Records of the Pauley Reparations Missions. 1945-1948 (Lot File M-17 & M-18)
On April 27, 1945, President Harry S Truman designated Presidential Special Assistant Edwin W. Pauley as his personal representative, with the rank of ambassador, to head the U.S. delegation to the Allied Reparations Commission considering German reparations. At the Crimea Conference the major powers had agreed that Germany would be "obliged to the greatest extent possible to make reparations." After negotiating the formula and methods for exacting reparations, Pauley led the U.S. Reparations Mission to Japan in late 1945 and a third mission concerning Japanese assets in Soviet occupied Korea and Manchuria in 1946. On March 7, 1947, Pauley transferred to the Department of State and was designated Special Advisor to the Secretary of State on Reparations.
General Records 1945-1948 (Entry 1106A)
Boxes 1-9
European Mission Subject Files 1945-1947 (Entry 1106B)
Boxes 10-20
Box # | File Title |
---|---|
10 | Alien Property Custodian Complete Index to Files European Mission-ACR [provides a document level description of all files in this series] Austria |
11 | Cable Index Cables (8 folders) Commission Papers Claims (Individuals) Captured Currency Claims and Procedures |
11-12 | Committees |
12 | External Assets Council of Foreign Ministers |
13 | Farben, I.G. Foreign Economic Administration Externals Assets Safehaven [contains United Nations Declarations; Swiss Report; Note Presented to Spanish Government; Internal Memoranda and Reports on Safehaven Objectives; and, Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee (CIOS).] |
14 | Gold [included are, among other things, a June 29, 1945 memo from DuBois to Paul concerning assets (including "Hungarian Gold"); a a July 2, 1945 cable from the Secretary of State to Pauley stating percentage reparations should include France, U.S. advocates a minimum of 50% for USSR, and gold not to be demanded by U.S.; a July 12, 1945 memo from Monckton to Paule on restitution of works of art; a July 18, 1945 note used for discussion with President at Potsdam giving reasons for the restoration of identifiable gold to banks in liberated nations; a July 26, 1945 transmittal note from Kindelberger to Pauley concerning report on treasures held at Frankfurt; a August 4, 1945 letter from Paul to the President concerning disposal of gold captured in Germany; a August 13, 1945 cable from Pauley to the Secretary of State on the share of France in reparations and restitution of captured gold; a August 14, 1945 telegram from Clayton to the Secretary of State advocating the "Gold Pot theory of disposal of captured gold; a August 8, 1945 cable from the Secretary of State to Pauley concerning the retention of a lien on gold looted from occupied countries by Germany with a view towards settling U.S. claims against such countries; and a August 20, 1945 cable from Truman to Pauley indicating that State Department opinion should prevail in the matter of handling gold captured in Germany and all correspondence on the matter should be addressed to the Secretary of State.] Italy |
15 | Memorandum on the Provisions of the Berlin Protocol Relating to Reparations |
16 | Poland Protocol-Berlin, Copies of Protocol-Berlin Conference Progress Report, ACR Reparations Plans Inter-Allied Reparation Agency German Report-Bennett Known German-Owned or Controlled Firms in the European Neutrals and Latin America as of April 1, 1945 Report to the Secretary of State: German Reparations for Council of Foreign Ministers Conference November 1947 by Edwin W. Pauley |
17 | German Reports Preliminary Studies of Reparations from Selected German Industries, Foreign Economic Administration Report, 317 pp. May 1945 German Reparations Report A Report on German Reparations to the President of the United States February to September 1945, Edwin W. Pauley |
18 | Mueller Documents |
19 | Restitution Reparation Shares Reparations (4 folders) "Problems of German Reparations, OSS Report December 30, 1944 Rumania |
20 | Speer Papers Stateless Persons War Booty |
Records Maintained by the Fine Arts and Monuments Adviser 1945-1961 ("Ardelia Hall Collection") (Lot File 62D-4) (Entry 3104A)
This series is divided into several subseries. Boxes 1-11 are arranged generally chronologically by year (1949-1961) and thereunder arranged by subject. Boxes 11-16 are arranged alphabetically by subject. Boxes 16-24 are country files for Austria, Italy, Germany. these records are arranged by country name and thereunder by subject. Boxes 25-26 pertain primarily to lists of missing art objects. Boxes 26-28 deal primarily with restitution in Germany. Boxes 29 and 30 deal with arts and monuments policy and problems in Europe and the Far East.
