Records of the Foreign Economic Administration (RG 169)
Records of the Board of Economic Warfare (1941-1943)
On December 17, 1941, the Economic Defense Board became, by a change of name, the Board of Economic Warfare. For about four months thereafter there were no major changes in the functions and no significant changes in administrative organization. By an Executive order of April 13, 1942, however, the Board's powers. which hitherto had been limited chiefly to the control of exports, were significantly increased by giving to the Board a large measure of control over imports. It was also directed to "represent the United States Government in dealing with the economic warfare agencies of the United Nations for the purpose of relating the Government's economic warfare program and facilities regarding the importation of strategic and critical materials.
As a result of the Executive order the Board was reorganized, and to the existing membership of the Board proper, presided over by the Vice President of the United States, Henry A. Wallace, there were added the Chairman of the War Production Board and the Administrator of the Office of Lend-Lease Administration. The Offices of Exports, Imports, Economic Warfare Analysis, the General Counsel, and Administrative Management, established at that time, remained in existence during the life of the agency, although the branches and divisions of the offices underwent a number of changes.
By an Executive order of July 15, 1943, the Board of Economic Warfare was terminated and its functions, personnel, and records were transferred to the Office of Economic Warfare (OEW). The various centralized and decentralized files of the Board, which were taken over and maintained practically intact by the OEW, were later distributed to various units of the Foreign Economic Administration.
General Records
Classified Subject File July 1940-June 1942 (Entry 97)
Records of the Board of Economic Warfare and of its predecessors, the Economic Defense Board and the Office of the Administrator of Export Control, consisting mainly of copies of letters, memorandums, reports, minutes of meetings of committees, and other materials relating to all phases of export control and economic warfare and to the organization, administration, policies, and procedures of the agencies. The records are arranged in accordance with a subject-numeric classification system. Please consult the finding aids in the consultation area in Room 2600 for information regarding the classification system. Boxes 1-247
Geographic Central File July 1940-June 1942 (Entry 98)
Letters and memoranda, mainly copies. relating to export control matters involving specific countries and covering subjects similar to those described in the previous entry. The records are arranged alphabetically by country and thereunder by the same subject-numeric system used in the Classified Subject Central File. Boxes 248-293
| Box # | Country or Geographic Area |
|---|---|
| 248-250 | Argentina |
| 250 | Austria |
| 265-266 | Germany |
| 270 | Italy |
| 273-274 | Latin America |
| 283-284 | Portugal |
| 286 | South America Spain |
| 287 | Sweden |
| 288 | Switzerland |
| 289 | Turkey |
| 292 | Vatican City |
Records of the Office of Economic Warfare (1943)
By an Executive order of July 15, 943, the Office of Economic Warfare, headed by a Director, Leo T. Crowley, was established in the Office of Emergency Management. To it were transferred the functions, personnel, and records of the Board of Economic Warfare, which was abolished by the order. The Office of Economic Warfare was in existence for only about six weeks. Its functions and administrative organization were substantially those of its predecessors. By an Executive order of September 25, 1943, the Office of Economic Warfare and certain other agencies, together with their personnel and records, were transferred to and consolidated in the Foreign Economic Administration (FEA), which was established by that order. The records of the Office were later absorbed into the records of various units of the FEA.
Records of the Foreign Economic Administration (1943-1945)
In order to unify and consolidate the administration of governmental activities relating to foreign economic affairs, the Foreign Economic Administration (FEA), was established by an Executive order of September 25, 1943. The functions, personnel, and records of the office of Lend-Lease Administration, the Office of Economic Warfare, the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations of the Department of State, and the foreign economic operations of the Office of Foreign Economic Coordination of the Department of State were transferred to the FEA.
The FEA was responsible for the wartime functions of export control, foreign procurement, lend- lease, reverse lend-lease, participation in foreign relief and rehabilitation, and economic warfare, including foreign economic intelligence. By an Executive order of September 27, 1945, the FEA was abolished and its remaining functions were divided among five agencies, including the Departments of State and Commerce.
Records of the Office of the Administrator
This Office included the Administrator, Leo T. Crowley, his immediate assistants, and six planning and administrative offices.
General Records Subject File of the Administrator, January 1942-October 1945 (Entry 128)
Correspondence of Leo T. Crowley, FEA Administrator, and of Milo Perkins, Executive Director of the Board of Economic Warfare and Office of Economic Warfare, with members of Congress, other Government agencies, private industry, and the general public regarding policy matters in connection with the administration and operations of the above-mentioned agencies, cooperation with other Government agencies on foreign economic operations, legislation, and other matters requiring the attention of the Administrator (or his predecessor). One part of this file, covering the period January 1941-July 1944, is arranged according to a modified Dewey decimal classification scheme. The second part of the file, covering the period August 1944-October 1945, is arranged according to a subject-numeric classification scheme. This scheme is outlined in a binder in the consultation area in Room 2600. Boxes 1-77
| Box # | File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 1 | Inter-American Affairs, Coordinator of (1941-1942) |
| Joint Combined Chiefs of Staff (1942-1943) | |
| North Africa Economic Board (Aug. 27, 1943) | |
| State Department (1943-1944) | |
| State Dept.-Office of Economic Coordination, Foreign (O.F.E.C.) (1942-1943) | |
| U.S. Commercial Company (1943-1944) | |
| War Department (1943); | |
| 2 | Censorship, Office of (1942-1943) |
| Combined Chiefs of Staff (1942-1943) | |
| Commerce Department (Foreign and Domestic Commerce) (1941-1943) | |
| Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (1941-1944) | |
| Justice Department (1941, 1943-1944) | |
| Justice Department (Anti-Trust Division) (March 1942) | |
| Justice Department (Federal Bureau of Investigation) (January and March 1943) | |
| State Department (1941-1944) | |
| State Department-Office of Foreign Economic Coordination(September-October 1943) | |
| Treasury Department (Foreign Funds Control) (June 20, 1942) | |
| War Department-Combined Civil Affairs Committee (n.d.) | |
| War Information, Office of (1942-1944) | |
| 3 | Justice Department (Federal Bureau of Investigation)(December 3, 1942) |
| Criticism and Complaints- B.E.W. (1942-1944) | |
| EOP-Office of War Information (1942-1944) | |
| White House (Harry Hopkins) (1941-1943) | |
| 4 | Board of Economic Warfare Board Meetings; Minutes and other files (1941-1943) |
| 9 | Missions-Censorship Intercepts for Missions (June-October 1943) |
| 11 | Office of Economic Warfare (July-October 1943) |
| Board of Economic Warfare-Sub-Committee (1941-1943) | |
| Foreign Economic Administration - Organization (1942-1944) | |
| Bureau of Areas (1943-1944) | |
| Historian (1942-1944) | |
| Economic Warfare Analysis (1942-1943) | |
| Executive Director (1943); | |
| 12 | Committees (1941-1944) |
| Minutes-Office of Economic Warfare Analysis (May-June 1942) | |
| 13 | Minutes-Meetings in Office of Stettinius (April-July 1942) |
| State Department (1942-1943) | |
| 14 | Procedures and Instructions (1941-1944) |
| Directives (1943-1944) | |
| Copies of BEW Directives (1941-1942) | |
| Copies of BEW Orders (1942-1943) | |
| Licensing Procedures (1942-1943) | |
| 23 | Reports-Progress (General) (1943-1944) |
| Reports-Miscellaneous (1941-1944) | |
| 24 | Report of the American Hemisphere Division-BEW (March 1942) |
| 25 | Cartels (1942-1944) |
| U.S. Commercial Company (1943-1944) | |
| 26 | Preclusive Operations Division-Economic Warfare Deals (June 18, 1943) |
| 27 | Censorship (1942-1944) |
| Censorship Intercepts-Press (1942-1944) | |
| Politics and Propaganda (1942-1944) | |
| 29 | Treasury Department (May 23, 1942) |
| Vice President Henry A Wallace (1942-1943) | |
| White House; Wheeler, Senator B.K. (1941 & 1943) | |
| 32 | Blockade Systems (1942-1943) |
| Navicerts (1942-1943) | |
| Export Trade Control (1941-1944) | |
| General Licenses (October 13, 1943) | |
| Black Lists (1941-1942) | |
| Blocked Nationals (1942) | |
| Watch Lists (June 2, 1943) | |
| 33 | Preclusive Buying and Procurement Contracts (1941-1944) |
| 40 | Censorship (1944-1945) |
| Censorship-Intercepts (1944-1945) | |
| Combined Civil Affairs Committee (1944-1945) 41-46 Contain records relating to the Executive Policy Committee and the Executive Policy Committee on Economic Foreign Policy (1944-1945) | |
| 47 | Committee-Joint Intelligence Committee (1944-1945); Has minor mention of Switzerland being dependant on German trade. 48-49 Contain records relating to various Liberated Areas committees (1944-1945) 51-52 Contain information on the U.S. Commercial Company (1944-1945) |
| 57 | Contains records relating to the cooperation between the FEA and the Navy Department, State Department, War Department, and other agencies. |
| 62 | Finance, Public-Banks and Banking (1944) |
| Finance, Public-Safehaven. (1944-1945) This file contains information on the organizing and running the Safehaven program. | |
| 65 | Organization-Foreign Economic Administration (1943-1945) |
| Organization-FEA-Economic Intelligence (September - October 1944) | |
| 66 | (Note 23) (July-August 1944) |
| 71 | Reports-Bureau of Areas (1944-1945) |
| Reports-Enemy Branch-The Procurement of Economic Information for Strategic Purposes (1942-1944) | |
| Reports-Liberated Areas (December 20, 1944) | |
| 72 | Reports-U.S. Commercial Company (1944-1945) |
| Reports-War Department (October 1943) | |
| Reports-Overall FEA Reports (1944-1945) | |
| Reports-Overall FEA Reports (September 1944) | |
| Reports-Special Areas (February-June 1944) | |
| 75 | Trade-Blockade Systems (June 1944) |
| Trade-Cartels and Monopolies (1944-1945) | |
| 76 | Trade Export-Blocked Nationals (1944) |
| Trade Export-Black Lists (1944-1945) |
Geographic File of the Administrator January 1942-October 1945 (Entry 129)
Correspondence, mainly of Milo Perkins, Executive Director of the Board of Economic Warfare and the Office of Economic Warfare, and of Leo T. Crowley, FEA Administrator, with other Government agencies, representatives of the Administration abroad, and foreign missions in the United States, together with memoranda, reports, and other papers. The records relate in large part to policies of the FEA and its predecessors with respect to commodity requirements, supplies, requisitioning, transportation problems, surplus property disposal, and other economic matters as they concerned various foreign countries. That part of the file for the period January 1942-July 1944 is arranged alphabetically by geographic area or country and thereunder in accordance with a decimal classification system. The second part of the file, for the period August 1944- October 1945, is arranged alphabetically by geographic area or country and thereunder alphabetically by subject. Boxes 1-28
| Box # | Country and/or Subject |
|---|---|
| 1 | Africa |
| 2 | Argentina |
| 3 | Axis |
| 8 | European Neutrals |
| Germany | |
| 9 | Iberian Peninsula |
| 10 | Italy |
| Latin America | |
| Liberated Areas | |
| 12 | Portugal |
| 13 | Spain |
| Sweden | |
| Switzerland | |
| Turkey | |
| 15 | Africa |
| Argentina | |
| 18 | European Neutrals |
| 20 | Germany |
| 21-2 | Italy |
| 22 | Liberated Areas; |
| 24 | Portugal |
| 25 | Spain |
| 25-26 | Sweden |
| 26 | Switzerland |
| Turkey |
General Letters Sent 1942-1945(Entry 130)
Letters to Field Representatives in Foreign Countries 1942-1945 (Entry 131)
Boxes 1-3
Intraoffice and Interoffice Letters and Memoranda Sent January 1944-October 1945 (Entry 132)
Boxes 1-2
Intra-Agency Memoranda Sent October 1941-December 1943 (Entry 133)
Boxes 1-2
Letters Sent to Other Government Agencies March 1942-October 1945 (Entry 134)
Boxes 1-10
| Box # | Agency |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alien Property Custodian American Embassies |
| 2 | Censorship, Office of Combined Chiefs of Staff & Joint Chiefs of Staff Commerce Department |
| 3 | Commerce Department Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors |
| 4 | Inter-American Affairs, Coordinator of Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Justice Department |
| 5 | Navy Department |
| 6 | Reparations Committee-Allied on Securities and Exchange Commission |
| 6-7 | State Department |
| 7 | Strategic Services, Office of Treasury Department |
| 8 | Vice President, Office of War Department |
| 9 | War Information, Office of |
| 10 | White House |
Records of the Office of the Budget and Administrative Planning
Records of the Records Analysis Division
The Records Analysis Division was established in December 1943 to be responsible for the preparation of a history or histories of the FEA. It took over and continued historical activities that had been begun as early as 1942 in both the Office of Lend-Lease Administration and the Board of Economic Warfare.
