Germany -- Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State (RG 84) [CIVILIAN AGENCY RECORDS -- Department of State and Foreign Affairs Records]


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On May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. On June 5, 1945, a four-nation Allied Control Council became the de facto government of Germany. For purposes of control, Germany was divided into four national occupational zones, each headed by a Military Governor. On March 28, 1948, the Soviet Union walked out of the Allied Control Council. The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Benelux countries agreed on May 31, 1948, to set up a German state comprising the three western zones. The Federal Republic of Germany was proclaimed on May 23, 1949. Agreements in Paris in 1954 giving the Federal Republic full independence and complete sovereignty came into force on May 5, 1955.

Records of the Bonn Embassy

General Records 1949-1961 (Entry 2524A)
   
        Boxes 1-35 location: 350/57/26/05
Box#  File#  Subject
5  321.3  German Assets A-Z by Country
                        321.3  German Assets January-June 1956
            321.3  German Assets July-December 1956
            321.3  German Assets 1957-1958 location: 350/57/26/06
24  321.3  American Assets in Czechoslovakia 1959-1960
            321.3  Czechoslovakian Assets in West Germany 1960-1961
            321.3  German Assets 1959
            321.3  German Assets 1960-1961 location: 350/57/27/01

Classified General Records 1956-1958 (Entry 2525B)
           
        Boxes 109-189 location: 350/57/27/03
        Box#  File#  Subject
        126  321.3  Allied Assets in Soviet Zone
            321.3  German Assets-IG Farben 1958
            321.3  German Assets Lisbon Conference 1956-1957
            321.3  German Assets Neutral Accords 1956
            321.3  German Assets Spanish Accord 1957
            321.3  German Assets Hugo Stinnes 1957
            321.3  German Assets Thailand 1957
            321.3  U.S. Assets in Germany location: 350/57/27/05
        127  321.3  German Assets January-June 1956
            321.3  German Assets July-December 1956
            321.3  German Assets 1957
            321.3  German Assets 1958 location: 350/57/27/06

Classified General Records 1959-1961 (Entry 2525C)
   
        Boxes 1-82 location: 350/57/29/01
        Box#  File#  Subject
        22  321.3  American Assets in Czechoslovakia 1959-1960
            321.3  German Assets 1959
            321.3  German Assets 1960-1961
            321.3  U.S. Assets within Germany 1960-1961 location: 350/57/29/04

Records of the Berlin [Germany] Mission

Finance Committee Records 1945-1952 (Entry 2527E)

        Boxes 1-13 location: 350/56/35/06

Property Control Committee Records 1945-1952 (Entry 2527O)
   
        Boxes 1-2 location: 350/57/2/01

Records of the Political Advisor for Germany

General Records (Entry 2528)

        Box 1  location: 350/57/17/06
       
Records of the U.S. Political Advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander

Classified General Correspondence 1944 (Entry 2529)
   
        Boxes 1-2 location: 350/57/17/06

Records of the Office of the U.S. Political Advisor for Germany, Berlin

Top Secret Correspondence of the U.S. Political Advisor for Germany, Robert  Murphy, 1944-1949 (Entry 2530)

        Box 1  location: 350/57/18/01

Classified General Correspondence of the Political Advisor, 1944-1949 (Entry 2531A)
   
        Boxes 1-12 location: 350/57/18/01

Classified General Correspondence 1945-1949 (Entry 2531B)

