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1、ArthurM.Schlesinger,Jr.—inAction,inArchives,inHistoryJohnQ.Barrett*Copyright©2007byJohnQ.Barrett.Allrightsreserved.Inhislong,engagedandveryconsequentiallife,ArthurM.Schlesinger,Jr.(1917-2007)coveredalotofgroundandknew,itseemed,everyone.Inhisyouth,oneofhismanyacquaintanceswasJusti
2、ceRobertH.Jackson.TheirpathsalmostcrossedforthefirsttimeinLondoninAugust1945.JacksonwasthereasPresidentTruman’sappointee,negotiatingwithBritish,SovietandFrenchcounterpartstoestablishaninternationaltribunalforthedefeatedNaziswhowereinAlliedcustody.Schlesinger,whowaswiththeOfficeof
3、StrategicServices(OSS)whilealsoservingintheArmy,wasassignedtoLondonafterworkingforthepreviousyearinFrance.Jackson’sstaffincludedOSSpersonnel,butnotSchlesinger—hewastryingtoheadwestwardtowardhomeandfamily,notseekingtojoinwhatwouldbecometheNurembergeffort.Jacksonandhisteamworkedout
4、ofOSSofficespaceinLondon,butnotthebuildingwhereSchlesingerworked.OnAugust15,1945,adaythatbeganwiththeofficialannouncementofJapan’ssurrender,JacksonandSchlesingerendedupinthemassiveeveningcrowdsthatcelebratedinthestreetsofPiccadillyandinfrontofBuckinghamPalace,buttheydidnotruninto
5、eachother.1ArthurSchlesingermetJusticeJacksonayearlater.JacksonwasjustbackattheSupremeCourtafterayear’sabsenceatNuremberg.Schlesinger,workingforFORTUNEmagazine,waswritinganarticleaboutthefractiousJusticesonaCourtthathadanewChiefJustice,FredM.Vinson.Schlesingerarrangedtointerviewe
6、achoftheJustices.OnFriday,October18,1946,threedaysafterhistwenty-ninthbirthday,SchlesingerinterviewedJacksoninhisCourtchambers.SchlesingerfoundJacksontobepersonable,helpful,wittyand,eventhoughtheirconversationwasofftherecord,properlydiscreet(aseachJusticewas).2*ProfessorofLaw,St.
7、John’sUniversitySchoolofLaw,NewYorkCity,andElizabethS.LennaFellow,RobertH.JacksonCenter,Jamestown,NewYork(www.roberthjackson.org).Ipostedanearlier,footnote-freeversionofthistexttomyJacksonemaillistonOctober15,2007.ForaselectedarchiveofJacksonListpostings,seemyhomepageatwww.law.st
8、johns.edu.TosubscribetotheJacksonList,se