File of William Lonsdale Taylor, Chief 1943-1946 (Entry 143)
File of the Historian of the Board of Economic Warfare, the Office of Economic Warfare, and the FEA and Chief of the Records Analysis Division. Consists of correspondence, memoranda, progress reports, organizational charts, and administrative issuances dealing with the work and personnel of the Division, the organization of chapters of the history, requests for copies of records from FEA files, history committees, and related subjects. Arranged in part by subject, and in part chronologically by date of document. Boxes 1-6 Historian's Reports of Interviews 1943-1945 (Entry 144)
Boxes 1-2
Monographs
Historical Monographs Prepared by the Division 1940-1946 (Entry 145)
Typewritten copies of monographs on the organization and operations of the FEA and its predecessor agencies, which were prepared by the staff of the Records Analysis Division. Some of the monographs are bound with supporting papers, consisting of copies of FEA records. Unarranged. Boxes 1-21 Box 18 contains a Report to Congress on Operations of the Foreign Economic Administration, September 25, 1944
Historical Monographs Prepared Outside the Division 1940-1946 (Entry 146)
Boxes 1-6
| Box # | Monograph Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina-Policy of OEW Toward, July 1943 Blockade-British-American Black List Committee, December 15, 1942 Blockade-Blacklisting-Use and Administration, March 26, 1941 Blockade, Bargains and Bluffs: Allied Economic Warfare in the European Neutrals, n.d., circa, Spring 1945 Blockade Division, History of, January 25, 1945 Blockade Division, Operations of, September 14, 1943 Blockade Division, Enforcement Section, History of, 1944-1945 Blockade Enforcement Manual, June 1943 BEW-Economic War Fare - British Experience by Military Intelligence Division, July 17,1941 BEW-A Functional Summary of Divisions and Committees, February 1942 BEW-Preliminary Statement of General Objectives and Operating Organization, May 15, 1945 |
| 2 | Economic Warfare Analysis, 1943 Directives Issued by BEW, 1942-1943 Enemy Branch, Statement of Activities of the, October 15, 1945 Economic Foreign Policy Executive Committee, Report of the Activities of, September 1, 1944 European Axis Section and the European Division, August 1, 1942- December 31, 1944 Foreign Economic Administration Relations with Army, n.d. |
| 3 | Italy-FEA Participation in the Allied Control Commission, n.d. Italy-Allied Control Commission, n.d. |
| 4 | Liberated Areas, 1943-1944 Liberated Areas, Materials re, September 1945 Mission for Economic Affairs, American Embassy, London, November 30, 1944 Mission for Economic Affairs (London), January 27, 1944 Organizational Handbook, Board of Economic Warfare, January 1943 |
| 5 | Procurement of Economic Information for Strategic Purposes, May 1945 Support Purchase Program in Turkey, May 28, 1945 Preclusive Operations in the Neutral Countries in World War II, n.d. Relationship of FEA to Other Federal Agencies, June 18, 1945 Relationship of BEW-FEA with Other Agencies, December 23, 1942 South American Blockade, 1943 Survey of Organization and Operations, Mission for Economic Affairs, American Embassy, London, by Bureau of the Budget Mission, American Embassy, London, November 30, 1944 |
| 6 | Swiss Negotiations, History of, May 3, 1945 Swiss Negotiations, Survey of, September 13, 1943 United States Commercial Corporation-Its Organization, Operations and Objectives, June 24, 1944 White Paper - History of the Administration of the British White Paper, December 8, 1944 Functions of the Economic Warfare Division of the American Embassy, London, October 15, 1943 |
Records Assembled by the Historian Reports on the Organization of the Division of Controls July-August 1941 (Entry 148)
Box 1
Historical File on the Office of Economic Warfare and Predecessor Agencies 1941-1943 (Entry 150)
Among the folder headings included in this series: Argentina; Blockade; Board of Economic Warfare; British Empire; Intelligence (history); Office of Censorship; Office of Economic Warfare Analysis; Office of War Information; Policy Committee; State Department; and, Treasury.
Boxes 1-9
Historical File on the Foreign Economic Administration 1943-1945 (Entry 151)
Boxes 906-919E
| Box # | File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 906 | Argentina |
| Bretton Woods Meeting | |
| 906A | Cartels |
| A Brief Historical Statement [June 30, 1944] | |
| 908-910 | Bureau of Areas |
| 910A | Bureau of Areas |
| History of the Country Program Branch, Office of Exports | |
| German Branch-Background Material | |
| 913 | Confidential news Letter, prepared by the Office of the General Counsel issues from March 23, 1944 to July 21, 1944 |
| Foreign Economic Administration Press Releases | |
| Liberated Areas (3 folders) | |
| Foreign Economic Administration-Mission for Economic Affairs | |
| 914 | News Summaries (5 folders) |
| 915 | Germany-General Objectives of US EConomic Policy with respect to Germany |
| German program | |
| The Administration of German Iron-Steel Industry | |
| 916 | Foreign Economic Administration Newsletter, issues for December 8, 1944 to July 21, 1945 |
| 917 | Portugal |
| Spain | |
| State Department (Miscellaneous) | |
| Sweden | |
| Switzerland | |
| Turkey | |
| 918 | UNRRA (2 folders) |
| US Army-FEA Relations | |
| USCC | |
| Trade Intelligence |
Administrative Issuances of the Economic Defense Board, the Board of Economic Warfare, and the Office of Economic Warfare, September 1941-November 30, 1943 (Entry 153)
Boxes 920-929 FEA Administrative Issuances December 1943-October 1945 (Entry 154)
Boxes 930-930C Budget Materials 1941-1946 (Entry 155)
Boxes 931-947A Minutes of Meetings of the Board of Economic Warfare August 13, 1941-July 15, 1943
(Entry 156) Box 948
Research Reports and Studies 1942-1944 (Entry 157)
Research reports and studies of various divisions of the FEA and predecessor agencies on such subjects as the economy of enemy, neutral, and allied countries, possibilities of and programs for the development and procurement of strategic commodities, problems of occupation, and enemy methods of occupation, together with miscellaneous reports on sources of economic intelligence and other subjects of interest to the Board of Economic Warfare, the Office of Economic Warfare, and the FEA. Arranged by division symbol and thereunder numerically. Boxes 1-27
| Box # | Report # | Report Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AH87 | Axis Connections of Certain Fire and Marine Insurance Companies Operating in Argentina, April 1943 |
| BL-6260 | Preclusive Purchase of Hemp in Turkey, August 23, 1943 | |
| BL-6522 | Production and Preemption of Chrome in Turkey, September 16, 1943 | |
| BL-65000 | Preclusive Purchase of Cotton Waste in Turkey, April 29, 1943 | |
| BL-65018 | Preclusive Purchase of Emery in Turkey, April 19, 1943 | |
| BL10 | Trade Policy Toward Sweden: A Summary of the Essential Facts on Sweden's Relations with the Enemy and with the Area outside the Blockade, Rev. Version, November 3, 1942 | |
| BL59 | Trade Program for French Africa, Spain, and Portugal, April 1943 | |
| BL60 | Swedish-American Balance of Payments, March 1943 | |
| 2 | BL-641 | Preclusive Purchase of Zinc in Turkey, February 9, 1943 |
| BL-642 | Preclusive Purchase of Beans in Turkey, February 10, 1943 | |
| BL-643 | Preclusive Purchase of Opium in Turkey, February 18, 1943 | |
| BL-644 | Preclusive Purchase of Hazelnuts in Turkey, Feb. 12, 1943 | |
| BL-6415 | Chromium in Portugal, April 15, 1943 | |
| BL74 | Lists of Portuguese and Spanish Commodities of Interest to and Imported by Axis Europe, March 1943 | |
| BL78 | Iron and Steel Industry in Turkey, August 17, 1943 | |
| BL84 | NAVICERT Control: Some Questions Answered, June 1943 | |
| BL89 | Policy of Civilian Relief in the Blockade Area, May 3, 1943 | |
| BL92 | Comparison of Exports to Axis Europe from Turkey (1941 and 1942) and from Spain (1942), May 22, 1943 | |
| BL128 | Commodities to be Included in the New Turkish Preemptive Program, October 7, 1943 | |
| BL139 | Turkish Exports to Axis Europe January-June 1942 and January-June 1943, September 26, 1943 | |
| BL141 | Smuggling Activities of Suspected Firms, Individuals, and Ships, by Commodity and by Country, October 22, 1943 | |
| E10 | Raw Materials Position of Enemy Europe, Feb. 14, 1944 | |
| E17 | Present Conditions of German War Economy, April 12, 1944 | |
| EIS1 | OVRA: The Italian Secret Police, February 1944 | |
| EIS-2.1 | Elimination of Fundamental Nazi Political Laws in Germany, May 1944 | |
