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| War Crimes will report directly to the Deputy Military Governor and will work in close liaison with the Legal Adviser of the Office of Military Government for Germany and with the Theater Judge Advocate. |
| II. . . . .CHIEF PROSECUTOR. Effective this date, the Chief of Counsel for War Crimes will also serve as Chief Prosecutor under the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, established by the Agreement of 8 August 1945. |
| III. . . . .ANNOUNCEMENT OF ASSIGNMENTS. Effective this date, Brigadier General Telford Taylor, USA, is announced as Chief of Counsel for War Crimes, in which capacity he will also serve as Chief Prosecutor for the United States under the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, established by the Agreement of 8 August 1945. |
| BY COMMAND of GENERAL MCNARNEY: |
| C. R. HUEBNER Major General, GSC Chief of Staff |
| OFFICIAL: GEORGE F. HERBERT Colonel, AGD Adjutant General DISTRIBUTION: D |
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| MILITARY GOVERNMENT —
GERMANY UNITED STATES ZONE ORDINANCE NO. 7 |
| ORGANIZATION AND POWERS OF
CERTAIN MILITARY TRIBUNALS |
| Article I |
| The purpose of this Ordinance is to provide for the establishment of military tribunals which shall have power to try and punish persons charged with offenses recognized as crimes in Article II of Control Council Law No. 10, including conspiracies to commit any such crimes. Nothing herein shall prejudice the jurisdiction or the powers of other courts established or which may be established for the trial of any such offenses. |
| Article II |
| (a) Pursuant to the powers of the
Military Governor for the United States Zone of Occupation within Germany and
further pursuant to the powers conferred upon the Zone Commander by Control
Council Law No. 10 and Articles 10 and 11 of the Charter of the International
Military Tribunal annexed to the London Agreement of 8 August 1945 certain
tribunals to be known as "Military Tribunals" shall be established hereunder.
(b) Each such tribunal shall consist of three or more members to be designated by the Military Governor. One alternate member may be designated to any tribunal if deemed advisable by the Military Governor. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Article, all members and alternates shall be lawyers who have been admitted to practice, for at least five years, in the highest courts of one of the United States or its territories or of the District of Columbia, or who have been admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court. |
