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Justice Jackson submitted his report to the President on October 7,
1946, and at that time resigned his commission as the United States
Representative and Chief of Counsel, for the United States. (6)
Mr. Biddle submitted a report to the President on November 9, and
at the same time tendered his resignation as the United States member
of the International Tribunal. (7)
Provision previously had been made, through an executive order of
the President, (8) for the prosecution before United States military or
occupational tribunals of other war criminals than those tried at Nurnberg
and for transferring the duties of the Chief Counsel, upon his retirement
from the office, to a Chief of Counsel for War Crimes to be appointed by
the United States Military Governor for Germany. With the resignation
of Justice Jackson, Brigadier General Telford Taylor was appointed.
Subsequently various military tribunals were set up in the United
States occupation zone in Germany and from time to time the President,
by executive order, designated various American lawyers and judges as
members of these tribunals.
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