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person
shall be returned upon demand of the Commander of the Zone where the person was
located prior to delivery.
Done at Berlin, 20 December 1945. |
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JOSEPH
T. MCNARNEY
General |
B. L.
MONTGOMERY
Field Marshal |
L.
KOELTZ
General de Corps d'Armée
for P. KOENIG
General
d'Armée |
G.
ZHUKOV
Marshal of the Soviet Union |
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| EXECUTIVE ORDER 9679 |
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| AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 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” |
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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 inter-national 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 successor. |
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