Boxes 1-30
Box # | File Title or Subject |
---|---|
1 | SWNCC [State, War, Navy Coordinating Committee] 322 Documents [SWNCC 322 deals with "Return of Looted Objects of Art to Countries of Origin] Tripartite Agreement Documents SWNCC 322 and Navy Coordination with the War Department Circular Letters to Universities, Museums T.D. [Treasury Department] 51072 Documents--Regulation [dealing with art objects] Bills of Lading Insurance Request for Packing and Shipping Expenditures Receipt form for art returned to Claimant Government [blank forms] Completed cases objects returned Index of Cases [giving for 61 entries the case number, the number of objects, a description of the object(s), reported by, and investigated and recovered by] Seven Cases--949 coins 13th C.M. S. Cranach painting, etc. |
2 | 949 coins--Cooper, Edna, Kansas-returned to Germnay Droochsloot painting returned to Germany Cranach painting returned to Germany Mughal and Rajput minatures--Detroit--returned to Germany Kassel Ivory Diptych--Los Angeles--returned to Germany Mannheimer Collection--Jewel figurine--returned to Germany Nurnberg: Durer Engraving Book of Hours Five Tapestries--Transferred to C.C.P. returned to Austria Shipment of 11 lots to HICOG [High Commissioner for Germany] April 1949 Chinese ceramic collection Desjardin--returned to Chinese Embassy Monet painting--Detroit--returned to French Embassy 1457 Mainz Psalter from Dresden Landes Bibliothek Two paintings in Arkansas returned to Poland |
3 | Korean Leopard Skin Rug (Giltner-Pueblo, CO) returned to Korean Embassy Egyptian Gold Ring from Meroe (M&A Boston) returned to Germany MS of Political Testament of Frederick the Great--Returned to Germany Books from Syracuse University--returned to Germany Books from University of Pennsylvania--returned to Germany Rubens painting--Los Angeles and other paintings from same source Okinawa Crown, Necklace and 24 bound MSS--returned to Okinawa Mrs. Bodo Zimmerman--January 9, 1954 |
4 | Indentures from England from Columbus and Duluth Aachen Banner Weimar Coin Collection Catalogs and photos, 1-4 (4 folders) |
5 | Catalogs and photos, 5-7 (3 folders) Gem Collection |
6 | Books and MSS Dutch etc. MS of Hildebrandslied from Kassel (3 folders) 1945--Missal from Wurzburg SWNCC 322--Rechsteiner Case Petrarch MS |
7 | The Hertling Fake German Antique Jewelry Korean Embassy Cases Korean Sword and Crown Czech Record Books--1955 Papyri of the Janda Collection Japanese Swords Ikons in Houston, Texas Silver and Rugs returned by QMC to Austria German artifacts and 2 books from Rochester Museum "Ludwig II Objects from Herrenchiemsee" |
8 | Wiede Claim Paintings Stamps and Coins Hersbruck 50,000 Tin Soldiers Dachau Burial Urn |
9 | 31 Artifacts from U.S.S.R. Mrs. Brizle's Korean Objects to be returned Book held by Princeton Library--Danzig Song Book Returned in 1960 Haydn Letter from LC Paintings from Bad Wildungen Repository--Koebroek Paintings by Nuffs interior of Antwerp Cathedral Index set of photos and documents for each Czartoryski Collection Schede'sche Weltchronik Arts, Monuments and Archives Greek Vase Wurzburg Vase Japanese Gold Coin Losses from Schloss Taxis "Schatzbehalter" and Haberstock Library St. Patroclus Shrine (Kaiser Friedrich Museum) in Flatkurm Fire |
10 | Rosenberg Claim for Baroque Painting Japanese Bell in Boston Saarbrucken "Golden Book" Russian Standards in Dresden-No Action Japanese Sword in Colorado Springs No Action Taken Coins from Michigan returned to owner-no value Paintings (2) by Bombois German Claim--Rare Book "Anti-Christ" Speagle--no action required Jawlensky paintings--no action warranted Van Kessel painting--no action required Declaration of Independence Laemmle Statue claim against Dumbarton Oaks Miniatures in St. Paul case--closed Beer Steins--Hetherington--no action required |
