Records of the Under Secretary of War (RG 107) [The War Department and the Army Records]

The position of the Under Secretary of War was held by the following: Robert P. Patterson (December 16, 1940-September 26, 1945), Kenneth C. Royall (November 9, 1945-July 23, 1947), and William H. Draper, Jr. (August 29, 1947-September 17, 1947)

Administrative Office Classified Decimal File March 1943-November 1945 (Formerly  Security-Classified Correspondence) (Entry 141)
   
                Records filed under the project portion of the series under "Foreign  Countries and Cities," contain information on the military occupation of Germany,  and Swedish and Swiss wartime trade with Germany. The records are arranged  according to the War Department decimal classification scheme. At the end of the  series are ten project files, one of which is "Foreign Countries and Cities."
        Each project file is arranged alphabetically by name or subject and thereunder  according to the War Department decimal classification scheme.
        Boxes 209-264 location: 390/9/10/02

        Box #  Country
        260  Argentina location: 390/9/11/03
        261  France
            Germany location: 390/9/11/03
        262  Iberian Penninsula
            Italy
            Portugal location: 390/9/11/03
        263  Spain
            Sweden (4 folders) location: 390/9/11/03
        264  Switzerland (3 folders) location: 390/9/11/03

Administrative Office Decimal File 1943-1945 (General Correspondence) (Entry 144)

        Much of the series consists of cross-reference sheets that refer to documents  which either were filed elsewhere in this series, or in Patterson's security-classified  correspondence for this period (Entry 141), or, within the records of his assistants,  or which were forwarded to other offices. The correspondence itself consists  mainly of letters, memorandums, reports, cablegrams, bulletins, transcripts of  hearings, and publications exchanged with other officials in the War Department,  Army Service Forces, Cabinet Members, the White House, Members of Congress,  Federal Bureau of Investigation, businessmen, and industrialists. Within the project  files in the series under the project "Foreign Countries and Cities," are records  primarily concerning U.S. installations located within the country and the financial,  military, and political conditions of the country or city. The records are arranged  according to the War Department decimal classification scheme. At the end of the  series is a number of project files which are arranged alphabetically by subject or  project. The records in each project are arranged alphabetically by topic and  thereunder according to the War Department decimal classification scheme.
        Boxes 262-552 location: 390/9/13/01
       
Security-Classified Correspondence 1945-1947 (Entry 146)

        Among the records in this series are those relating to employment of economic  warfare to reduce the war potential of the enemy (decimal 091.3, contained in Box  4; location: 390/9/21/07) The records in this series are arranged according to the  War Department decimal classification scheme with a number of small project files  at the end of the series arranged alphabetically by subject or project.
        Boxes 1-12 location: 390/9/21/06

Administrative Office Decimal File 1945-1947 (General Correspondence) (Entry 147)

        Much of this series consists of cross-reference sheets which refer to documents  filed elsewhere in this series, in other series of the Under Secretary's  correspondence, or among the records of other officials in the Office of the Under  Secretary of War, or in other offices of the War Department. Most of the  correspondence was with other officials in the Offices of the Under Secretary and  Secretary of War, the Army Services Forces, Members of Congress, members of  interagency boards and committees, businessmen, and industrialists. The records  in the project portion of the files relate almost entirely to the acquisition or lease of  land and property for military purposes or the disposal of surplus Government  property. In addition, records filed under the project "Foreign Countries," deal  with the economic needs of those countries, settlement of lend-lease payments,  the military occupation of Germany and Austria, and industrial mobilization in the  Axis and Allied countries during World War II. The  records are arranged  according to the War Department decimal classification scheme. At the end of the  series is a number of project files arranged alphabetically by subject of the project.  The records in each project file are arranged alphabetically by topic thereunder  according to the War Department decimal classification scheme.
        Boxes 553-706 location: 390/9/22/01