| EIS8 | Synopsis of German Ministries and Administrative Agencies Concerned with Economic Controls, January 1945 | |
| EIS12 | The Reich Ministry of the Interior, May 1945 | |
| EIS13 | The Reich Ministry of Armament and War Production (Speer Ministry), February 1945 | |
| EIS25 | Property Transferred Under the Nazi Regime in Germany, June 1944 | |
| EIS-27.1 | Control, Ownership and international Relationships of Leading German Combines, September 1944 | |
| EIS29 | The Italian Patent System and Control of German-Owned Patents, September 1944 | |
| EIS40 | Old-Age and Invalidity Insurance in Germany, May 1944 | |
| 3 | EIS43 | Vichy Legislation, February 1944 |
| EIS-43A | Vichy Legislation, September 1944 | |
| EIS51 | Elimination of Nazi Laws and Structure in Austria and Preparation for Austrian Independence, July 1944 | |
| EIS57 | Fascist and Pro-Fascist Elements in Public Positions in Italy, n.d. | |
| EIS-571 | Fascist and Pro-Fascist Elements in Public Positions in Italy, April 1944 | |
| 4 | EIS68 | German Economic Penetration and Exploitation of Southeastern Europe, May 1944 |
| EIS-68A | German Penetration of Corporate Holdings in Serbia, n.d. | |
| EIS-68B | German Penetration of Corporate Holdings in Croatia, May 1944 | |
| EIS71 | Organization of the Iron and Steel Industry of Enemy Europe, July 1944 | |
| EIS-74.1 | Elimination of Nazi Public Agencies in Germany, September 1944 | |
| EIS84 | Social Insurance in Greece, July 1944 | |
| 5 | EO3 | Preliminary Report on Calcium Carbide in German Europe, February 3, 1943 |
| EO21 | General Survey of the Italian Chemical Industry, March 20, 1943 | |
| EO32 | French Chemical Industry, May 22, 1943 | |
| 6 | EO64 | Capacity and Location of "Quality" Alloy Steel Production facilities in Axis Europe, February 12, 1943 |
| EO80 | Belgian Chemical Industry, June 25, 1943 | |
| EO87 | The European Anti-Friction Bearing Industry, March 1943 | |
| 7 | EO121 | The Dutch Chemical Industry, September, 1943 |
| EO138 | Smoke Screening of Economic Objectives in Axis Europe, July 7, 1943 | |
| EP-37A | Materials Inventory of enemy Europe: Chrome Ore, October 9, 1943 | |
| EP-37B | Materials Inventory of the European Axis: Tungsten, December 1, 1942 | |
| EP-37G | Materials Inventory of the European Axis: Tin, July 22, 1943 | |
| EP-37GG | Materials Inventory of the European Axis: Magnesium, December 3, 1942 | |
| EP-37KK | Materials Inventory of the European Axis: Iron and Steel, March 28, 1943 | |
| EP-37LL | Materials Inventory of the European Axis: Coal and Coke, August 1943 | |
| EP-37M | Materials Inventory of the European Axis: Industrial Diamonds, October 2, 1943 | |
| EP-37NN | Materials Inventory of the European Axis: Manganese, May 5, 1943 | |
| 9 | EP-37UUU | Materials Inventory of the European Axis: Silver February 6 1943 |
| EP-37XX | Materials Inventory of the European Axis: Titanium Ores, February 10, 1943 | |
| EP61 | The Food Situation in Axis Europe, January 25, 1943 | |
| EP-69A | Axis Capabilities: In the Former Unoccupied Zone of France, December 7, 1942 | |
| EP-69B | Italy in the Present Stage of the War, December 7, 1942 | |
| EP-69C | Axis Capabilities in Southeastern Europe, Dec. 7, 1942 | |
| EP71 | Selective Bibliography of Nazi Economic Techniques, May 1, 1943 | |
| EP86 | The Economy of Yugoslavia and Its Contribution to the Axis, October 1943 | |
| EP110 | Inventory of Yugoslavia's Industrial and Mineral Enterprises, February 10, 1943 | |
| EP119 | Trends in German Economic Potential, January 14, 1943 | |
| 10 | EP128 | Inventory of Romania's Industrial and Mineral Resources, May 31, 1943 |
| EP135 | Actual and Potential Exploitation by Germany of the Resources of Occupied Russia and the Baltic States, November 1943 | |
| EP-148.1 | European Axis Deficiencies, March 15, 1943 | |
| EP-148.2 | Enemy Europe Deficiencies, February 21, 1944 | |
| EP152 | Raw Materials Position of the European Axis, February 23, 1943 | |
| EP-152.1 | War Materials Position of the European Axis, April 5, 1943 | |
| EP170 | Axis Penetration of European Insurance, June 15, 1943 | |
| EP171 | The Relative Economic Consequences of the Loss of Certain European Areas to Axis Control, April 15, 1943 | |
| EP-173(rev.3) | Estimated Supplies of Selected Raw Materials and Food Products Available to the European Enemy in 1943, February 1944 | |
| EP176 | The Migration of Axis Industry into Poland, June 16, 1943 | |
| 11 | EP197 | Impact of the War Upon Finland's Economy, January 1944 |
| EP199 | Estimates of Italian Minerals and Metal Output March 1943, March 22, 1943 | |
| EP-200A | Plant Inventory of Italy: Coal, June 8, 1943 | |
| EP-252.20 | Estimates of the Numbers of Foreign Workers and Prisoners of War in Greater Germany, June 25, 1943 | |
| EP-252.23 | Inflation in Germany, August 4, 1943 | |
| EP-252.25 | German Economic Penetration of Romania, Aug. 10, 1943 | |
| EP-252.26 | German Economic Penetration of Bulgaria, Aug. 10, 1943 | |
| EP-252.27 | German-Italian Trade in War Time, July 21, 1943 | |
| EP-252.28 | The Economic Resources of Norway, November 2, 1943 | |
| EP-252.29 | Economic Resources of Denmark, October 26, 1943 | |
| EP-252.32 | The Economic Resources of France, October 23, 1943 | |
| EP-252.8 | German Control of French Economy, June 1, 1943 | |
| EP265 | The Belgian Economy and Its Contribution to Enemy Europe, January 1944 | |
| EP268 | Tungsten Position of The European Axis, July 3, 1943 | |
| 12 | EP301 | Major Aspects of Danish Economy, April 15, 1944 |
| EP308 | German Administration in The Baltic Area, November 1943 | |
| EP313 | Yugoslavia as a Source of Mineral Products, August 13, 1943 | |
| EP316 | Inland Transportation Administration of Enemy Europe, November 1943 | |
| EP-317.4 | Economic Symptoms of German Collapse, January 10, 1944 | |
| EP319 | Economy and Potential of Northern Italy, August 30, 1943 | |
| EP323 | Economic Significance of Entry of Turkey into The War, December 14, 1943 | |
| EP333 | Economic Significance of a German Withdrawal to a Certain Line in Eastern and Souther Europe, October 12, 1943 | |
| EP347 | The Food Situation in Enemy Europe in 1943 and 1944; and Prospects for 1944-1945, December 24, 1943 | |
| EP-361 | Policies and Control of German Industrial Operations 1942-1943, February 8, 1944 | |
| EP-367 | Financial Contribution of occupied and Satellite Countries of Europe to The Enemy War Economy in Estimated Occupation Costs and Clearing Balances, June 26, 1944 | |
| 13 | EP-379 | Manpower of The Netherlands Working for Axis Account, December 17, 1943 |
| EP-384(Rev.) | Manpower and Population in Enemy Europe, July 1944 | |
| EP-388 | Manpower of Luxembourg Working For Axis Account, December 20, 1943 | |
| EP-389 | Manpower of Bulgaria Working For Axis Account, December 21, 1943 | |
| EP-392 | Manpower of General Government Working For Axis Account, February 25, 1944 | |
| EP-339A | Ferro-Alloys and their Effect on Steel in The German War Economy, 1943 and 1944, June 1944 | |
| ES-3 | German Economic Interests in Portugal, October 1945 | |
| ES-EA-63 | Strategic Resources and Routes in French Morocco. June 3, 1942 | |
| ES-EA-69 | Strategic Resources and Routes in Algeria, June 22, 1942 | |
| IM-EA-138 | Trading Commodities for Spain, Portugal, and Africa, July 28, 1942 | |
| IND-11 | The German Machine Industry, May 1945 | |
| 14 | IND-30 | Preliminary Studies of Reparations from Selected German Industries, May 1945 |
| INT-2 | Sources of Economic Intelligence, March 26, 1943 | |
| INT-5 | Economic Intelligence Manual (A Guide to What The Board of Economic Warfare Needs to Know) I: Enemy Economy, April 1943 | |
| ME-7 | The Middle East Supply Center, May 1944 | |
| ME-8 | Description of The Sterling Area System in The Middle East, August 1944 | |
| ME-9 | Wartime Imports of Middle Eastern Countries, August 17, 1944 | |
| 15 | MI-INT-1.2 | Digest of Current Intelligence, July 30, 1942 [contains information on Swedish exports to Germany, p. 10) |
| MI-INT-1.3 | Digest of Current Intelligence, August 12, 1942 [contains information on Axis insurance companies operating in Latin America, p. 8] | |
| MI-OEWA-1 | Organization and Functions of The British Ministry of Economic Warfare, June 1942 | |
| OEWA-3.20-OEWA-3.26 | Numerous issues of weekly Operations Report of The Office of Economic Warfare Analysis, January 11, 1943 thru November 12, 1943 | |
| OEWA-16 | Principal Italian Statistical Sources, October 1943 | |
| 16 | PC-1 | Extra-Territorial Effect of Economic Measures Taken by The Occupying Powers in Germany: Problems of Recognition and Enforcement in Neutral Countries, May 1945 |
| RR-1 | The War Economies and Armament Office of The German High Command, December 1942 | |