11 | Portrait of Hitler--Reed--no action required Luther-Melanethon Letters Jackson--no action required Ascension of Christ-Los Angeles--no action required Tintoretto Painting in Caracas--no action Painting by Fieninger--no action Japanese Sword Fittings--no action Painting of crucifixion--no action required Dutch paintings Man in Hyattsville--no action warranted Neolithic Axe in Columbus, OH--no action required San Bernardino, CA Case--regarding possible location of looted art Vollard Collection 560 paintings--no action required Julius Coin Collection A Alien Property Custodian Austria B Browne: Raggio Claim [Congress] H.R. and S. Bills concerning to Arts and Cultural Programs C [contains nothing] China-Burma and Far East Czechoslovakia D [contains nothing] Department of the Army |
12 | E Ecuador-Quito F MFA&A [Museum, Fine Arts and Archives] Files from HICOG to Department in 1952 Kansas City Record Center Files re MFA&A Files Roberts Commission File on 1951 Loan Transfer of Art Looting Investigation Unit, OSS [Office of Strategic Services], Files to OIC Transfer of Roberts Commission files to Department of State 1951 MCCP to Dept.-MFA&A Files of Faison 1953 loan from Kansas City Record Center Records from HICOG MFA&A Folders sent back by ARH from HICOG to Dept. in 1952 1954 loan of Goering folder from Kansas City Record Center 1955 loan of Yugoslav claims from Kansas City Record Center 1955 loan of MFA&A Austrian records Info on Army files and Kansas City Record Center Declassification of MFA&A records France |
13 | G Germany-Volume II H Hungary Hungary-Crown of Stephen I J Japan Japan: Japanese Exhibition in the United States K Korean War, Protection of Art Korea: Korean Art Exhibition L [nothing in it] La Fage, L. Bancel [folder empty] M MAC, MC [folder empty] Metropolitian Museum of Art [folder empty] N National Park Service [folder empty] The Netherlands P Peru Poland Polish Paintings at the New York Worlds Fair [1939] Portugal Priest, Alan [folder empty] |
14 | R S |
15 | Scalzo and Scalzo Case |
16 | Switzerland [folder empty] Safehaven [folder empty] Safehaven-Proposed International Jewish Trustee Corp. Thai Exhibition TV U United Arab Republic USSR V W X/Y/Z Yugoslavia Zamoyski Correspondence-Czartoryski Claim Correspondence with Vienna concerning Restitution, July 1955 Kassel, Kiel, Lubeck Collections Austria Alt Aussee: Unidentified items, 1951-1952 (2 folders) |
17 | Austria Alt Aussee Austria (2 folders) Kassel, Kiel, Lubeck Collections in Vienna (2 folders) |
18 | A/AM HICOG efforts at recovery; Sivero 967 Alt Aussee Paintings from MCCC Photostats of Correspondence re Austrian repositories evacuated to MCCP (3 folders) Vienna Kassel pictures Kassel Collection Kassel Staatl. Samml. Austria Austria--1949-1950--Alt Aussee-Unidentified items Austria Restitution Policies Protests on return to Italy |
19 | II Italian Claims Intelligence Policy Bad Wildungen 69881 Greek Looting Restitution Italy Aliu file Wildenstein Case Claimants in Germany and for property in Germany |
20 | Inventory of Property of Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar German Restitution Problem Baltic Cultural Property |
21 | Lists/Receipts/Indexes [re Restitution Claims in Germany] |
