MOTION OF THE PROSECUTION
FOR CORRECTING DISCREPANCIES
IN THE INDICTMENT (*)

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN
IRELAND, and THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

- against -

HERMANN WILHELM GOERING, et al.,

Defendants.

Motion as to Amendment of the Indictment

To The Honorable Tribunal:

WHEREAS

(1) Certain discrepancies (as set out in the attached schedule) have been discovered in the Indictment, as between the English, French, Russian, and German texts thereof;

(2) The Indictment was lodged with the Tribunal in English, French, and Russian, each text having equal authenticity:

(3) The Indictment was served on the defendants in the German language only;

The Prosecution respectfully submits the following MOTION:

That the Tribunal direct that the discrepancies in the Indictment specified in the attached schedule be rectified as between the respective texts of the Indictment by making the English, French, and Russian texts conform to the German text in each of the specified cases so far as the sense of the context permits.

/ s / ROBERT H. JACKSON

For the Government of the United States of America.

/ s / CHAMPETIER DE RIBES

Per CH. DUBOST
For the Provisional Government of France.

/ s / DAVID MAXWELL FYFE

For the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland.

/s / R. RUDENKO

For the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics. 4th June, 1946.

Notes:

* This motion was accepted by the Court at a meeting of the International Military Tribunal, 7 June 1946. Return to the Text