| RR-5 | Economic Clauses of Armistice Agreements, January 1943 | |
| 17 | RR-8 | Key Laws, Decrees and Regulations Issued by The Axis in Occupied Europe: Greece, June 1943 |
| RR-8 | Key Laws, Decrees and Regulations Issued by The Axis in Occupied Europe, December 1942 | |
| RR-15-5 | Recommendations for Monetary and Banking Reorganization in French North Africa, November 14, 1942 | |
| RR-15-5 (Rev.1) | Recommendations for Monetary and Banking Reorganization in French North Africa, December 1942 | |
| RR-21 (Rev.1) | French Economic Administration in North Africa, April 22, 1943 | |
| 18 | RR-25 | Monetary and Bank Reorganization in Libya, Dec. 1942 |
| RR-26 | Corporate Enterprises in French North Africa, January 4, 1943 | |
| RR-29 | Greek Series: Reoccupation Program for Crete, Aug. 1943 | |
| RR-30 | Elimination of Nazi-Inspired Laws Applicable to French Africa, February 4, 1943 | |
| RR-30A | Certain Nazi-Inspired Laws Applicable to French Africa, February 4, 1943 | |
| RR-33 | Recommendation for Monetary and Bank Reorganization in French West Africa, January 1943 | |
| RR-35 | Preliminary Report on Currency Problems in Occupation, September 1942 | |
| 19 | RR-53 | Currency and banking Problems in Occupation of Italy, April 1943 |
| RR-53A | Italian international Banking Connections, August 1943 | |
| RR-53B | Who's Who in Italian Banking | |
| 20 | RR-69 | Currency and banking Problems in Reoccupation of Albania, July 1943 |
| RR-87 | The French Aluminum Trust, September 1943 | |
| RR-89 | The Hermann Goering Works: An Instrument of Nazi Economic Penetration and Consolidation, June 1943 | |
| RR-91 | German Domination of Norwegian Mining and Metallurgical Industries, September 1943 | |
| RR-93 | Foreign Investments Seized in Italy, September 1943 | |
| RR-95 | German Economic Controls in Luxembourg, November 1943 | |
| 21 | RR-120 | Italian Repositories of Official Facts and Statistics, August 1943 |
| RR-131A | Albania: Economic Resources and Relief Requirements During The Liberation Period, December 1943 | |
| RR-131D | Yugoslavia: Economic Resources During The Liberation Period, December 1943 | |
| RR-144 | The Japanese Occupation Technique in The Field of Money and Bank, February 1944 | |
| RR-147 | Guide to The Preservation and Use of Key Records in Italy, October 1943 | |
| RR-157 | Principal Mineral and Metal Resources in Yugoslavia, November 1943 | |
| RR-158 | The Italian Iron and Steel Industry, November 1943 | |
| RR-161 | Private Insurance in Italy: Recommendations and Guide, November 1943 | |
| 22 | SA-6.1 to SA-6.47 | Special Areas Branch Reports, January 1, 1944 thru December 6, 1944 |
| 23 | SA-6.48 to SA-6.56 | Special Areas Branch Reports, December 13, 1944 thru February 14, 1945 |
| SA-51 | Argentina: Handbook of Economic Information, February 1944 | |
| 24 | SR-200-300-B | World Coal Reserves, Production and Trade, October 6, 1943 |
| 25 | UN-169 | British-American Pre-Emptive Committee, December 15, 1942 [description of functions] |
| UN-182A | Preclusive Purchase of Asbestos in Turkey, Dec. 28, 1942 | |
| UN-204 | British-American Black List Committee, December 15, 1942 [description of functions] | |
| UN-212 | The Effect of The Allied Occupation of French Africa on the Preemptive Purchase program in Turkey, January 1, 1943 | |
| WTS-18.1 | Costa Rica: Some Basic Economic Data in Relation to Board of Economic Warfare Operations, April 5, 1943 | |
| WTS-18.2 | Panama: Some Basic Economic Data in Relation to Board of Economic Warfare Operations, April 5, 1943 | |
| WTS-18.3 | Chile: Some Basic Economic Data in Relation to Board of Economic Warfare Operations, April 5, 1943 | |
| WTS-18.4 | Bolivia: Some Basic Economic Data in Relation to Board of Economic Warfare Operations, April 5, 1943 | |
| WTS-18.5 | Peru: Some Basic Economic Data in Relation to Board of Economic Warfare Operations, April 5, 1943 | |
| WTS-18.6 | Ecuador: Some Basic Economic Data in Relation to Board of Economic Warfare Operations, April 5, 1943 | |
| WTS-18.7 | Columbia: Some Basic Economic Data in Relation to Board of Economic Warfare Operations, April 5, 1943 | |
| WTS-68 | European Coal Deficiency, September 3, 1943 |
Economic Warfare Studies of the Army Industrial College 1940-1941 (Entry 158)
Boxes 936-964A
Records Pertaining to Foreign Economic Administration's Relations with France 1943- 1945 (Entry 160)
Boxes 969-975
Cables of the Combined Committee for French North and West African Civil Affairs 1943-1944 (Entry 161)
Box 976
Minutes of Meetings of French North African Committees 1943-1945 (Entry 162)
Box 977
"Brief Historical Statement of Foreign Economic Administration" 1943-1944 (Entry 163)
Boxes 978-979
Foreign Projects Reports January 1943-December 15, 1943 (Entry 167)
Processed copies of periodic reports on foreign projects of the Board of Economic Warfare and the FEA, prepared by the Office of Administrative Management. They contain information concerning the country involved, the Board of Economic Warfare's or FEA's representative, the status of the project, its sponsor, the assignment of the project, and the approximate period of time assigned it. Arranged chronologically. Box 983C location: 570/56/25/05 Records Relating to the Bureau of Areas and the Bureau of Supplies 1944-1945 (Entry 168)
Boxes 984-988
Records of the Office of the General Counsel 1942-1943 (Entry 169)
Boxes 989-990
Material on the "SAFE HAVEN Project" 1943-1945 (Entry 170)
Boxes 991-993 Includes in Box 991 a "Safehaven Study" by Margaret Clarke, n.d.,193pp.
Economic Program Policy Statements 1944-1945 (Entry 172)
Set of processed issuances of the FEA headed "Economic Program with Reference to [various countries of the world]." and supplements thereto. This set of program issuances was compiled by the historian's staff. Arranged by country under two major headings, Economic Programs and Supplements.
Boxes 1-2
Progress Reports of FEA Special Representatives and Missions 1943-1944 (Entry 173)
Typed copies of progress reports from FEA special representatives and missions in foreign countries, which were assembled by the Historian and his staff. Arranged alphabetically by country and thereunder chronologically.
Boxes 1-7
| Box # | Country |
|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria 1944 |
| Argentina 1943-1944 | |
| Austria 1945 | |
| Belgian Congo 1943-1944 | |
| Bolivia 1943 | |
| 2 | Bolivia 1943-1944 |
| Brazil 1942-1944 | |
| Central America 1943-1944 | |
| Guatemala 1943 | |
| Chile 1943-1944 | |
| 3 | Chile 1944 |
| Columbia 1943-1944 | |
| Costa Rica 1943-1944 | |
| Cuba 1943 | |
| 4 | Cuba 1944 |
| Dominican Republic | |
| Ecuador 1943-1944 | |
| Egypt 1943-1944 | |
| London, England-Liberated Areas Progress Reports 1944 | |
| 5 | London, England 1944-1945 |
| France 1944-1945 | |
| French West Africa 1944 | |
| 6 | Mexico 1943-1945 |
| Middle East Supply Central 1944 | |
| 7 | Peru 1943-1944 |
| Turkey 1944 |
Intelligence Memoranda of the Italian Division 1944-1945 (Entry 179)
Boxes 1-3
Weekly Operations Reports of the Office of Economic Warfare August 1941-November 1943 (Entry 180)
Boxes 1-2
Box 1
Addresses and Statements of BEW and FEA Officials 1942-1946 (Entry 185)Box 1
Records of the Office of Economic Programs
The Office of Economic Programs (OEP) was established on September 13, 1943. It included specialized staffs of advisers who assisted the Administrator and other high officials of the agency in preparing foreign economic policies and programs. The Office represented a consolidation of the War Trade Staff of the Office of Economic Warfare and the Government Liaison and Reciprocal Aid Division of the Office of Lend-Lease Administration. The Office, whose chief was an Assistant FEA Administrator, (Note 24) was largely composed of personnel consisting of economists who served as consultants on such diverse matters as supplies and resources, foreign development, foreign finance, trade policy, and lend lease.
The OEP acted as the integrating unit for the operational branches within FEA whose own projects had to be brought into harmony with the central policies of the Administration. Operational approaches within the framework of FEA were often dissimilar and even in cases, where objectives were not identical in practice, conflicting. OEP had to keep differences in mind and attempt to solve them. Operations personnel, enthusiastic about their programs and bent on achieving their ends quickly and efficiently, had to be reminded of political considerations. It was a primary function of the OEP to conciliate differences and keep the strategy of economic warfare to a consistent pattern.