21 | Mr. Max Finge [folder empty] Transmittal of claims to Federal Republic of Germany and other claimant governments Coin Collection in HICOG Rothschild Jewels Monte Cassino Altarpiece--returned to Italy Aubusson Rug (Mrs. Mayer-Feld) |
22 | Ownership-Italian (2 folders) MFA&A Section Files sent to Inactive records depot Receipts from Washington Lost or Missing Works of Art Kalman-Franck Claim American Claims for Cultural Property Claim, Trytell Receipts for Miss Hall |
23 | Focke Claim Germany E.S. Safehaven Cases Perls Claim Receipts for cultural objects Individual Resitutions Lists of Photographs made by the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point Summary of Outstanding Depositories of objects of art discovered in the American Zone in Germany and Austria MFA&A Cooperation with Roberts Commission Owen J. Roberts American Commission Final Report |
24 | Jewish MS of Darmstadt Library Gjertesen Claim for Lohr Library Thorah Claim Art Dealer-Fitz Weber List of Photographs made by Photo Marburg at the Wiesbaden Central Collection Point, 1946-1947 Correspondence- Bad Gastein/Blum/Schultz-Mattler Newspaper Clippings French, Dutch, Austria, and Canadian Shipments made Receipts for Washington Roberts Commission |
25 | List of Missing Objects-France Yugoslavia-unofficial Turkey Luxembourg-Prince Consort Property SWNCC 322-OMGUS, MFA&A Lists of Missing Objects Germany-see OMGUS also Stern Paintings Arts Monuments & Archives-Greek Vase Lists of Missing Objects-Austria Lists of Missing Objects-Belgium Lists of Stolen Objects-Italy French List Missing Art-Distribution |
26 | Works of Art Stolen in the United States Korean Losses Lists of Missing Objects Poland (2 folders) Painting by Sweerts The Netherlands Restitution Progress |
27 | T/Sgt Armstrong-German Scientific Museum Collection Interzonal Exchange Replace in Kind Official Gazette and German HICOG Reports Berlin Paintings European Military Government Regulations |
28 | Germany-Jewish Property European Salvage Commission Liaison with other Commissions Transfer Cultural Restitution to Germany HICOG Restitution Program European Directories Gemany-Licensing of Art Dealers in American Zone Meeting March 14th Council of Foreign Ministers Germany-Restitution |
29 | Arts and Monuments-European Policy Far Eastern SWNCC Documents Law 19 JK Drafts of Far Eastern Policy [Looted Art-Far East] Arts and Monuments-Far Eastern Policy Far Eastern Commission |
30 | ADO Drafts of Far Eastern Policy Far East Policy Under Consideration Far East-Japanese Imperial Household Problem Memoranda on Far Eastern Policy |
Records of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas, 1946-1949 (Entries 505D and 505E) (Lot File 55D370)
Commissioned in February 1946, the Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas was directly responsible to the Secretary of State for the coordination of State Department policy on all occupation matters. The Assistant Secretary was the State Department representative on the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee and later was named permanent committee chairman. The Assistant Secretary submitted matters of concern to the appropriate bureaus for action and was the means by which all policy matters relating to occupied areas were presented to agencies outside the Department.
The major concerns of the Assistant Secretary were the occupation and governments of the four occupied countries (Germany, Austria, Japan, Korea), issues such as disarmament and security, economic and financial questions, and, with the aid of an Advisor on Refugees and Displaced Persons, relief and relocation of the victims of the war.
