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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 2, 1945
EXECUTIVE ORDER
#9547
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
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President and
as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, under the Constitution
and statutes of the United States, it is ordered as follows:
1. Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson is hereby desig-
nated to act as the Representative of the United States and as its
Chief of Counsel in preparing and prosecuting charges of atrocities
and war crimes against such of the leaders of the European Axis
powers and their principal agents and accessories as the United
States may agree with any of the United Nations to bring to trial
before an international military tribunal. He shall serve without
additional compensation but shall receive such allowance for expenses
as may be authorized by the President.
2. The Representative named herein is authorized to
select and recommend to the President or to the head of any execu-
tive department; independent establishment, or other federal agency
necessary personnel to assist in the performance of his duties here-
under. The head of each executive department, independent estab-
lishment, and other federal agency is hereby authorized to assist
the Representative named herein in the performance of his duties
hereunder and to employ such personnel and make such expenditures,
within the limits of appropriations now or hereafter available for
the purpose, as the Representative named herein may deem necessary
to accomplish the purposes of this order, and may make available,
assign, or detail for duty with the Representative named herein such
members of the armed forces and other personnel as may be requested
for such purposes.
3. The Representative named herein is authorized to
cooperate with, and receive the assistance of, any foreign Government
to the extent deemed necessary by him to accomplish the purposes of
this order.
s
HARRY
"NATIONAL
ARCNIVES AND
RECORDS
HARRY S. TRUMAN
GOVERNMENT
SEE NOTE 1.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 2, 1945.