President's Committee of Inquiry

The  is a fictional commission featured in the Planet of the Apes multimedia franchise. It appeared in the 1971 feature film Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

History
The President's Committee of Inquiry was put together by the President of the United States in 1973. It was presided over by chairman Radak Hartley and put together to discuss the concerns and actions to be taken in light of the discovery of two intelligent talking apes from the future, who had come backwards in time to the year 1973. At a special inquest, it was revealed that the society that they originated from was one where humanity had destroyed itself, giving rise to a culture led by apes. Moreover, war between humans and apes were ultimately spell the destruction of the planet. The female ape, Zira, was revealed to be pregnant at this time. Her husband, Cornelius, was the father. The Commission chairman decreed that the pregnancy was to be terminated, and that steps would be taken to insure that the talking apes could not reproduce again.

A video recording of the chairman's findings was reviewed eighteen years later by Governor Breck of Modern City. He presented this video to his aides, Hoskyns, and Malcolm MacDonald.

Members

 * Radak Hartley
 * Otto Hasslein

Notes & Trivia

 * The was created by director Don Taylor and screenwriter Paul Dehn based on concepts developed by Arthur P. Jacobs and Rod Serling.