Box # | File Title |
---|---|
2 | Reparations |
5 | 230.365 Reparations, economy, finance |
6 | 334 German Assets, Reparations Vol. 1 |
386.3 Reparations, German, Vol. 3 | |
7 | 451.1 Restitution: Austria to Italy |
Records of the Bureau of European Affairs
Records of Component Parts of the Bureau of European Affairs 1944-1962
Briefing Books, 1944-1951 (Entry 1601) (Lot File 54D394)
Box 3 "German Assets in Austria", 1947--Report by U.S. Delegation, Austrian Treaty Commission
Records of the Office of European Regional Affairs
Records Relating to the Inter-Allied Reparations Agency, 1948-1956 (Lot File 60D500) (still part of Entry 1601)
Box # | File Title |
---|---|
36 | German External Assets (GEA)--General Germany, Ireland, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States History of the German Reparation Program, 1949- Countries--General Czechoslovakia Greece India Satellites--General United Kingdom USSR German Patents Annual Report Reparations Accounts (Treasury) Chronological File, United States Delegation Reparation Summaries, Status Reports, 1948-1949 Claims for Reparations Accounting Problems Final Report, 1951 Administration, 1956 Documents |
36-37 | Minutes 70-265 |
37-38 | Documents 260-1601, Parts I-III; Documents160-1601, Parts IV-V |
Records of the Office of European Affairs, 1935-1947 (Matthews-Hickerson Files)
Records of H. Freeman Matthews 1942-1947 and John D. Hickerson 1935-1947. Matthews was Chief of the Division of European Affairs, 1943-44; Deputy Director of the Office of European Affairs, 1944; and Director of the Office of European Affairs, 1944-1947. Hickerson was Assistant Chief of the Division of European Affairs, 1937-1944, and Deputy Director of the Office of European Affairs, 1944-1947 (Lot Files 54 D394 and 395) National Archives Microfilm Publication M1244: (Entries 374-380)
Files of John Hickerson
Roll # | File |
---|---|
7 | "Reparation paper - Edwin W. Pauley" |
Files of H. Freeman Matthews
Roll # | File |
---|---|
11 | "Argentina" |
14a | "Germany - Reparations" |
18 | "Portugal," "Spain," "Switzerland" |
Miscellaneous Office Files of the Assistant Secretaries of State for European Affairs, 1943-1957 (Entry 1274) (Lot File 59D233)
Boxes 22-34
Box # | File Title or Subject |
---|---|
26 | German Assets [1954-1956] (two files) |
27-28 | Country files on Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland [1948-1955] |
Records of the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, 1941-1953 (Entry 1172) (Lot Files 54D224 and 59D559)
Country Files
Box # | File Title |
---|---|
13 | Germany- "Assets in Switzerland" |
14 | Germany- "Reparations and Restitution" |
19 | Sweden-"Looted Gold" |
Records of the Office of Western European Affairs
Records of the Office of Western European Affairs Relating to Italy, 1943-1951 (lot File 54D328) (Entry 381)
Boxes 1-10
Box # | File Title |
---|---|
1 | Agreements, Pacts, and Treaties |
2 | Economic Matters, including Proclaimed List Vestingby Alien Property Custodian and Gold |
4 | Italian-Great Britain Reparation German Libraries-Background aaa Negotiations-Disposition of German Libraries in Italy |
6 | 313 German Assets 315 Looted Property [1950] |
7 | 313 German Assets 315 Looted Property [1951] |
8 | 522 Reparations [1950] aaa 522 Reparations [1951] |
Records of the Officer in Charge of Italian and Austrian Affairs
Subject Files Relating to Italian Affairs, 1944-1956 (Entry 1285) (Lot File 58D357)
Boxes 10-21
Box # | File # | File Title |
---|---|---|
12 | 519 | Reparations 1952-1953 |
14 | 522 | Reparations 1953 |
16 | 520.02 | Albanian Gold 1954 |
17 | 514 | German Assets (Minutes) 1954 |
18 | 520 | Looted Property 1954 |
19 | 520.01 | Salzburg gold 1954 |
Subject Files on Austria 1945-1950 (Entry 1174A) (Lot File 54D331)
Alpha-Numeric File
Box # | File # | File Title |
---|---|---|
3 | A-50 | Reparations [1945] |
4 | A-711 | Reparations [1946] |
6-7 | A-400 | External Assets, German Assets, Gold Pot [1948]; [1949] |
Austrian Desk Files, 1950-1954 (Entry 1174B) (Lot File 56D294)
Alpha-Numeric File
Box # | File # | File Title |
---|---|---|
9 | A581 A584 |
German Assets in Austria [1953-1954]; Looted Securities [1953-1954] |
Records of the Office of Italian and Austrian Affairs, 1949-1953 (Entry 1174C) (Lot File 54D541)
Austria Alpha-Numeric File
