Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945

740.00116EW/1–345

The President to the Secretary of State ¹

Washington, January 3, 1945.

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Please send me a brief report on the status of the proceedings before the War Crimes Commission, and particularly the attitude of the U. S. representative on offenses to be brought against Hitler and the chief Nazi war criminals. The charges should include an indictment for waging aggressive and unprovoked warfare, in violation of the Kellogg Pact.² Perhaps these and other charges might be joined in a conspiracy indictment.

F[ranklin] D. R[oosevelt]

1. Original not found. The text here printed is from a copy typed in the Department of State.
2. For the text, see Department of State Treaty Series No. 796, or 46 Stat. 2343.