In 1944 through V. Frank Coe and L. Currie, the OEP was brought directly and originally into the Safehaven program. It was in OEP, under Coe that the Executive Committee on Economic Foreign Policy (ECEFP) was established. An interdepartmental unit, maintained by Angell after Coe left FEA, the ECEFP, animated by OEP, studied issues involved in economic warfare, anticipated the economic programs connected with Germany in the postwar period, and took steps to initiate plans which would operated effectively after the defeat of the Axis.
Since the OEP had, throughout the period of its existence kept in touch with the work of other departments also concerned with economic warfare, and since it maintained close contact with the Department of Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board, it had already had, before the Safehaven program was organized, practical experience with some of the aspects of German penetration. Advising on commodity agreements and studying the cartel and combine methods of German industry, it had also a background of practical knowledge of what the pattern of German post- hostilities aggression was likely to be.
The Executive Committee on Economic Foreign Policy (ECEFP), guided largely by OEP, had considered from time to time such matters as modification of wartime financial controls over foreign assets. It had, for example, considered the possibility of continuing the Proclaimed List after the surrender of Germany as a method of economic supervision of Axis friends.
With the development of the Safehaven Program idea, the ECEP took over serious study of the matter of controlling enemy assets after the war. Out of this consideration a new committee, the Interdepartmental Committee on Post-Hostilities Controls over Foreign Property was organized. Its membership was composed of representatives from the Departments of State, Treasury, Justice, Commerce, and the Alien Property Custodian, the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, and the FEA. The committee studied, considered, and made recommendations with respect to wartime property and financial controls over foreign assets. It was also made recommendations on the control and disposition of enemy assets in neutral and other non-Axis countries.
The thought was that many departments and agencies were involved in these problems and that the Committee would be a clearing house for the problems as they were defined and for the various departmental proposals as they were worked out. So far as the Safehaven Program was concerned, the Committee would coordinate recommendations regarding programs for dealing with Germany's hidden assets and with its devices of economic penetration. It would also consider policies with respect to United States, and United Nations' attitudes towards neutrals used by the Germans for purposes of economic expansion.
During 1944 the Executive Policy Committee, FEA, met regularly and consistently studied Safehaven problems. Through its relationships with other Departments it brought the FEA attitude toward control of Germany into focus, and through the FEA Administration and its legal advisors pressed for implementation of a strong United States policy toward neutrals with respect to the problem of postwar German penetration. Its policies and views were submitted to the Interdepartmental Committee on Post-Hostilities Controls over Foreign Property for critical consideration.
Central Files February 1942-October 1945 (Entry 200)
Boxes 1-19
| Box # | File Title |
|---|---|
| 9 | Finance, Public-1-1 Foreign Funds Control |
| 10 | Finance, Public-11-1 Safehaven |
Geographic Central Files 1943-1945 (Entry 201)
Boxes 1-6
| Box # | Country and/or Subject |
|---|---|
| 1 | Africa |
| American Republics | |
| Argentina | |
| 3 | Germany |
| 4 | Italy |
| Latin America | |
| Liberated Areas | |
| 5 | North Africa |
| Portugal | |
| 6 | Spain |
| Sweden | |
| Turkey | |
| West Africa |
Interoffice Memoranda and Letters Sent (Addressee File) November 1943-October 1945 (Entry 202)
Boxes 1-4
Reading File of Interoffice Memoranda December 1943-August 1945 (Entry 203)
Box 1
Reading File of Interoffice and Intraoffice Memoranda December 1943-August 1945 (Entry 204)
Box 1
Records of the Business Organization Staff Miscellaneous Records Relating to Monopolies and Cartels April 1942-October 1945 (Entry 210)
Boxes 1-26
| Box # | File Title |
|---|---|
| 8 | Argentina, 1943 |
| 14 | Flight of Axis Capital to Switzerland, Spain, and Argentina, 1945 |
| 24 | Swiss Bank, 1944-1945 |
| 25 | Swiss Foreign Trade, 1944 |
Records Relating to Svenska Kullager Fabriken (SKF)March 1942-January 1945 (Entry 211)
Boxes 1-3
Records of the Foreign Economic Development Staff Reports on Foreign Economic Conditions (Subject Files) March 1942-April 1945 (Entry 212)
Boxes 1117-1118
Reports on Foreign Economic Conditions(Geographic File) 1942-1945 (Entry 213)
Boxes 1119-1121
Records of the Lend-Lease and Foreign Finance Staffs General File [Foreign Finance Staff] 1943-1945 (Entry 215)
Boxes 1134-1135
| Box # | File Title |
|---|---|
| 1134 | Blocked Sterling Balances |
| Committees-German Working Committee-Policy | |
| Blocked Dollars | |
| Committees-Foreign Trade and Foreign Exchange Committee | |
| Committees-Property Committee | |
| Executive Committee on Economic Foreign Policy | |
| Foreign Economics Administration Policy | |
| Foreign Funds Control | |
| Germany-Policy Documents | |
| Committees-Finance Committee | |
| Financial Guides [contains listings of OSS reports] | |
| General | |
| 1135 | SWI [Special Watch Instructions] Memoranda (2 folders) |
| Gold | |
| Latin America | |
| Liberated Europe | |
| Liberated Areas-Minutes of Combined Liberated Areas Committee | |
| Middle East | |
| Minutes-Foreign Finance Committee | |
| Procurement of Intelligence Material | |
| Senate Hearings-Bretton Woods Conference | |
| South American Countries | |
| TFR-300 | |
| Turkey |
Informational Materials on Foreign Financial Conditions and Developments 1943-1945 (Entry 216)
Boxes 1136-1137
| Box # | Country and/or Subject |
|---|---|
| 1136 | Africa, French North |
| Enemy Branch | |
| Enemy Branch - Staff Meetings | |
| Enemy Branch - TIDC (Technical Industrial Disarmament Committee) | |
| Germany- Charts (1938) | |
| 1137 | Italy |
| Latin America | |
| Spain | |
| Sweden | |
| Switzerland | |
| Turkey |
Records of the Programs and Reports Staff General Subject File of the Director 1944-1945 (Entry 217)
Boxes 1138-1141
| Box # | File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 1138 | Executive Committee on Economic Foreign Policy |
| Executive Policy Committee | |
| 1139 | Foreign Economic Administration-Progress Reports |
| Foreign Economic Administration Operations | |
| Liberated Areas | |
| Foreign Trade Conditions | |
| Neutral Countries | |
| Organization-EEP | |
| 1140 | Country Programs A-Z |
| Country Programs-General | |
| Export Control | |
| 1141 | Foreign Trade |
| Foreign Trade Statistics |
Records of the Office of the General Counsel
The various legal offices of the agencies absorbed by the FEA became part of the Office of the General Counsel. In addition to its legal functions the Office coordinated liaison activities with Congress.
Central File November 1943-September 1945 (Entry 231)
Boxes 1158-1168
Subject File of the General Counsel 1941-1945 (Entry 237)
Boxes 1169-1175
Boxes 1186-1187
File of the Consultant on International Law January 1943-August 1944 (Entry 243)
Boxes 1196-1197
Records of the Bureau of Areas
The Bureau of Areas was established on November 13, 1943, by a consolidation of those units of the predecessors of the Foreign Economic Administration that were not assigned to the Bureau of Supplies or to the Office of the Administrator. The units of the Office of Economic Warfare that were transferred to the Bureau of Areas included the area divisions of the Country programs Branch of the Office of Exports; the Area Branch, excluding the South Pacific Division, of the Office of Imports; and the Enemy and the Blockade and Supply Branches of the Office of Economic Warfare and Analysis. From the Office of Lend-Lease Administration the Bureau received the geographic divisions of the Office of Foreign Liaison, the Office of Soviet Supply, and the Overseas Missions Divisions; and from the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations there were transferred to the Bureau the Divisions of Field Operations, Supply and Transport, Progress Reports, and Program and Requirements. The Bureau also inherited the "liberated areas" activities of the Office of Foreign Economic Coordination of the Department of State. These offices, branches, and divisions were merged into the Bureau of Areas, and the functions they performed were assigned to the six branches of the Bureau.
Records of the Office of the Executive Director
The Office of the Executive Director planned and directed the programs and policies of the Bureau of Areas pertaining to foreign countries, maintained liaison with the Bureau of Supplies, the staff units of the Office of the Administrator, and various interdepartmental and intergovernmental committees; and supervised the activities of the foreign field missions of the Foreign Economic Administration, working closely in that connection with the diplomatic missions of the Department of State. Its Area Program Coordination Staff reviewed the economic policies of the Administration for each country and coordinated these with the overall supply program, served as a clearance office for instructions from the branches of the Bureau of Supplies to the branches of the Bureau of Areas, and acted as the secretariat for the Administration's Allocations Committee. The Field Operations Staff was the administrative unit in the Bureau that served the foreign field missions by coordinating the activities of these missions with those of the operating branches of the Administration in Washington, supplying the field with digests and newsletters of economic information, and expediting the exchange of reports between the branches in Washington and the offices in the field. Matters relating to lend-lease, reverse lend-lease, and the British White Paper were handled by the Lend-Lease Staff of the Office of the Executive Director; and administrative duties for the branches and staffs of the Bureau were performed by the Executive Officer.