- Box 4 File A-400 External Assets, German Assets, Gold Pot [1950]
Austria Numeric File
- Box 8 File 585 External Restitution (Individual and Program)
- Box 8 File 586 Internal Restitution
Italy Decimal File
- Box 9 File 315 Looted Property
Decimal Files Related to Italy and Austria, 1953-1958 (Entry 3092)
Boxes 1-3
Box # | File # and File Title or Subject |
---|---|
1-2 | Alien property claims related to Austria, 1957-1958 |
3 | 514 Italy, German Assets 1957 |
Records of the Officer in Charge of Italian and Austrian Affairs (Entry 1282) (Lot File 58D71)
Subject Files Relating to Italy, 1953-1956
Box 6
File # | Title |
---|---|
514 | German Assets in Italy |
514 | German Assets in Italy-Correspondence |
514 | German Assets in Italy- IARA - Third Countries |
514 | German Assets - American War Damage Claims 1955 |
519 | Reparations |
520.02 | Albanian gold (Monetary Gold) |
Records of the Officer in Charge of Italian and Austrian
Affairs
Subject Files Relating to Austrian Affairs, 1954-1956 (Entry 1283) (Lot File 58D72)
Box 7
File # Title
320 German Assets in Austria
391 Looted Property & Art
Subject Files Relating to the Austrian Occupation and Peace Treaty 1949-1955 (Entry 1284) (Lot File 58D223)
Boxes 7-9
File # | File # | Title |
---|---|---|
7 | 412 | German Assets in Austria |
8 |
585 586 586 |
585 External Restitution 586 Internal Restitution 586 Austrian Reparations to Israel July-Dec.1953 |
Records of the Office of Western European Affairs
Records of the Spanish and Portuguese
Desk Officers 1942-1955 (Entry 1400) (Lot Files 59D108)
Boxes 1-11
File # | File Title |
---|---|
3 | 1954 German Assets, Portugal |
7 | 1956 German Assets |
9 | 1957 German Assets in Spain |
Alpha-Numeric Files of the Swiss-Benelux Desk, 1951-1962 (Entry 3091)
Boxes 1-15
File # | File and File Title |
---|---|
11 | N.19.8 Dutch gold pool claims |
14-15 | contain numerous files on the Interhandel case, relating to Switzerland, 1953-193 |
15 | S.6C.3 Return of German assets, 1957-1961 S.7.2A Swiss banking secrecy problems, 1956-1959 S.10.2 Claims and trials |
Miscellaneous German Files, 1943-1954(Entry 1174E) (Lot File 55D371)
Subject File
File # | Title |
---|---|
6 | Reparations Restitution - German Internal |
Records of the Office of German Affairs
Alpha-Numeric Files Relating to the Federal Republic of Germany, 1960-1962 (Entry 3090)
Boxes 1-14
Boxes 5-12 contain information on German assets in the United States and Vested Assets in the United States 1949-1961
Records of the Office of Eastern European Affairs
Records Relating to Economic Affairs, 1943-1963 (Entry 3087)
Boxes 1-4
File # | Title |
---|---|
1 | Claims and Blocked Assets, Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia Gold and foreign exchange reserves Poland claims, 1957 and before |
2 | Poland claims 1958-1961 US Polish claims negotiations, 1960 |
Miscellaneous Office Files, 1952-1960 (Entry 1276) (Lot File 76D232)
Boxes 41-42
Box 41 contains information on Tripartite Gold Commission (1958), Polish Claims Records Relating to Czechoslovakia 1958-1963 (Entry 3082)
Boxes 1-5
Box 1 File C-400.2 Tripartite Gold Commission
Miscellaneous Office Files, 1952-1960 (Entry 1276) (Lot File 76D232)
Boxes 41-42
Box 41 contains information on Tripartite Gold Commission (1958), Polish
Claims
Records Relating to Czechoslovakia
1958-1963
(Entry 3082)
Boxes 1-5
Box 1 File C-400.2 Tripartite Gold Commission
Records of the Eastern European
Division (Czechoslovakia), 1946-1950 (Entry 1173A) (Lot File 54D426)
File # | File # and Title |
---|---|
2 | C-400 Restitution [1948] |
3 | C-400 Restitution [1949] |
Records of the Central European Division, 1944-1953 (Entries 381A,B,C)
These records were maintained by the Division of Central European Affairs formed in January 1944, to handle U.S. relations with Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. As part of the Office of European Affairs, this Division consisted of a German Branch and an Austrian- Czechoslovakian Branch. The mission of the Division was to direct the daily conduct of relations with these countries. In order to fulfil this assignment, the Division evaluated information from various sources, prepared studies, tried to anticipate major problems, coordinated U.S. policy with other agencies, and worked with Allied and Occupation authorities.