        Boxes 1-277 location: 350/57/18/02
        1945
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        2  350  Property
                                350  Germany
                350  Property-Other Countries-General
                350  Property Interests
                350  Property Rights-General (American)
                350  Czechoslovakia
                350  Denmark
                350  Hungary
                350  Swiss
                350  Norway location: 350/57/18/02
        3  400  Reparations Commission and IARA
                400A  Reparations (4 folders)
                400B  Restitution-General
                400B  Restitution-Barges-River Craft
                400B  Restitution-Belgium
                400B  Restitution-Czechoslovakia
                400B  Restitution-Denmark
                400B  Restitution-France
                400B  Restitution-Greece
                400B  Restitution-Hungary
                400B  Restitution-Italy
                400B  Restitution-Luxembourg
                400B  Restitution-Netherlands
                400B  Restitution-Norway
                400B  Restitution-Poland
                400B  Restitution-Russia
                400B  Restitution-Yugoslavia
                400B  Restitution-Property Taken Under Duress
location: 350/57/18/03
        4  400C  Restitution-Fine Arts (2 folders)
location: 350/57/18/03
        6  704  Swiss Interests
                710  German-Argentine Relations
                710  German-Swiss Relations location: 350/57/18/03
        7  711.3  Enemy Property [includes information on the  Merkers Gold discovery]
                711.3  Trading With Enemy location: 350/57/18/03
        8  711.6  Illegal and Inhuman Warfare location: 350/57/18/03
        10-13  800  Political Affairs [alphabetical by country; Box 12  contains information on Nazi Party  Membership, including that in Argentina]
location: 350/57/18/04
        13  800.2  Ministerial Control-Ministerial Collecting Center
(9 folders) location: 350/57/18/04
        20-21  810.8A  War Crimes and Criminals location: 350/57/18/05
        26  820.02  Intelligence Reports (ca. 20 folders)
location: 350/57/18/06
        27  820.02A  Intelligence-General (9 folders)
                820.02A  Interrogations (2 folders)
                820.02A  Intelligence Targets location: 350/57/18/06
        28  820.02A  Interrogations (ca. 20 folders)
location: 350/57/18/06
        29  820.02A  Political and Positive Intelligence
                820.02A  Quislings location: 350/57/18/06
        29-31  820.02A  Safehaven location: 350/57/18/06
        31-32  820.02A  Poole Interrogations location: 350/57/18/07
        33  820.03  Blocked Accounts
                820.03  Control Council Laws (6 folders)
                820.03  Control Council Proclamations
                820.03  Military Government Laws (6 folders)
                820.03  Military Government Proclamations, etc.
location: 350/57/18/07
        34  840.1  Jews (2 folders) location: 350/57/18/07
        34-35  840.1A  Displaced Persons location: 350/57/18/07
        35  840.3  Fine Arts and Monuments (2 folders)
location: 350/57/18/07
        37  841.4  Archives (7 folders)
                841.4  Japanese Archives and Records
location: 350/57/19/01
        39  850.3  Cartels
                850.3  German External Assets
                850.3  Capital, etc. General location: 350/57/19/01
        40  850.6  Insurance
                851  Finance (13 folders)
                851A  Financial Control
                851.6  Banks and Banking
                851.7  Exchange
                854  Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights (2 folders)
location: 350/57/19/01
        42  860  Foreign Industry-I.G. Farben
location: 350/57/19/01
        43  863.4  Diamonds location: 350/57/19/01
        1946
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        50  350  American Property
                350  Austrian Property
                350  Property Rights-General
                350  Property Rights (25 folders) [alphabetical by  country]
                350  German Property in the United States
                350  Hungarian Property
                350  Spanish Property
                350  Standard Oil Co.-Deutsche-Am. Petroleum
