Italy -- 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 September 3, 1943, Marshal Pietro Badoglio concluded an armistice with the Allies. the armistice provided for a Control Commission to regulate and execute the terms of the armistice under the direction of the Supreme Allied Commander. On November 10, 1943, General Eisenhower announced the establishment of the Allied Control Commission for Italy. {Note 1} In October 1944 the United States decided to renew diplomatic relations with Italy. {Note 2} Italy joined the war against Germany as a co-belligerent. A peace treaty was concluded on February 10, 1947, and it entered into force on September 15, 1947. {Note 3}

Records of the Political Advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean

Classified General Records 1943-1947 (Entry 2789)
   
                Boxes 1-127 location:350/62/8/01
        1943
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        2  800  Italy-Banks  location:350/62/8/01
        4  800  Italy-Pillaging
                800  Italy-Foreign Relations location:350/62/8/02
        5  800  Italy(Vatican)
800  Italy-Treasury
879.6  Italian Airways location:350/62/8/02
        1944
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        8  350  Claims
350  Property-General
350  Papal Property location:350/62/8/02
        10-11  500  War Refugee Board location:350/62/8/03
        11  701  French Representation in Switzerland
701  Argentina
701  Portugal
701  Spain
701  Switzerland location:350/62/8/03
        12  701  Neutral Pouch location:350/62/8/03
        13  707  Swiss location:350/62/8/03
        14  711.1  Neutrality
711.1  Spain
711.10  Jews location:350/62/8/03
        15  711.2  Neutral Shipping
711.3  Enemy Property
711.3  Trading With Enemy location:350/62/8/03
        18  711.6  War Crimes location:350/62/8/04
        19  711.9  Displaced Persons location:350/62/8/04
        20  711.9  Restitution, Reparations, Property Rights
711.9  Restitution
720.01  Black List location:350/62/8/04
        24  800  Germany location:350/62/8/04
        27  800  Portugal
800  Spain location:350/62/8/05
        28  800  Turkey location:350/62/8/05
        34  801.2  Spain and Portugal location:350/62/8/06
        35  814.2  International Red Cross location:350/62/8/06
        36  820.02  Axis location:350/62/8/06
        37-38  820.02  French Intelligence location:350/62/8/06
        40  820.1  OSS (2 folders covering September 1943-September  1944 period)
820.1  OSS-Economic and Political Reports
location:350/62/8/07
        46  840.1  Jews
840.3  Fine Arts location:350/62/8/07
        47  840.4  Vatican Communications
840.4  Vatican Shipping
840.4  Vatican location:350/62/9/01
        47-49  848  Relief, UNRRA location:350/62/9/01
        50  850.6  Insurance location:350/62/9/01
        52  851  Assets
851  Assets-Argentina
851.51  Exchange
851.6  Banks and Banking
851.7  Transfer of Funds location:350/62/9/01
        53  863.4  Gold
871  Censorship location:350/62/9/01
        54  871  Swiss Mail location:350/62/9/02
879.6  German Airlines-Lufthansa
879.6  Iberian Airlines location:350/62/9/02
        1945
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        61  350  Property Rights location:350/62/9/03
        66  711.2  War Booty
711.2  Neutral Traffic and Shipping
711.3  [unlabeled folder-Trading With Enemy]
711.3  Enemy Documents
711.3  Trading With Enemy
711.3  Enemy Property
711.1  Neutrality location:350/62/9/03
        72  711.6  War Criminals location:350/62/9/04
        79  710.10  General and Refugee Camps
711.101  Displaced Persons location:350/62/9/05
        83  800  Portugal
800  Spain
800  Turkey location: 350/62/9/06
        89  814.2  International Red Cross location: 350/62/9/07
        90  820.1  OSS location: 350/62/9/07
        91  820.02  Axis location: 350/62/9/07
        96  840.1  Jews location: 350/62/10/01
        97  840.4  Vatican
844  Public Men [includes Hitler and Mussolini]
location: 350/62/10/01
        98-99  848  UNRRA location: 350/62/10/01
        99  850.6  Insurance location: 350/62/10/01
        100  851  Germany
851.51  Exchange
851.6  Banking location: 350/62/10/01
        101  851.7  Transfer of Funds
871  Censorship location: 350/62/10/01
        1946
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        105  350  Property Rights (4 folders)
350  Missing Tapestry
350  Removal of Italian Property from Pola
location: 350/62/10/02
        106  710.10  Displaced Persons
710.10  Austrians
710.10  Czechs
710.10  Evacuees
710.10  Italians
710.10  Jews
710.10  Poles
710.10  Refugee Camps, General
710.10  Russians
710.10  Yugoslavians location: 350/62/10/02 
        107  710.101  Displaced Persons-General
711.2  War Booty
711.3  Enemy Documents
711.3  R.U.K. Files location: 350/62/10/02
        109  711.6  War Criminals
711.6  War Crimes (3 folders)
711.6  War Criminals Lists
711.5  War Criminals-Yugoslavia (2 folders)
location: 350/62/10/03
        122  840.04  Vatican
840.3  Monuments
848  UNRRA (2 folders)
850.6  Insurance
851.6  Banking location: 350/62/10/05
        1947
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        127  841.4  Italian State Archives location: 350/62/10/05

Top Secret File 1944-1947 (Entry 2790)

        Boxes 1-6 location: 350/62/10/06
        Box #  File #  File Title or Subject
        1  711.2  War Booty
                        711.3  Documents
            711.3  Enemy Property
            711.5  War Criminals
            711.6  War Crimes
            711.101  Displaced Persons location: 350/62/10/06
        2  711.10  Jews location: 350/62/10/06
        5  840.4  Vatican location: 350/62/10/06

Records of the U.S. Embassy, Rome, Italy

General Records 1936-1942, 1943-1945 (Entry 2779)

        Boxes 1-254 location: 350/61/34/06

Classified General Records 1946-1952 (Entry 2780)

        Boxes 1-88 location: 350/62/5/03

Records Pertaining to German Assets in Italy 1945-1957 (Entry 2784)

        Boxes 1-19 location: 350/62/7/05

Records Pertaining to German Assets in Italy 1947-1957 (Entry 2784A)

        Boxes 1-3 location: 350/62/7/07

Classified Records Pertaining to German Assets in Italy 1947-1957 (Entry 2785)  Boxes 1-2 location: 350/62/8/01

Footnotes

{1}Return to text Department of State Bulletin, August 6, 1944, pp. 137-138.

{2}Return to text Department of State Bulletin, February 16, 1945, p. 287.

{3}Return to text Department of State Bulletin, June 1, 1947, pp. 1076-1080.

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