Military Agency Records
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
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
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.
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)
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
Files of H. Freeman Matthews
Miscellaneous Office Files of the Assistant Secretaries of State for European Affairs, 1943-1957 (Entry 1274) (Lot File 59D233)
Boxes 22-34
Records of the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, 1941-1953 (Entry 1172) (Lot Files 54D224 and 59D559)
Country Files
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
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
Subject Files on Austria 1945-1950 (Entry 1174A) (Lot File 54D331)
Alpha-Numeric File
Austrian Desk Files, 1950-1954 (Entry 1174B) (Lot File 56D294)
Alpha-Numeric File
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
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
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
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
Alpha-Numeric Files of the Swiss-Benelux Desk, 1951-1962 (Entry 3091)
Boxes 1-15
Miscellaneous German Files, 1943-1954(Entry 1174E) (Lot File 55D371)
Subject File
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
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)
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
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
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
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