                350  Hugo Stinnes Corporation
                350  Swedish property
                350  Swiss Property location: 350/57/19/02
        51  400  Claims
                400  Reparations Commission (2 folders)
location: 350/57/19/03
        51-52  400A  Reparations (6 folders) [chronological]
location: 350/57/19/03
        53  400B  Restitution-General (3 folders)
                400B  Restitution-Albania
                400B  Restitution-Barges-River Craft
                400B  Restitution-Belgium
                400B  Restitution-Brazil
                400B  Restitution-Bulgaria
                400B  Restitution-Czechoslovakia
                400B  Restitution-Denmark
                400B  Restitution-Estonia
                400B  Restitution-Finland
                400B  Restitution-France
                400B  Restitution-Greece
                400B  Restitution location: 350/57/19/03
        54  400B  Restitution-Hungary (3 folders)
                400B  Restitution-Italy
                400B  Restitution-Luxembourg
                400B  Restitution-Netherlands location: 350/57/19/03
        55  400B  Restitution-Norway
                400B  Restitution-Poland
                400B  Restitution-Polish Horses
                400B  Restitution-Rumania
                400B  Restitution-Russia
                400B  Restitution-Yugoslavia
                400B  Restitution-Property Taken Under Duress
                400C  Restitution-Fine Arts location: 350/57/19/03
        61  704  Swiss Interests
                710  Political Relations-Germany-Argentina
                710  Political Relations-Germany-Spain
                710  Political Relations-Germany-Switzerland
                710  Political Relations-Germany-Sweden
location: 350/57/19/04
        62  711.2  Neutral Commerce [all relates to Switzerland]
location: 350/57/19/04
        63  711.3  Trading With Enemy
                711.9  Enemy Property location: 350/57/19/04
        65  800  Nazi Party-Argentina location: 350/57/19/05
        66-69  800  Political Reports [alphabetical by country; Box 67  contains records relating to Nazi Party  membership, despatches, papers, and  records, and Boxes 67-68 contain  information on Nazi Party membership in  Argentina] location: 350/57/19/05
        69  800.1  Hitler
                800.2  Ministerial Control (Ministerial Collecting Center)
location: 350/57/19/05
        76-78  810.8A  War Criminals location: 350/57/19/06
        85-87  820.02A  Intelligence location: 350/57/19/07
        87-88  820.02A  Interrogations location: 350/57/20/01
        88-93  820.02A  Safehaven location: 350/57/20/01
        93  820.02A  Swedish-Allied Safehaven Negotiations
location: 350/57/20/02
        94  820.03  Blocked Accounts
                820.05  Control Council Laws, etc.
                820.03  Military Government Laws location: 350/57/20/02
        95-6  840.1  Jews location: 350/57/20/02
        96-99  840.1A  Displaced Persons location: 350/57/20/02
        99  840.3  Fine Arts and Monuments location: 350/57/20/02
        100  841.2  Historical Relics and Manuscripts
                841.3  Monuments, Statues, and Memorials
                841.4  Austrian Archives and Records
                841.4  German Archives and Records
                841.4  Brazilian Archives
                841.4  Czechoslovakian Archives and Records
                841.4  French Archives
                841.4  German Archives (2 folders) location: 350/57/20/03
        101  841.4  Hungarian Archives
                841.4  Italian Archives and Records
                841.4  Japanese Archives and Records
                841.4  Russian Archives
                848  Relief Measures (2 folders) location: 350/57/20/03
        103  850.3  Capital Investment
                850.3  Cartels location: 350/57/20/03
        103-105  850.3  External Assets location: 350/57/20/03
        105  850.3  Swiss External Assets
                850.3  External Assets-Swiss-Allied Accord
                850.3  Japanese External Assets [in Germany]
location: 350/57/20/03
        106  850.6  Insurance
                850.6  Plus Ultra, Madrid (Insurance)
                851  Financial Conditions (4 folders)
