is
able to take his part in the Trial, specifically:
1. Is the defendant able to plead to the Indictment?
2. Is the defendant sane or not, and on this last issue the
Tribunal wishes to be advised whether the defendant is of sufficient
intellect to comprehend the course of the proceedings of the Trial so
as to make a proper defense, to challenge a witness to whom he might
wish to object and to understand the details of the evidence.
3. The examiners have presented their reports to the Tribunal in
the form which commends itself to them. It is directed that copies of
the reports be furnished to each of the Chief Prosecutors and to
Defense Counsel. The Tribunal will hear argument by the Prosecution
and by Defense Counsel on the issues presented by the reports on
Friday, 30 November at 4 P.M.
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY
TRIBUNAL
/ s / GEOFFREY LAWRENCE
President
Dated at Nuremberg, Germany, this
24th day of November 1945.