Executive Director Records (Entry UD 1)
Boxes 1-9
| Box # | File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 2-3 | Country Files |
| 4 | Economic Warfare Analysis |
| Jurisdictional Disputes | |
| State-BEW Cooperative Agreement | |
| 7 | Navy Department |
| State Department | |
| State Department-Relations With | |
| 8 | Treasury Department |
| Vice President | |
| War Department | |
| White House | |
| 9 | Safehaven |
Deputy Executive Director Records (Entry UD 2)
| Box # | File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 10-12 | Committees |
| 13-15 | Country Programs |
| 18 | President, The...and Vice President |
| 19 | Turkish Division |
| 20 | German Control Council |
| German Division | |
| German Letters and Memoranda | |
| J.I.C.[Joint Intelligence Committee] - Intelligence Liaison | |
| T.I.I.C.[Technical Industrial Intelligence Committee] -Safehaven | |
| 21 | Italian Division |
| Neutral Countries Division | |
| 23 | Currie, Laughin |
| 25 | Navy Department |
| State Department 1944-1945 | |
| State Department 1942 | |
| 26 | Treasury Department |
| War Department |
Records of the Area Program Coordination Staff Program Coordination Staff Records (Entry UD 3)
| Box # | File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 29-39 | Country Files |
| 29 | Afghanistan to Belgium |
| 30 | Bolivia to British West Indies |
| 31 | Canada to Colombia |
| 32 | Costa Rica to European Neutrals |
| 33 | Fiji to Greenland |
| 34 | Guatemala to Italy |
| 35 | Korea to Mexico |
| 36 | Middle East to New Zealand |
| 37 | Nicaragua to South Africa |
| 38 | South Africa to Turkey |
| 39 | United Kingdom to Yugoslavia |
| 42 | Economic Warfare |
| 43 | Meetings, State Department |
| OWI Reports | |
| 44 | Relationship Between State and FEA Foreign Service |
Records of the Field Operations Staff Field Operations Staff Records (Entry UD 4)
Box 46
Records of the British Empire and Middle East Branch
All aspects of the FEA's relations with the British Empire and countries in the Middle East were handled by this branch. Its representatives conferred with those of the British Empire on joint aspects of economic warfare and provided for an interchange of economic, political, and military information about lend-lease activities and foreign trade.
Records of the Turkish Division Turkish Division Records (Entry UD 7)
Boxes 1-47
Records of the Enemy Branch
The Enemy Branch was responsible for planning the economic program to be put into effect when the enemy countries should be occupied. It prepared studies and reports for the industrial disarmament of the enemy to prevent future wars, including analyses of the entire economic structure of the Axis countries. The Enemy Branch was established on December 30, 1944, with the name the German and Austrian Branch; a name change was shortly forthcoming. It had a leading role in the Safehaven Program. When it was established and responsibility placed in it for Safehaven activities, the External Security, Intelligence Service, and other staff which hitherto had been independent divisions, were made part of it. In addition, the Branch included personnel from the old independent divisions which had been involved in Safehaven operations. Thus in the beginning of 1945 the Enemy Branch, under the direction of Henry H. Fowler, (Note 25) the Safehaven Program was the responsibility of one unit.
Among the first activities of the Branch was pulling together information for the Currie Mission to Switzerland. An important document developed for this purpose was a "Preliminary List of German Cloaks in Switzerland." This report included a list of five important Swiss banking firms which actively helped Germany be concealing its assets, assisting in then expansion of its holding companies, and disguising its foreign accounts. (Note 26) The covering memorandum to the report, dated January 1, 1945, stated that "these lists contain only partial information, although they are based on a careful study of intercepts, they do not cover all the activities of those banks. Yet they indicate the tremendous amount of such assistance given by the Swiss to the enemy. This assistance which served to finance the enemy's purchases of critical war material has become less important at the present stage of the war. However, it should serve at this time to demonstrate to the Swiss the extent of the damage they have done to the Allied war effort in the past." "In addition," the memorandum continues, " it should be pointed out that their aid to the enemy in the banking field was clearly beyond the obligations under which a neutral must continue trade with a belligerent and dictated solely by the profit motive of the Swiss banks." The memorandum concludes by stating "The Swiss should make up for this undue amount of aid given to the enemy, which we have not interfered with up to the present time, by full compliance with our Safe haven objectives and other remaining financial warfare objectives." (Note 27)
The report listed five banks certain to have cooperated with the Germans. they were Bank Wadenswil; H. Sturzenegger & Cie., a private bank of Basel and closely allied with I.G. Farben; the Swiss Bank Corporation; Johann Wehrli and Company, Zurich; and Financiere A.G. The report lists thirteen holding and finance companies which acted as cloaks for German assets. (Note 28) The report also contained a section on intelligence not entirely verified, including the unconfirmed statement that "it was reported---October 10, 1944, that accounts are held for Hitler in the Swiss Union Bank, Basel, by a German official named Max Amann." (Note 29)
Records of the Blockade Division
The chief functions of the Blockade Division were to administer blockade control measures; to determine blockade clearance for United States exports to neutral countries in Europe; and, so far as the Preclusive Purchase Operations were concerned, to provide data on the supply needs of neutrals and the enemy, and to make recommendations for preclusive operations.
The purpose of the Blockade Division was to control neutral shipping and thus to prevent strategic goods from reaching the Axis through neutral trade channels. To achieve this end the following devices were employed: the Navicert; Ship's Warrant, Seizure and Search; the exercise of British Prize Law, the American proclaimed List, and the British Black List.
The Division was also involved in efforts to stop Germany's smuggling efforts. As the blockade became increasingly successful during the course of the war, and as Germany's supplies grew thinner, it had recourse to smuggling. Smuggling to Germany of easily concealed strategic items and materials increased during 1942 and 1943, alerting both the United States and Great Britain and causing them to take steps to destroy illicit trade between the enemy and the neutrals. In the summer of 1943 the United States Government became so concerned over the problem that through the Department of State the Blockade Committee in London was urged to recommend to the British that through searches of vessels bound from Argentina to neutral European ports be instituted. The United States Navy concurred in this recommendation.
Anticipating the crisis arising because of smuggling, the Blockade Division had already, in June 1943, made a study of the problem and had issued instructions on combating blockade evasion. In its Blockade Enforcement Manual, June 1943, the Division stated "the Axis can finance smuggling in Latin America in two specific ways. In the first place it can use funds already in existence in Latin America, and in the second place it can transmit new or additional funds for that purpose. There are still a considerable number of German and other Axis corporations, German and Italian Banks, Axis nationals and their sympathizers in Latin America with large funds built up before the war, which can be put to use to finance smuggling and other activities beneficial to the Axis. In addition Axis corporations in Latin America which are producing profits can make new funds continuously available so that the investments do not need to be liquidated. Because many Axis funds are cloaked so that they cannot readily be discovered, no estimate of their size is possible. A number of Axis banks are still operating in Buenos Aires such as the Banco de Napoli and the Banco Aleman Transatlantica, but their activities seem to be rather limited. New or additional funds can be transferred from the Axis to South American agents. The axis can remit funds directly to the Argentine, or can use European neutral countries which in turn remit funds to all countries in Latin America. These remittances are not met simply through the exchange of marks for local currency, because these countries rarely wish to invest in marks. Therefore new funds have to be remitted by the Axis to Latin America in the form of goods, coins, stamps, dollar notes, and securities." (Note 30)
The Blockade Division not only collated the material it had accumulated in the process of operating its special activities, but it had asked for the intelligence resources of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (Note 31) the Office of Censorship, the Office of Navy Intelligence, the Army's Military Intelligence (G-2), and the Board of Economic Warfare. Diplomatic Missions were requested to report information on local smuggling rings, and related material at hand in Washington was examined. All available facts were checked and a file was made which listed the names of smugglers, the names of ships used in blockade running, the kinds of commodities smuggled, the names of ports to which deliveries of smuggled goods were made, routes, and methods and means of concealing goods.
The Enemy Branch (later known as the European Enemy Division) made studies of enemy supply positions with respect to materials being smuggled, thus providing the Blockade Division with guides on the importance or relative insignificance of blockade evasions. The greatness of the enemies' need for material guided the counter measures taken smugglers and helped to determine the nature and extent of preclusive purchases.
The significance of the blockade work of the Blockade Division, so far as the Safehaven Program is concerned, is that there was created in the Division a backlog of information about firms and individuals who were actively assisting the Axis, and who would bear watching the future.
