Memorandum for the Files from Jack Goldsmith, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Re: Voluntary Departure from Occupied Territory

U.S. Department of J u s t i c e Office of Legal Counsel Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, B.C. 20530 July 16, 2004 M E M O R A N D U M FOR T H E FILES FROM: Jack Goldsmith RE: Voluntary Departure from Occupied Territory This memorandum records advice we gave the Department of Defense last fall regarding whether article 49 of the Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Aug.