Records of the Office of American Republic Affairs, Its Predecessors, and its Successors -- General Records of the Department of State (RG 59) [CIVILIAN AGENCY RECORDS -- Department of State and Foreign Affairs Records]


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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  location: 250/44/7/01

Miscellaneous Memorandums Jan 4, 1938-Sept. 12, 1947 (Entry 214)

        Box 65 File Proclaimed List, Aug. 1941-Dec. 1941  location: 250/44/7/07

Records of the Office of Middle American Affairs (Guatemala and El Salvador) 1942-  1954 (Entry 1146) (Lot Files 58D78 and 58D18)

        Boxes 1-3 location: 250/49/1/04
                        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 location: 250/49/1/04

        Box #  File Title
        4  [Costa Rica 1954] German Assets location: 250/49/01/04
        6  [Costa Rica 1955] Finance-German Assets location: 250/49/01/04

Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs

Records Relating to Guatemala (Entry 1156) (Lot File 60D647)

        Boxes 1-6 location: 250/49/2/03
            Box 5 File German Assets [1958] location: 250/49/2/03

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 location: 250/48/30/04

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 location: 250/48/30/04 

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 location: 250/48/30/05

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 location: 250/48/30/06

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 location: 250/48/30/07

        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 location: 250/48/30/07

        Box #  File Title
        23  Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (2 folders)
            I.G. Farben Documents.
        25  Ribbentrop
            Schellenberg
        26  Friedrich Wolf{Note 1}

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 location: 250/48/31/01

  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) location: 250/48/31/01 
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) location: 250/48/31/01

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 location: 250/48/31/01

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 location: 250/48/31/01

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 location: 250/48/31/01


Footnotes

{1}Return to text Military Attache in Chile and later Military, Naval, and Air Attache in Argentina.


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