Records of the Personal Representative of the President to Pope Pius XII 1942-1950 -- General Records of the Department of State (RG 59) [CIVILIAN AGENCY RECORDS -- Department of State and Foreign Affairs Records]

President Roosevelt appointed Myron C. Taylor as his personal representative to Pope Pius XII on December 23, 1939. Taylor arrived in Rome in February 1940 and spent several months investigating civilian refuge problems and the possibilities for peace. Thereafter he visited Rome periodically and became President Truman's personal representative to Pius XII in 1946. During Taylor's absences from Vatican City, relations with the Vatican were maintained by a small staff of Foreign Service officers. His assistant from 1941-1946, Harold H. Tittman, Jr., was Charge d'Affaires on various occasions; thus much of the correspondence described below is with Tittman.

Index to Decimal File 1944 and 1945 (Entry 1065)
   
                An index on 3x5-inch cards, to records in the 1944 and 1945 portion of the  decimal file in Entry 1068. Each entry gives the classification under which the  document was filed. Some entries include a brief description of the document.  Arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Box 1 location: 250/48/29/01

Index To The Decimal File 1947 (Entry 1066)

        An index on 3x5-inch cards, to the 1947 portion of the decimal file in Entry 1068.  Each entry gives a short summary of the document and the classification under  which it was filed. Arranged alphabetically by subject or name.
        Box 1 location: 250/48/29/01

Index to Instructions Received April 20, 1944-February 25, 1947 (Entry 1067)

        An index on 3x5-inch cards, to instructions from the Department of State to the  personal representative of the President. Each entry gives the date of the  instruction, its subject, the classification under which it was filed, and its security  classification. Arranged numerically. Box 1 location: 250/48/29/01

Decimal File 1944-1950 (Entry 1068)

        Telegrams, despatches, reports, and letters between Taylor and his staff and the  Department of State, other U.S. Government agencies, the Vatican, and the Italian  Government. Also included is some semipersonal correspondence. Included in  the records is information on political affairs, Jews, refugees and relief activities,  German-owned property in Rome, property rights, the Vatican Bank. Arranged  chronologically by year and thereunder according the Foreign Service  Classification Manual. Records for 1944 and 1945 are filed together.
        Boxes 1-27 location: 250/48/29/01

Confidential Correspondence File 1944-1947 (Entry 1069)

        Letters, reports, memorandums that were kept separate from the main body of the  1944-1950 decimal file in Entry 1068. Most, but not all, of the documents were  originally security classified. Arranged chronologically.
        Box 28 location: 250/48/29/05

Register of Telegrams Sent and Received 1944-1949 (Entry 1070)

        Lists of telegrams sent--August 20, 1944-July 22, 1948, July 11-December 31,  1948, and January 2, 1949-January 9, 1950; and telegrams received--January 3-  October 31, 1949. Each entry gives the number of the telegram, its classification,  the date, and the subject. Arranged numerically by telegram number.
        Box 29 location: 250/48/29/05

Telegrams and Airgrams Sent January-December 1942 and June 1944-December 1949  (Entry 1071)

        Copies of official telegrams and airgrams sent to the Department of State and  various Foreign Service posts. Arranged as telegrams or airgrams and thereunder  chronologically, except for one set of 1948 telegrams that is arranged by  Foreign Service post and thereunder chronologically.
        Boxes 29-30 location: 250/48/29/05

Telegrams and Airgrams Received 1942-1949 (Entry 1072)

        Copies of official telegrams and airgrams received from the Department of State  and various Foreign Service posts. Arranged chronologically, except for the 1948  telegrams from various Foreign Service posts that are arranged by post and  thereunder chronologically. Those for 1946 and 1947 are arranged as telegrams or  airgrams and thereunder chronologically. Boxes 31-32 location: 250/48/29/06

Miscellaneous Subject Files 1944-1949 (Entry 1073)

        Copies of letters, memorandums, reports, telegrams, and invitations to social  functions. Included are such subject as Axis diplomats, war criminals, protocol,  and statements and peace efforts of the Pope. Arranged alphabetically subject.  Boxes 33-34 location: 250/48/29/06

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