White House Press Release, Statement by President Harry S. Truman

368 #400 HOLD FOR RELEASE HOLD FOR RELEASE HOLD FOR RELEASE Decmeber 10, 1945 CAUTION: The following statement by the President MUST BE HELD IN CONFIDENCE Until released. NOTE: Releáse will be automatic at 10:00 A.M., E.S.T., TODAY, MONDAY, December 10, 1945, simultaneously with a similar announcment in London. The same release applies to radio commentators and news broadcasters. Extréme care must be exercised to avoid premature annohncement or publication. CHARLES G. ROSS Secretary to the President STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT The composition of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry which was announced in Washington and London on November 13, and which will oper- ate under a rotating chairmanship will be as follows: TRUMAD Joseph C. Hutcheson, Judge of the Fifth Circuit Court at NARA Houston, Texas (Imerican Chairman). Sir John E. Singleton, Judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, London (British Chairman). Frank Aydelotte, formerly President of Swarthmore College, now Director of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princoton, and American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust. FRANK W. BURTON, Editor of the Boston Herald WILFRED P. CRICK, Economic Adviser to the Midland Bank, London, formerly with Ministry of Food. Richard H. S. Crossmon, Member of Parliament (Labour); formorly Fellow and Tutor of Now College, Oxford, assistant editor of Now Statesman and Nation, and Deputy Director of Psychological Warfare, A.F.H.Q., Algiers. O. Max Gardner, former Govenor of North Carolina, now practicing law in Washington. Sir Froderick Leggett, until recently Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and National Services Major Reginald E. lianningham-Buller, Nembor of Parliament (Conservativo), a barrister. James G. McDonald, formérly Chairman of the Board, Foroign Policy Association, High Commissioner for Rofugees, and member of the editorial staff of the Now York Times, Lord Morrison (Robert Craigmyle, Baron Morrison), Hember of Parliament (Labour) William Phillips, formerly Under Secretary of Stato, Ambassador to Italy, personal representativo of thé Prosident with the rank of Ambassador at New Delhi, and Delegato to the London Naval Conferonce, 1935.