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On the recordMay 30, 1947
I hereby designate Charles B. Sears, formerly Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of New York, William C. Christianson, formerly Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, and Frank N. Richman, formerly Judge of the Supreme Court of Indiana, as the members, and Richard Dillard Dixon, formerly Judge of Superior Court, North Carolina, as the alternate member, of one of the several military tribunals established by the Military Governor for the United States Zone of Occupation within Germany.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9858—Appointment of the Members and the Alternate Member of a Military Tribunal Established for the Trial...

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