Blockade Division Records (Entry UD 8)
Boxes 1-144
| Box # | File Number | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | OW Argentina 001 | Miscellaneous |
| OW Argentina 480 | Insurance | |
| OW Argentina 900 | Trade | |
| OW Argentina 910 | Trade Relations and Conditions | |
| OW Argentina 917 | Blockade Systems | |
| OW Argentina 920 | Export Trade Control | |
| OW Argentina 921 | Export License Applications | |
| OW Argentina 926-3 | Blocked Nationals | |
| OW Argentina 940 | Trade Agreements | |
| OW Argentina 954-3 | Preclusive Buying | |
| OW Argentina 956 | Contraband Control | |
| OW Argentina 956-1 | Smuggling and Leaks | |
| OW Argentina 960 | Commodities (2 folders) | |
| OW Argentina 960 | Exports | |
| OW Argentina 960 | Diamonds | |
| OW Argentina 960 | Film | |
| OW Argentina 960 | Linseed Oil | |
| OW Argentina 960 | Machinery | |
| OW Argentina 960 | Oil | |
| OW Argentina 960 | Quinine | |
| OW Argentina 960 | Tin-plate | |
| 55 | Austria | |
| 56 | OW Axis 001 | Miscellaneous (2 folders) |
| OW Axis 050-052-4 | Information Releases, Speeches, and Radio (2 folders) | |
| OW Axis 070-1 | Study Projects | |
| OW Axis 616-1 | Martial Law | |
| OW Axis 700 | Transportation and Communications | |
| OW Axis 710 | Merchant Marine | |
| OW Axis 800 | Industry | |
| OW Axis 820 | Mining | |
| OW Axis 900-959 | Trade | |
| OW Axis 910 | Trade Relations | |
| OW Axis 95403 | Preclusive Buying | |
| OW Axis 956-1 | Smuggling | |
| 57 | OW Axis 960 | Exports Commodities |
| OW Axis 960 | Various commodities arranged alphabetically (21 folders) | |
| OW Axis 960-1-960-64 | ||
| OW Axis 960-54 | Petroleum Products | |
| OW Axis 960-59 | Stores, Subsistence, General | |
| 68-73 | French North Africa | |
| 75 | Germany |
| Box # | File # | File Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | OW Germany 000 | Economic Conditions Germany |
| OW Germany 050 | Germany Information | |
| OW Germany 051 | German Illustrations | |
| OW Germany 051-1 | Germany Charts and Maps | |
| OW Germany 052-1 | Publications | |
| OW Germany 052-2 | Releases | |
| OW Germany 070 | Projects | |
| OW Germany 080 | Germany Companies and Firms | |
| OW Germany 400 | Public Finance | |
| OW Germany 500 | Censorship | |
| OW Germany 520 | Politics and Propaganda | |
| OW Germany 580 | Labor Relations | |
| OW Germany 586-1 | Mobilization and Labor | |
| OW Germany 600 | Military and Naval Operations | |
| OW Germany 700 | Transportation and Communication | |
| OW Germany 800 | Manufacturing, Production | |
| OW Germany 840-856 | Public Utilities | |
| 76 | OW Germany 900 | Trade |
| OW Germany 910 | Trade Relations and Conditions | |
| OW Germany 956 | Blockade Enforcement, Smuggling | |
| OW Germany 960 | Commodities, Alphabetically A-C | |
| OW Germany 960 | Commodities, Alphabetically D-M | |
| OW Germany 960 | Commodities, Alphabetically N-Z | |
| 77 | OW Iberian Peninsula 000 | Miscellaneous |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 060 | Subcommittee | |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 060 | Operating Committee | |
| 78 | OW Iberian Peninsula 060 | Operating Committee (6 folders) |
| 79 | OW Iberian Peninsula 060 | Operating Committee (2 folders) |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 060 | Preclusive Buying Analysis Committee Minutes | |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 170 | Iberian Peninsula Section Progress Report | |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 700 | Transportation | |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 810 | Manufacturing | |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 900 | Trade | |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 900 | Cross Trade (3 folders) | |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 900 | Italy Cross Trade | |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 954-3 | Preclusive Buying | |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 960 | Commodities | |
| OW Iberian Peninsula 960 | Commodities | |
| 90 | OW Portugal 000 | General |
| OW Portugal 001 | Economic Conditions | |
| OW Portugal 060 | Meetings and Committees | |
| 91 | OW Portugal 060 | Anglo-American Economic Committee |
| OW Portugal 080 | Companies | |
| OW Portugal 114-3 | Licensing Procedures | |
| OW Portugal 170 | Progress Report | |
| OW Portugal 400 | Public Finance | |
| OW Portugal 410 | Finance, Exchange, Investments (2 folders) | |
| OW Portugal 500-600 | Internal politics | |
| OW Portugal 700 | Transportation and Communication | |
| OW Portugal 710 | Shipping | |
| OW Portugal 710 | Merchant Marine | |
| 92 | OW Portugal 711 | Merchant Ships |
| OW Portugal 720 | Railways | |
| OW Portugal 800 | Manufacturing and Production | |
| OW Portugal 900 | Trade | |
| OW Portugal 900 | Trade Reports | |
| OW Portugal 900 | Trading With Enemy | |
| OW Portugal 900 | Trade Relations and Conditions | |
| OW Portugal 917 | Blockade System | |
| OW Portugal 920 | Export Trade Control | |
| OW Portugal 921 | Export License Applications | |
| OW Portugal 921 | Export Licenses (2 folders) | |
| OW Portugal 921-2 | Commodity Licenses (2 folders) | |
| OW Portugal 924 | Transit Shipment | |
| OW Portugal 926-1 | Watch List | |
| OW Portugal 926-2 | Black List | |
| OW Portugal 927 | Export Trade Reports | |
| 93 | OW Portugal 930 | Import Trade Control |
| OW Portugal 940 | Trade Agreements (2 folders) | |
| OW Portugal 940 | Supply Purchasing Program (5 folders) | |
| OW Portugal 940 | Overall Program | |
| OW Portugal 952 | Price Control | |
| 94 | OW Portugal 954-3 | Preclusive Buying |
| OW Portugal 954-6 | Transportation | |
| OW Portugal 956 | Control Evasion | |
| OW Portugal 956-1 | Smuggling and Leaks | |
| OW Portugal 960 | Exports (2 folders) | |
| OW Portugal 960 | Imports (2 folders) | |
| 95 | OW Portugal 960 | Imports |
| OW Portugal 960 | Commodities, by date | |
| 95-105 | OW Portugal 960 | Commodities, Alphabetically |
| 107 | OW Spain 000 | General |
| OW Spain 001 | Economic Conditions | |
| OW Spain 060 | Anglo-American Economic Committee (2 folders) | |
| OW Spain 080 | Companies | |
| OW Spain 170 | Progress Report | |
| 108 | OW Spain 410 | Finance, Exchange, and Investments (6 folders) |
| OW Spain 430 | Banks and Banking | |
| OW Spain 500 | Internal Politics | |
| 109 | OW Spain 565 | Relief Organizations |
| OW Spain 600 | Military Activities | |
| OW Spain 700 | Transportation | |
| OW Spain 710 | Merchant Marine | |
| OW Spain 720 | Railways | |
| OW Spain 740 | Air Transportation | |
| OW Spain 800 | Manufacturing and Production | |
| 110 | OW Spain 900 | Trade, General |
| OW Spain 900 | Trading With Enemy | |
| OW Spain 910 | Trade Relations | |
| OW Spain 917 & 917-2 | Blockade | |
| OW Spain 920 | Export Control | |
| OW Spain 921 | Export License Applications (3 folders) | |
| 111 | OW Spain 921-2 | Commodity License |
| OW Spain 926 | Blocked Nationals | |
| OW Spain 926-1 | Watch List | |
| OW Spain 926-2 | Black List (2 folders) | |
| OW Spain 927 | Export Trade Reporting | |
| OW Spain 930 | Import Trade Control | |
| 112 | OW Spain 940 | Commodity Balance Sheet |
| OW Spain 940 | Overall Program | |
| OW Spain 940 | Supply Purchase Agreement (2 folders) | |
| OW Spain 940 | Supply Purchase Program (2 folders) | |
| OW Spain 940 | Trade Agreement (3 folders) | |
| 113 | OW Spain 954-3 | Preclusive Buying(3 folders) |
| OW Spain 954-6 | Transportation of | |
| OW Spain 956 | Control Evasion | |
| OW Spain 956-1 | Smuggling and Leaks | |
| 114 | OW Spain 960 | General Commodities |
| OW Spain 960 | Export of Commodities | |
| OW Spain 960 | Exports | |
| OW Spain 960 | Import of Commodities | |
| OW Spain 960 | Imports and Exports | |
| 114-128 | OW Spain 960 | Commodities, Alphabetically |
| 131 | BA Sweden-Switzerland 060 | (7 folders) |
| 132 | OW Sweden 000 | General |
| OW Sweden 410 | Finance | |
| OW Sweden 465-1 | Repayment and Collection | |
| OW Sweden 600 | Military and Naval Operations | |
| OW Sweden 700 | Transportation | |
| OW Sweden 710 | Merchant Marine | |
| OW Sweden 800 | Industry | |
| OW Sweden 900 | Trading With Enemy | |
| OW Sweden 917-1 | Navicerts | |
| OW Sweden 917-2 | Blockade Agreements | |
| OW Sweden 920 | Export Control | |
| OW Sweden 921 | Export License Application | |
| OW Sweden 921-1 | General Licenses | |
| OW Sweden 921-2 | Commodity Licenses | |
| OW Sweden 930 | Export and Import Trade Control | |
| OW Sweden 940 | Trade Agreement | |
| OW Sweden 940 | Cables | |
| OW Sweden 940 | Supply Purchase Agreement (Negotiations) | |
| OW Sweden 953-3 | Export Quotas | |
| OW Sweden 953-5 | Unlabeled-contains useful information | |
| OW Sweden 954-1 | Preclusive Buying | |
| 133 | OW Sweden 960 | General Commodities |
| OW Sweden 960 | Exports | |
| OW Sweden 960 | Imports | |
| OW Sweden 960 | Commodities (Alphabetically) | |
| 134 | OW Switzerland 000 | General |
| OW Switzerland 080 | Companies | |
| OW Switzerland 182 | Telegrams, Radio, Cable | |
| OW Switzerland 400 | Public Finance | |
| OW Switzerland 420 | Exchange Rates | |
| OW Switzerland 500 | Politics and Welfare | |
| OW Switzerland 700 | Transportation and Communication | |
| OW Switzerland 710 | Merchant Marine | |
| OW Switzerland 711 | Merchant Ships | |
| OW Switzerland 720 | Railways | |
| OW Switzerland 800 | Manufacturing and Industry | |
| OW Switzerland 841 | Light and Power Plants | |
| OW Switzerland 900 | Trade, General | |
| OW Switzerland 900 | Trading With Enemy | |
| OW Switzerland 920 | Export Trade Control | |
| OW Switzerland 921 | Export License Applications | |
| OW Switzerland 926-2 | Black List | |
| OW Switzerland 940 | Trade Agreement | |
| OW Switzerland 953-3 | Export (Quotas) and Requirements | |
| OW Switzerland 954-1 | Requisitions | |
| OW Switzerland 960 | Exports and Imports | |
| 135 | OW Switzerland 960 | Commodities, Alphabetically (29 folders) |
| OW Switzerland 960 | Commodities, General | |
| 136 | Turkey | |
| 139-144 | Blockade Division's relationship with other agencies. |
Blockade Division Records (Entry UD 16)
Records relate primarily to neutral countries.
