=Amendment of Executive Order No. 9547 of May 2, 1945, Entitled
“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 Commander in
Chief of the Army and Navy, under the Constitution and statutes of the
United States, it is ordered as follows:
1. In addition to the authority vested in the Representative of the
United States and its Chief of Counsel by Paragraph 1 of Executive Order
No. 9547 of May 2, 1945, to prepare and prosecute charges of atrocities
and war crimes against such of the leaders of the European Axis powers
and their accessories as the United States may agree with any of the
United Nations to bring to trial before an international military
tribunal, such Representative and Chief of Counsel shall have the
authority to proceed before United States military or occupation
tribunals, in proper cases, against other Axis adherents, including but
not limited to cases against members of groups and organizations
declared criminal by the said international military tribunal.
2. The present Representative and Chief of Counsel is authorized to
designate a Deputy Chief of Counsel, to whom he may assign
responsibility for organizing and planning the prosecution of charges of
atrocities and war crimes, other than those now being prosecuted as Case
No. 1 in the international military tribunal, and, as he may be directed
by the Chief of Counsel, for conducting the prosecution of such charges
of atrocities and war crimes.
3. Upon vacation of office by the present Representative and Chief of
Counsel, the functions, duties, and powers of the Representative of the
United States and its Chief of Counsel, as specified in the said
Executive Order No. 9547 of May 2, 1945, as amended by this order, shall
be vested in a Chief of Counsel for War Crimes to be appointed by the
United States Military Governor for Germany or by his successor.
4. The said Executive Order No. 9547 of May 2, 1945, is amended
accordingly.