Memorandum from Paul H. Gantt to Telford Taylor, May 26, 1948

INTER-OFPICE MEMORANDUM 26 May 1948 To ! General Taylor Subjects Status of the Special Projects Division 1. Up to the present date, the Special Projects Division has transferred material on 197 presumptive war criminals to German Ministries of Denazification and Justice, The break-down according to laender. is as follows : Bavaria Hesse 116 37 Wurttemburg Baden - 44 Attached you will find three lists showing name and highest rank of the presumptive war criminal and date of the transfer, A copy of this list has been submitted to Mr. Т» P, Abbey of the OMOTTS Legal Division who will follow up these cases through the various American denazification authorities in the respective laender, 2. Presently, only two presumptive war criminals are being held in the Numberg jail by the Special Projects Division f in both of these cases at the request of the' OMGUS Legal Division which has indicated that these men should be brought to criminal trial by the German authorities. These two men are ; Franz RADBMACHKR, former Foreign Office official and deeply Involved in the final solution of the Jewish question. Manfred BOEDER, former People’s Court Judge who was also involved in the sentencing and execution of a former native of Michigan. Paul H, Gantt Director Special Projects Division Enclosures