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