                851A  Financial Controls
                851.5  Currency
                851.6  Banks and Banking
                851.51  Exchange
                851.7  Stock Exchange Market location: 350/57/20/04
        111  860  I.G. Farben (2 folders) location: 350/57/20/04
        113  863.4  Precious Metals and Stones [includes looted objects]
location: 350/57/20/04
        1947 
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        127  350  Property-General location: 350/57/20/06
        127-128  350  Property (ca 25 folders) [alphabetical by country]
location: 350/57/20/06
        128  350  Hungarian Property
                350  Siamese Property
                350  Swedish Property
                350  Swiss Property
                350.3  "Paperclip" Personnel
                400  Claims
                400  Reparations Commission location: 350/57/20/07
        128-130  400A  Reparations location: 350/57/20/07
        130  400B  Restitution, General (2 folders)
                400B  Restitution-Barges and River Craft
                400B  Restitution-Property Taken Under Duress
                400B  Restitution-Albania
                400B  Restitution-Austria
                400B  Restitution-Belgium
                400B  Restitution-Bulgaria
                400B  Restitution-Czechoslovakia
                400B  Restitution-Finland
                400B  Restitution-France
                400B  Restitution-Greece
                400B  Restitution-Hungary (2 folders)
                400B  Restitution-Italy
                400B  Restitution-Latvia
                400B  Restitution-Netherlands
                400B  Restitution-Norway
                400B  Restitution-Poland
                400B  Restitution-Portugal
                400B  Restitution-Rumania
                400B  Restitution-Russia
                400B  Restitution-Siam
                400B  Restitution-Switzerland
                400B  Restitution-Trieste
                400B  Restitution-Yugoslavia
                400C  Restitution-Fine Arts (2 folders)
location: 350/57/20/07 
        138  710  German-Spanish Relations location: 350/57/21/01
        141  711F  Allied Control Authority
                711.2  Proclaimed List
                711.3  Enemy Property, Disposal of (2 folders)
                711.3  Trading With Enemy location: 350/57/21/01
        143  711.9  Enemy Property location: 350/57/21/02
        144-146  800  Political Reports [alphabetical by country]
location: 350/57/21/02
        152-154  810.8A  War Criminals location: 350/57/21/03
        165-166  820.02A  Intelligence location: 350/57/21/05
        166-167  820.02A  Interrogations location: 350/57/21/05
        167-168  820.02A  Safehaven location: 350/57/21/05
        170  820.02A  Swedish-Allied Accord
                820.03  Blocking of Accounts
                820.03  Control Council Laws, Military Government Laws
(ca. 10 folders) location: 350/57/21/06
        172  840.1  Jews (2 folders) location: 350/57/21/06
        172-175  840.1A  Displaced Persons location: 350/57/21/06
        175  840.3  Fine Arts
                841.2  Manuscripts, Historical Relics
                841.3  Monuments
                841.4  Czech Archives
                841.4  Danish Archives location: 350/57/21/06
        176  841.4  German Archives (2 folders)
                841.4  Rumanian Archives
                841.4A  Requests to Use German Archives by Visiting  Missions location: 350/57/21/06
        177  848  Relief Measures (2 folders)
                850  Foreign Investments location: 350/57/21/07
        179  850.3  Cartels
                850A  Economic Control
                850.3  Capital, etc.
                850.3  External Assets (MGAX(1) Tabulations)
                850.3  German External Assets location: 350/57/21/07
        180  850.3  German Externals Assets (8 folders)
                850.3  External Assets-Sweden
                850.3  Swiss-Allied Accord location: 350/57/21/07
        182  850.6  Insurance location: 350/57/21/07
        182-183  851  Financial Conditions location: 350/57/21/07
        183  851.6  Banks and Banking
                851.5  Currency (2 folders)
                851.51  Exchange
                851.7  Stocks, etc. location: 350/57/21/07