The bulk of the records were created between 1944 and 1949, and deals primarily with the occupation of Germany, the problems of Austria, inter-Allied relations, economic and financial questions, legal and political affairs, and reparations. Included are files on external assets, reparations, restitution, restitution claims, and claims against Germany.
Boxes 1-5
Records of the Office of American Republic Affairs, Its Predecessors, and its Successors
A Division of Latin American Affairs was created in 1909. In 1937 the name was changed to the Division of American Republics. At the same time, the Division of Mexican Affairs was incorporated into the Division of American Republics. In 1944 the Division became the Office of American Republic Affairs. In 1950 the Office of American Republic Affairs became the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs.
Memorandums Relating to Individual
Countries, Mar. 2, 1918-Dec. 31, 1947
(Entry 209)
Boxes 17-20 Argentina Jan. 1937-December 1947
Miscellaneous Memorandums Jan 4, 1938-Sept. 12, 1947
(Entry 214)
Box 65 File Proclaimed List, Aug. 1941-Dec. 1941
Records of the Office of Middle American Affairs (Guatemala and El Salvador) 1942-1954
(Entry 1146) (Lot Files 58D78 and 58D18)
Boxes 1-3
Box 2 File Guatemala, German Assets, 1954
Records of the Office of Middle American Affairs (Costa Rica and Nicaragua) 1951-1955
(Entry 1147) (Lot File 57D15)
Boxes 1-6
Box # | File Title |
---|---|
4 | [Costa Rica 1954] German Assets |
6 | [Costa Rica 1955] Finance-German Assets |
Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs
Records Relating to Guatemala (Entry 1156) (Lot File 60D647)
Boxes 1-6
Box 5 File German Assets [1958]
Records Relating to the "Argentine Blue Book," 1945-1946
The Department of State on October 3, 1945, initiated consultation among the American republics concerning the collaboration of Argentina with enemy agents for espionage and other activities damaging to the war effort of the Allies. From October 1945 to February 1946, there was assembled and evaluated under the direction of Carl B. Spaeth, Office of American Republic Affairs, all information in the possession of the U.S. Government bearing on relations of Argentina with Germany and Italy. The results of the investigation, obtained from records of the U.S. Government, those of Germany and Italy, and from interrogations of Germany and Italian officials responsible for activities in and with respect to Argentina were set forth in a memorandum, Consultation Among the American Republics With Respect to the Argentine Situation, commonly known as the "Argentine Blue Book" because of the color of its cover.
"Argentine Blue Book." 1946 (Entry 1083)
A printed copy of the "Argentine Blue Book" and typed copies of the
index.
Box 1
Drafts and Documentary Material
for the "Argentine Blue Book." 1945-1946
(Entry 1084)
Arranged according to the book's table of contents. Contains drafts
of parts of the
book and copies of documentary material used in its preparation.
Included are
copies of diplomatic and consular reports, telegrams, reports of the State
Department's Special Interrogation Mission to Germany, and printed and
processed materials.
Boxes 1(part)-7
Despatches From U.S. Embassies 1945-1946 (Entry 1085)
Arranged alphabetically by name of country and thereunder chronologically.
Despatches from U.S. embassies in Latin America and Europe regarding
significant trends in political affairs and international relations in
Latin America,
local comment on the situation in Argentine, editorial comments on affairs
in
Argentina and U.S. action concerning them, and other matters of interest
to those
charged with preparing the "Argentine Blue Book."
Boxes 8-15
Telegrams From U.S. Embassies 1945-1946 (Entry 1086)
Arranged alphabetically by name of country and thereunder chronologically.
Telegrams from U.S. Embassies in Latin America and Europe dealing with
the
procurement of material for the "Argentine Blue Book," editorial and other
comments in foreign countries regarding the Argentine situation and the
release of
the "Argentine Blue Book," political and other international developments,
and
matters of interest to those charged with preparing the "Argentine Blue
Book."
