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 GÖRING, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
1. Counsel for the Defendant Hess has made application to the Tribunal to appoint an expert designated by the medical faculty of the University of Zürich or of Lausanne to examine the Defendant Hess with reference to his mental competence and capacity to stand trial. This application is denied.
2. The Tribunal has designated a commission composed of the following members:
| Eugene Krasnushkin, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, | ||
| Medical Institute of Moscow, assisted by | ||
| Eugene Sepp, M.D., Professor of Neurology, | ||
| Medical Institute of Moscow | ||
| Member, Academy of Medical Sciences, U.S.S.R., and | ||
| Nicolas Kurshakov, M.D., Professor of Medicine | ||
| Medical Institute of Moscow | ||
| Chief Internist, Commissariat of Public Health, U.S.S.R. | ||
| Lord Moran, M.D. F.R.C.P. | ||
| President of the Royal College of Physicians, assisted by | ||
| Dr. T. Rees, M.D. F.R.C.P. | ||
| Chief Consultant Psychiatrist to the War Office, and | ||
| Dr. George Riddoch, M.D. F.R.C.P. | ||
| Director of Neurology at the London Hospital and | ||
| Chief Consultant Neurologist to the War Office | ||
| Dr. Nolan D. C. Lewis, assisted by | ||
| Dr. D. Ewen Cameron and | ||
| Colonel Paul Schroeder, M.D. | ||
| Professor Jean Delay. | ||
The Tribunal has requested the commission to examine the Defendant Hess and furnish a report on the mental state of the defendant with particular reference to the question whether he is able to take his part in the Trial, specifically:
1. Is the defendant able to plead to the Indictment?