Memorandum from Harold Smith to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment and Related Material

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325-A May 2, 1945 My dear Mr. Justice: I am sending you herewith, for x161 your files, a signed copy of the Executive Order issued by the President today. Very sincerely yours, MATTHEW J. CONNELLY Secretary to the President Honorable Robert H. Jackson, X41-A Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. elb Enclosure - Executive Order providing for representation of the United States in preparing and prosecuting charges of atrocities and war crimes against the leaders of 325 the European Axis Powers and their principal agents and accessories. U.S. / RECURDS AMERICA X325-B GOVERNMENT