History of Special Projects Division from June 1947 until end of August 1948 - page 1

31 August 1948 SUBJECT* History of the Special Projects Division from June 1947 until End of August 1948 1. A# On 28 March 1947 № Fere лег proposed in a memorandum to General Taylor the establishment of a sub¬ division of the OCC which would transfer the evidence which had accumulated in the hands of the American prose¬ cution staff in numbers to German Denazification tribunals. The basic idea was that almost all persons against whom documental evidence had been collected could be regarded, as major offenders under the denazification program. On 11 June 1947 a new and revised proposal was approved by General Taylor. In it the mission of the ’’Subsequent proceedings Branch of the Special Projects Division” was stated as being ”the delivery of evidence collected in Nurnberg to German Prosecution agencies.” It as pointed out that German criminal courts could prosecute under German penal Law most of the offenses committed by war criminals. In those cases where adequate punishment was expected to be meted out by Denazification tribunals, transfers were made to them. B. On 19 Jura, 1947 Mr* Bonj". "ip B. Forcncz v^s appointed Director of the Special Projects Division and organized it, «Р. s succeeded on 1 July 1947 by Mr.