        184  854  Patents and Trademarks
                860  I.G. Farben (2 folders) location: 350/57/22/01
        190  863.4  Precious Metals location: 350/57/22/01
        1948
  Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        208  350  Property-General location: 350/57/22/04
        208-209  350  Property location: 350/57/22/04
        209  350.3  Paperclip Personnel
                400  Claims location: 350/57/22/04
        209-210  400A  Reparations location: 350/57/22/04
        211  400B  Property Taken Under Duress
                400B  Restitution-General (3 folders)
                400B  Restitution-Austria
                400B  Restitution-Baltic States
                400B  Restitution-Barges and River Craft
                400B  Restitution-Belgium
                400B  Restitution-Czech
                400B  Restitution-France
                400B  Restitution-Greece
                400B  Restitution-Hungary
                400B  Restitution-Italy
                400B  Restitution-Norway
                400B  Restitution-Poland
                400B  Restitution-Rumania
                400B  Restitution-Russia
                400B  Restitution-Trieste
                400B  Restitution-Yugoslavia
                400C  Restitution-Fine Arts location: 350/57/22/04
        216  710  Nazi-Soviet Relations
                710  Spanish-German Relations location: 350/57/22/05
        218  711F  Allied Control Authority, Control Council
(8 folders)
                711.3  Enemy Property
                711.3  Trading With Enemy
                711.3  External Restitution location: 350/57/22/05
        219-220  800  Political Reports location: 350/57/22/06
        221  800  NSDAP-Individuals
                800  NSDAP-Despatches, Other Papers, Records
location: 350/57/22/06
        228-229  810.8A  War Criminals location: 350/57/22/07
        236  820  Property Control (2 folders) location: 350/57/23/01
        237-238  820.02A  Intelligence location: 350/57/23/01
        239  820.02A  Interrogations (10 folders) location: 350/57/23/01
        239-240  820.02A  Safehaven location: 350/57/23/01
        240  820.03  Military Government Laws, Control Council Laws
(9 folders) location: 350/57/23/02
        241  840.1  Jews location: 350/57/23/02
        241-242  840.1A  Displaced Persons location: 350/57/23/02
        242  840.1A  International Refugee Organizations
location: 350/57/23/02
        243  840.3  Fine Arts (2 folders)
                841.2  Manuscripts
                841.3  Monuments, Statues, and Memorials
                841.4  Austrian Archives
                841.4  Czech Archives
                841.4  Danish Archives
                841.4  German Archives (3 folders)
                841.4  Rumanian Archives
                841.4A  Requests to use German Archives
location: 350/57/23/02
        244  848  Relief Measures (2 folders) location: 350/57/23/02
        247  850.3  External Assets (5 folders)
                850.3  External Assets (MGAX)(2 folders)
location: 350/57/23/03
        248  850.3  External Assets (3 folders)
                850.3  Cartels location: 350/57/23/03
        249  850.3  German Assets in Italy
                850.3  Spanish Safehaven
                850.31  Investment of Capital location: 350/57/23/03
        250  850.6  Insurance
                851A  Financial Controls
                851  Financial Conditions (5 folders)
location: 350/57/23/03
        251  851.5  Currency (7 folders) location: 350/57/23/03
        252  851.51  Exchange
                851.6  Banks and Banking (2 folders)
                854  Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights
location: 350/57/23/03
        254  863.4  Precious Metals location: 350/57/23/04
        1949
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        269  321.30  American Property in Germany
                321.30  Absentee Owners Property
                321.30  Property Control-General (4 folders)
                321.3  Proclaimed Lists
                321.30  Reich-Owned Property
                321.31  Blocked Accounts location: 350/57/23/06
        274  361.3  Library of Congress location: 350/57/23/06
        275  500-5  Insurance
                500-6  Cartels location: 350/57/23/07