Boxes 1-8
| Box # | File Titles |
|---|---|
| 1 | Finland |
| Sweden-Economic Policy | |
| Sweden-Economic Surveys (2 folders) | |
| Sweden-Electrical Power | |
| Sweden-Exportable Surpluses | |
| English Translation of Swedish Tariff Rubric | |
| Sweden-Finance | |
| Spain-General | |
| Sweden-Trade with Argentina | |
| Sweden-Agreements with Enemy Occupied Countries | |
| Sweden-Trade with Belgium and Holland | |
| Sweden-Trade With Bulgaria | |
| Sweden-Trade With Croatia and Slovakia | |
| 2 | Sweden-Trade With Denmark (2 folders) |
| Sweden-Trade With France | |
| Sweden-Trade With Finland (3 folders) | |
| Sweden-Trade With Germany (3 folders) | |
| Swedish-German War Trade Agreement | |
| Sweden-Trade With Great Britain | |
| Sweden-Trade With Hungary | |
| Sweden-Trade With Iceland | |
| Sweden-Trade With Italy | |
| Sweden-Trade With Japan | |
| Sweden-Trade With Latin America | |
| Sweden-Trade With Norway | |
| 3 | Sweden-Trade With Norway |
| Sweden-Trade With Poland | |
| Sweden-Trade With Rumania | |
| Sweden-Trade With Russia | |
| Sweden-Trade With Switzerland | |
| Sweden-Trade With Liberated Areas (2 folders) | |
| Switzerland-Trade With Axis | |
| Switzerland-Trade With Germany | |
| Switzerland-Trade With Italy | |
| Switzerland-Trade With Japan | |
| Switzerland-Trade With Latin America | |
| Switzerland-Trade With Russia | |
| Switzerland-Trade With Spain and Portugal | |
| Switzerland-Trade With Sweden | |
| Switzerland-Trade With Turkey | |
| Switzerland-Trade With United States | |
| 4 | Switzerland-Trade With United States Commercial Company |
| Switzerland Press Review | |
| Switzerland Weekly Economic Review | |
| Switzerland Economic Survey (2 folders) | |
| Switzerland Finance | |
| Spain-Cost of Living | |
| Economic Review of Spain | |
| 5 | Spain-Spain Electric Power |
| Spain-General Economic Conditions | |
| Spain-Imports from US | |
| Spain-Imports General (2 folders) | |
| Spain-Population-Vital Statistics | |
| Spain-Exports-General | |
| Spain-Prices | |
| Spain-Brazilian-Spanish Trade | |
| 6 | Portugal-Imports by Commodities (4 folders) |
| European Neutral-Portuguese Trade | |
| Portugal-Exports from Portuguese Possessions | |
| Portugal-Enemy, Exports to (2 folders) | |
| Portugal-Enemy, Imports from (2 folders) | |
| 7 | Enemy-Portuguese Trade-General |
| Portugal-Exports by Commodity | |
| Portugal-Exports by Countries | |
| Argentine-Portuguese Trade | |
| Other Latin-America-Portuguese Trade | |
| Portugal-Foreign Travel-General | |
| Portugal-Economy-General | |
| Portugal-Policy | |
| Portugal-Production | |
| Portugal-Exportable Surplus and Preliminary Report | |
| 8 | Economic Notes-Portugal and Colonies |
| Portugal-Finance | |
| Portugal-Prices | |
| US-Portugal Exports to | |
| UK-Portugal Imports From (4 folders) |
Records of the Intelligence Service Staff Intelligence Service Staff Records (Entry UD 9)
Records relate to a variety of matters, including Safe Haven, Special Watch Instructions, and value of censorship material to the FEA.
Boxes 1-12
| Box # | File Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Agency Interest in Submissions |
| Blockade Revised List and Directives | |
| FYI-Utilization of Censorship Material | |
| Military Censorship | |
| Policy Items | |
| Progress Reports | |
| Safehaven [includes undated report "Extent of Wallenberg's Control of the Economy of Sweden"] | |
| 2 | Utilization of Censorship Material |
| Value of Censorship Material to FEA | |
| Special Watch Instructions | |
| 3 | Office of Censorship |
| Office of Exports | |
| Office of Imports | |
| Royal Censorship | |
| Progress Report | |
| State Department | |
| Swedish-Watch-Pirelli Co. Cartels | |
| SWI [Special Watch Instruction] Memorandum | |
| Trade Intelligence Division | |
| Technical branch | |
| War Trade Staff | |
| 4 | Mostly deals with North Africa |
| 5 | BEW-Survey of Foreign Experts |
| Misc. Censorship | |
| 6 | Censorship |
| Cable Censorship | |
| Censorship, British | |
| Censorship, Letters | |
| Directive: Intercepts and Documents | |
| Enemy Branch | |
| Finance | |
| Intelligence Division (2 folders) | |
| Intelligence Sources Section Reports | |
| Misc. | |
| OEWA [Office of Economic Warfare Analysis] | |
| Office of Censorship | |
| 7 | BEW Powers (2 folders) |
| Misc. Censorship Executive Orders 9250 and 8985 |
Records of the European Branch
The area covered by the European Branch included France, Italy, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Northern Europe, and the neutral European countries. Together with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, this Branch assisted in preparing and carrying out programs for the relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of the liberated portions of its area, reviewing requisitions for supplies and determining their essentialness.
Records of the Office of the Director Office of the Director Records (Entry UD 10)
Boxes 1-4
Box 2 contains a folder entitled "Safehaven" that contains four reports labeled:"Looted Art in Occupied Territories, Neutral Countries and Latin America" (May 5, 1945), "Report of Activities No. 4" (June 1945), "The Vesting of German Assets in Spain: A Case Study in Vesting of German Assets Abroad" (July 1945), and "Extra-Territorial Effect of Economic Measures Taken By the Occupying Powers in Germany: Problems of Recognition and Enforcement in Neutral Countries" (May 1945).
Records of the Neutral Countries Division Neutral Countries Division Records (Entry UD 12)
Boxes 1-9
| Box # | File Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Blockade Study |
| Jews in Germany | |
| Relief Policy (3 folders) | |
| 2 | War Refugee Board |
| France | |
| Netherlands | |
| Norway (3 folders) | |
| Poland | |
| Portugal | |
| Spain | |
| Spain and Portugal | |
| Relief from Sweden | |
| 3 | Sweden |
| Switzerland (2 folders) | |
| Turkey | |
| Prison Camps-Germany | |
| Pruskow Camp-Poland | |
| 4-9 | Various subjects, mostly relating to POWs and to products. |
Records of the Liberated Areas Branch Liberated Areas Branch Records (Entry UD 15)
Boxes 1-18
| Box # | File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
| 2 | Displaced Persons |
| 3 | UNRRA |
| 5 | Committee on Foreign Finance location: 570/58/21/05 |
| 7 | UNRRA |
| 11 | Switzerland-Cotton Textiles From Switzerland |
| 12 | Purchases in Argentina |
| 15 | Spain and Switzerland |
| Sweden-General | |
| Purchases in Sweden | |
| Red Cross and Private Relief | |
| 16 | Progress Reports-European Branch |
| Progress Reports-P & C Staff | |
| 17 | Relaxation of Controls |
| United States Commercial Company | |
| UNRRA | |
| Operational Reports | |
| 18 | OSS |
| OWI | |
| Relations with State Department | |
| UNRRA-FEA Relationship |
Records of the Pan American Branch Central File October 1942-November 1945 (Entry 384)
Boxes 2318-2332 Reports and Dispatches from United States Missions in Latin America December 1941- November 1945 (Entry 385)
Boxes 2333-2493
Records of the Office of the Director General File of the Director 1943-1945 (Entry 398)
Boxes 2509-2513
Boxes 2513-2514
Records of the Economic Intelligence Division
Until the German and Austrian (Enemy Branch) was created late in 1944, the Economic Intelligence Division had been a separate unit of FEA under the Special Areas Branch, and had serviced most departments of the agency. The Division had its origins in pre-war 1941, when it was discovered that it would be necessary to gather information on the economic resources of Japan for the administration of export control. After December 7, 1941, the Board of Economic Warfare established Analysis Sections and Intelligence Sections on geographical lines, the purpose being to procure economic data for the armed forces and for other United States and Allied Governmental agencies.
Collaborating throughout the war with the British Ministry of Economic Warfare and with other intelligence units operating for the United States, the Economic Intelligence Division, which later became the Intelligence Service Staff, gathered, compiled, classified and made available to the proper authorities the data received from censorship intercepts, foreign radio broadcasts, foreign publications, American business firms with foreign interests, representatives of foreign countries, returned travelers, refugees, and United States intelligence agents operating in foreign countries. (Note 32)
The division maintained close liaison with Military Intelligence (G-2) and the Office of Naval Intelligence, having representatives of those two services attached to the office in Washington, DC. In addition, it maintained a close relationship with the Office of Strategic Services, the Office of Censorship, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. FEA special agents in the field, United States Commercial Company representatives, FEA business experts, and United States diplomatic officers and intelligence agents operating in foreign countries contributed reports to the unit.
Numbered Subject Files (Entry 500B)
Boxes 1-2103
Indexes to the Numbered Subject Files Index by Country (Entry 500AO)
Boxes 1-323
| Box # | Country |
|---|---|
| 12-18 | Argentina |
| 20-22 | Austria |
| 22-25 | Axis Powers |
| 136-161 | Germany |
| 184-190 | Italy |
| 253-258 | Portugal |
| 266-273 | Spain |
| 275-279 | Sweden |
| 279-283 | Switzerland |
| 287-290 | Turkey |
| 309 | United States (Safehaven) |
Index by City (Entry 500A1)
Boxes 324-378
| Box # | City |
|---|---|
| 324 | Ankara, Turkey |
| 325 | Basel, Switzerland |
| 326 | Bern, Switzerland |
| 329-330 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 334 | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 338-339 | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 342-343 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 343-350 | London, England |
| 350-352 | Madrid, Spain |
| 375-376 | Zurich, Switzerland Index by Subject (Entry 500A2) |
Boxes 379-420
| Box # | Subject |
|---|---|
| 379 | Blockade |
| 381-383 | Censorship |
| 383-385 | Civil Affairs |
| 388-390 | Economic Agreements |
| 391-397 | Firms |
| 406-411 | Missions |
| 411-413 | Post-War Planning |
| 417-420 | Trade Relations |
Index by Recipient (Entry 500A3)
Boxes 421-425
Index by Foreign Government (Entry 500A4)
Boxes 426-433
Index by Name of Organization (U.S. Government Agency) (Entry 500A5)
Boxes 434-470
| Box # | Organization |
|---|---|
| 434-437 | Board of Economic Warfare |
| 438-439 | Commerce Department |
| 439-441 | FBI |
| 443-445 | Intelligence Missions |
| 445-447 | JICA |
| 447-448 | Justice Department |
| 449-451 | Navy |
| 451-457 | OSS |
| 457-459 | OWI |
| 460-462 | Organizations of Liberated Areas |
| 463 | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| 463-464 | UNRRA |
| 464-470 | War Department |
Index by Allied Organization (Entry 500A6)
Boxes 471-474
Index: Major Hart's File (Entry 500A7)
Box 475
Index: Pulleston's File (Entry 500A8)
Box 476
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