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OFFICE OF UNITED STATES CHIEF OF COUNSEL
FOR PROSECUTION OF AXIS CRIMINALITY
ROBERT H. JACKSON
CHIEF OF COUNSEL
PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO:
June 6, 1945.
The President,
The White House,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. President:
I have the honor to report accomplishments during the month
since you named me as Chief of Counsel for the United States in
prosecuting the principal Axis War Criminals. In brief, I have
selected staffs from the several services, departments and agencies
concerned; worked out a plan for preparation, briefing, and trial of
the cases; allocated the work among the several agencies; instructed
those engaged in collecting or processing evidence; visited the
European theater to expedite the examination of captured documents,
and the interrogation of witnesses and prisoners; coordinated our
preparation of the main case with preparation by Judge Advocates of
many cases not included in my responsibilities; and arranged coopera-
tion and mutual assistance with the United Nations War Crimes Commi-
sion and with Counsel appointed to represent the United Kingdom in the
joint prosecution.
I.
ARCHIVES
The responsibilities you have conferred on me extend only to
"the case of major criminals whose offenses have no particular geographical
localization and who will be punished by joint decision of the govern-
ments of the Allies", as provided in the Moscow Declaration of November
1, 1943, by President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier
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