Classified Miscellaneous General Correspondence of the Political Advisor, 1945-1948  (Entry 2532)
   
        Box 1  location: 350/57/23/07

Top Secret General Correspondence 1945 (Entry 2532A)

        Boxes 1-6 location: 350/57/23/07

Top Secret General Correspondence 1948-1949 (Entry 2532B)
   
        Box 1  location: 350/57/24/01

Miscellaneous Classified Records 1948-1949 (Entry 2533)

        Boxes 1-3 location: 350/57/24/01

Top Secret Cables to the Secretary of State 1945-1949 (Entry 2534)
   
        Box 1  location: 350/57/24/02

Top Secret Cables from the Secretary of State 1946-1949 (Entry 2535)

        Box 1  location: 350/57/24/02

Classified Cables Sent to the State Department 1945-1949 (Entry 2536)
   
        Boxes 1-15 location: 350/57/24/02

Classified Cables Received from the State Department 1945-1949 (Entry 2537)
        Boxes 1-14 location: 350/57/24/04

Top Secret Cables to Other Missions 1946-1949 (Entry 2538)
   
        Box 1  location: 350/57/24/06

Classified Cables to Other Missions 1945-1948 (Entry 2539)

        Boxes 1-7 location: 350/57/24/06

Top Secret Cables from Other Missions 1945-1949 (Entry 2540)
   
        Boxes 1-2 location: 350/57/24/07

Classified Cables from Other Missions 1945-1949 (Entry 2541)

        Boxes 1-22 location: 350/57/25/01

Records of the Office of the U.S. Political Advisor for Germany, Frankfurt

Top Secret Correspondence 1948-1949 (Entry 2542)
   
        Box 1  location: 350/57/25/04

Classified General Correspondence 1946-1949 (Entry 2543)

        Boxes 1-36 location: 350/57/25/04
        1946
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        1  350  Property Rights (Reparation) location: 350/57/25/05
        2  711.3  General
            711.3  Polish Property
            711.3  Swiss Property location: 350/57/25/05
        5  820.02  Military Activities [much information on archives]
location: 350/57/25/06
        6  820.02  Argentine Intelligence
            820.02  Alphabetical File (2 folders)
            820.02  Eva Braun's Diary
            820.02  Hans Wendland [art looting]
            840.3  Art Looting
            841.4  Public Records location: 350/57/25/06
        1947
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        9  350  Property Rights, Claims
            711.3  Swiss, et al location: 350/57/25/06
        13  820.02  Alphabetical File
            841.4  Public Records location: 350/57/25/06
        1948
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        16  350  Property Rights (2 folders)
            400  Claims
            400A  Reparations-General
            400B  Property Taken Under Duress
            400B  Restitution-General
            400B  Restitution-Albania
            400B  Restitution-Austria
            400B  Restitution-Barges and River Craft
            400B  Restitution-Hungary
            400B  Restitution-Yugoslavia
            400C  Restitution-Fine Arts location: 350/57/25/07
        18  711.2  Proclaimed List
            711.3  Trading With Enemy (2 folders) location: 350/57/25/07
        25  820.02A  General Intelligence (3 folders)
            820.02A  Alphabetical File location: 350/57/26/01
        26  820.03  Blocked Accounts
            840.1  Jews
            840.1A  Displaced Persons-General location: 350/57/26/02
        27  840.03  Fine Arts
            840.04  German Archives
            840.04  Public Records
            850.03  Blocked Accounts
            850.03  Cartels
            850.03  External Assets-Firms
            850.03  External Assets-General location: 350/57/26/02
        1949
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        31  321.3  Blocked Assets
            321.3  Proclaimed List and Blacklists location: 350/57/26/02
        32  361.2  DOJ [information on the Stockholm Enskilda Bank]
location: 350/57/26/03
        33  500.6  Cartels (2 folders) location: 350/57/26/03

Classified Cables Sent to the State Department 1946-1948 (Entry 2545)
   
        Boxes 1-4 location: 350/57/26/03

Classified Cables from the State Department 1946-1948 (Entry 2546)

        Boxes 1-3 location: 350/57/26/04

Top Secret Cables to and from Other Missions 1946-1949 (Entry 2547)
   
        Box 1  location: 350/57/26/04

Classified Cables to Other Missions 1948 (Entry 2548)

        Box 1  location: 350/57/26/04

Classified Cables Received from Other Missions 1947-1948 (Entry 2549)
   
        Boxes 1-2 location: 350/57/26/05

Records of the Office of the U.S. Political Advisor for Germany, Heidelberg

Top Secret Cables to the Secretary of State 1948 (Entry 2550)

        Box 1  location: 350/57/26/05

Top Secret Cables to Other Missions 1948 (Entry 2551)
   
        Box 1  location: 350/57/26/05


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