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EXECUTIVE ORDER
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AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER N0. 9547 OF MAY 2, 1945, ENTITLED "PROVIDING FOR REPRESENTATION
OF THE UNITED STATES, IN PREPARING AND PROSECUTING CHARGES OF ATROCITIES AND
WAR CRIMES AGAINST THE LEADERS OF THE EUROPEAN AXIS POWERS AND THEIR PRINCIPAL
AGENTS AND ACCESSORIES"
By virtue of the authority vested in me as
President and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, under the Constitution
and statutes of the United States, it is ordered as follows:
1. In
addition to the authority vested in the Representative of the United States and
its Chief of Counsel by Paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 9547 of May 2, 1945,
to prepare and prosecute charges of atrocities and war crimes against such of
the leaders of the European Axis powers and their accessories as the United
States may agree with any of the United Nations to bring to trial before an
international military tribunal, such Representative and Chief of Counsel shall
have the authority to proceed before United States military or occupation
tribunals, in proper cases, against other Axis adherents, including but not
limited to cases against members of groups and organizations declared criminal
by the said international military tribunal.
2. The present
Representative and Chief of Counsel is authorized to designate a Deputy Chief
of Counsel, to whom he may assign responsibility for organizing and planning
the prosecution of charges of atrocities and war crimes, other than those now
being prosecuted as Case No. 1 in the international military tribunal, and, as
he may be directed by the Chief of Counsel, for conducting the prosecution of
such charges of atrocities and war crimes.
3. Upon vacation of office
by the present Representative and Chief of Counsel, the functions, duties, and
powers of the Representative of the United States and its Chief of Counsel, as
specified in the said Executive Order No. 9547 of May 2, 1945, as amended by
this order, shall be vested in a Chief of Counsel for War Crimes to be
appointed by the United States Military Governor for Germany or by his
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4. The said Executive Order No. 9547 of May
2, 1945, is amended accordingly. |
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HARRY S.
TRUMAN |
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THE WHITE HOUSE, January 16,
1946. |
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(F. R. Doc. 46?893:
Filed, Jan. 17, 1946: 11:08 a. m.) |
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HEADQUARTERS US
FORCES, EUROPEAN THEATER |
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24 OCTOBER 1946 |
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GENERAL ORDERS } No. 301
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Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crime . .
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Chief Prosecutor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Announcement of Assignments . . . . . . . . .
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I. . . . .OFFICE OF CHIEF OF COUNSEL FOR
WAR CRIMES. Effective this date, the Office of Chief of Counsel for War
Crimes is transferred to the Office of Military Government for Germany (US).
The Chief of Counsel for |
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