Boxes 16-20
Interrogation Reports of the
Poole Mission on the Argentine Situation 1945-1946
(Entry 1087)
Arranged alphabetically by name of person interrogated. Copies of
the reports of
the Special Interrogation Mission to Germany headed by DeWitt C. Poole,
on its
interrogations of German diplomatic, consular, military, and other officials
regarding German activities in diplomacy, propaganda, and espionage.
Boxes 21-22
Box # | Person Interrogated |
---|---|
21 | Ernst Wilhelm Bohle Ernst Franz Johannes Borchers Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff Herbert von Dirksen Heinz Truetzschler von Falkenstein Ulrich von Gienanth Fraueulein Hanna Feldtange Hermann Goering Bernd Gottfriedsen Andor Hencke Heinrich Herwarth Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian |
22 | Andor Hencke Ernst Adolf Hepp Nicholas Horthy von Nagybanya Baron Oswald von Hoyningen-Huene Field Marshal Gen. Wilhelm Keitel Wilhelm Keppler Dr. Eugen Klee Gerhard Johannes Georg Kleeburg Dr. Erich Kordt Richard von Kuelhlmann Hans-Heinrich Lammers Otto Meissner Baron Joseph Hermann Friedrich Eduard Maria von Mentzingen Dr. Hermann Neubacher Freiherr Constantin H.K. von Neurath Capt. Dietrich Niebuhr Dr. Erich Kurdt Dr. Theodor Paeffgen Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittnitz und Gaffron Carl Berthold Franz Rekowski Joachim von Ribbentrop Dr. Karl Ritter Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht Paul Otto Gustave Schmidt Harold C. Vedeler Franz Xaver Schwarz Col. Conrad Steinhaeuser Dr. Karl Stroelin Wilhelm Ernst August Tannenberg Hans Thomsen Fritz Ernst Adalbert von Twardowski Dr. Edmund Vessenmayer Fritz Kolbe with Harold C. Vedeler |
Miscellaneous Affidavits and Interrogation Reports 1945-1946 (Entry 1088)
Arranged alphabetically by name of informant. Reports of interrogation
of
German diplomatic and consular officers and some affidavits of officers
regarding
their activities during the war.
Boxes 23-26
Box # | File Title |
---|---|
23 | Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (2 folders) I.G. Farben Documents. |
25 | Ribbentrop Schellenberg |
26 | Friedrich Wolf |
Reports on Examination of Enemy Embassy Archives in Argentina 1945 (Entry 1089)
Arranged under Germany or Japan and thereunder chronologically. Reports
of
U.S. representatives in Argentina regarding their examination of the archives
of
the German and Japanese embassies in that country.
Box 27
Miscellaneous Reports and Background Material 1945-1946 (Entry 1090)
Arranged in part randomly by agency transmitting the records, in part randomly
by
subject, and thereunder chronologically. Reports of the War, Navy,
and Justice
Departments; copies of Argentine public statements; and biographical sketches,
chiefly of Argentine officials.
Boxes 28-29 (part)
Memorandums on the Preparation of the "Argentine Blue Book" 1945-1946 (Entry1091)
Arranged chronologically. Memorandums of the Department of State
regarding
the procurement of material, the assignment of duties to personnel, the
organization of the project, and other matters related to the preparation
of the"Argentine Blue Book."
Box 29 (part)
Exhibits and Appendixes 1945-1946 (Entry 1092)
Arranged numerically, 1-7. Copies of memorandums, reports, and miscellaneous
materials compiled in support of the U.S. position in the "Argentine Blue
Book."
Box 30
Records Relating to Reaction to the "Argentine Blue Book" 1946 (Entry 1093)
Arranged alphabetically by name of country of origin of the reaction. Various
records relating to the reaction of the publication, including domestic
and foreign
press and official reactions from other American republics.
Boxes 31-32
Miscellaneous Records 1944-1946 (Entry 1094)
Arranged randomly by subject or kind of record. Copies of memorandums,
affidavits, telegrams, press releases, and other materials relating to
preparation and
publication of the "Argentine Blue Book."
Box 33