The JCS went on to direct Eisenhower not to grant any “special consideration” to those arrested for war crimes.
Often overlooked by historians, the JCS directive applied not only to the U.S., but to its British and French allies as well.
In effect, the JCS granted the U.S., British, and French military-intelligence complexes the pick of the Nazi litter.
"It wouldn't hold true with forests, either," said the chairman of the JCS.
