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Hungary Werfen ("Gold") Train and other selected U.S. documents related to Hungary

RG-67.025

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW

Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717

e-mail: [email protected] Descriptive summary Title: Hungary Werfen ("Gold") Train and other selected U.S. documents related to Hungary Dates: 1944-1968 Accession number: 2009.2 Extent: 3,429 digital images Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW,

Washington, DC 20024-2126 Languages: German

English Scope and content of collection Contains documents from various U.S. government agencies about the “Gold Train” or “Werfen Train,”

which members of the Arrow Cross Party and officials of the Hungarian National Bank packed with looted Jewish valuables (mostly from Miskilc, Pecs, and Gyor) and sent across the border into Austria in March 1945. (This was not the only such train.) Although some items were pilfered en route, the U.S. Armed Forces captured most and stored them in a warehouse in Austria. U.S. personnel and agencies pilfered (or “borrowed” without returning) further property, and the remainder has been the subject of complicated litigation. The collection also includes considerable documentation about such matters as Allied postwar restitution policies and relations with Hungary.

Administrative Information Restrictions on access: No restrictions on access. Restrictions on reproduction and use: No restrictions on use.

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Acquisition information: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives

Project filmed various record groups from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) . The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received a hard drive with digital records in Dec. 2008.

Existence and location of originals: United States. National Archives and Records Administration System of arrangement Arranged in numerical order by NARA record group: 43, 59, 60, 84, 107, 153,208, 260, 319, 353, and 407. Indexing terms

Holocaust victims--Hungary. Jewish property--Hungary--History--20th century. World War,1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Hungary. Jews--Persecutions--Hungary. Hungary--Ethnic relations. Hungary--Politics and government--1933-1945.

CONTAINER LIST (all RG, Document ID, and Box Numbers correspond to NARA originals) RG43, Document ID 36. Cited in Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services, R & A No.

2535, Hungary’s Annual Capacity to Pay Reparations, September 27, 1944, p. 1 note 2, Hungary, Country File, September 1945- December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 99, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43.

RG43, Document ID 53. Intelligence Research Report, OCL 3773, July 24, 1946 p.49, Hungary, Country

File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 99, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 330. Undated, unsigned Paper “Estimated Amount of Armistice Obligations Imposed

on the Hungarian Economy for the year ended March 31, 1946,” Hungary, Country File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 99, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 395. Unsigned, undated, Note, VII War Damage, Hungary, Country File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 99, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 472. Samuel Reber, Memorandum of Conversation and Attachment, June 18, 1946,

Folder: Hungary-Memos On,Working Papers of Jacques Reinstein, William Bray, and Samuel Reber, 1945-1946, Box 141, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 769. Report, American Legation, Budapest, The Hungarian Economic Situation, April

23, 1946, sent by Legation April 23, 1946, to James C. Dunn, American Deputy to the Council of Foreign Ministers, American Embassy, Paris, Hungary, Country File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 772. Copy, Budapest Legation to the Secretary of State, No. 1651, Subject: Transfer

of German Assets in Hungary to the USSR, June 26, 1946, Hungary, Country File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 99, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 1004. For another description of Rakosi see Document “The New Hungarian

Government,” undated and unsigned, but ink notation of November 17, 1945, Hungary, Country File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 1024. Undated, unsigned Paper “The Issue Concerning Restitution of Hungarian

Property Removed to the Western Zones,” Hungary, Country File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 99, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 1051. Eli Ginzberg, Final Report on the Five Power Conference on Reparations for

the Non-Repatriable Victims of German Action, June 31, 1946, “General Claims Law,” RG43, Document ID 1057. Budapest Legation to Secretary of State, No. 162, May 27, 1946, Hungary,

Country File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 1078. Folder: Hungary-Memos On,Working Papers of Jacques Reinstein, William

Bray, and Samuel Reber, 1945-1946, Box 141, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 1079. Acheson, Acting, to Secretary of State, No. 2976, June 20, 1946, Telegrams

Received by the U.S. Embassy in France from the Department of State, April 1946-October 1946, Box 78, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID1090. Schoenfeld to [not indicated but either State Department or American

Delegation in Paris] No. 317, August 12, 1946, Hungary, Country File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID1091. Copy, Telegram Murphy to Reber, No. 241, August 16, 1946, Hungary, Country

File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID1092. Schoenfeld to SECDEL, August 21, No. 3428, 1946, Hungary, Country File,

September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 1100. Letter, Nicholas Nyaradi to [no addressee indicated, but based on another

communication it was addressed to Samuel Reber], July 22 [1946], Folder: Hungary-Memos On,Working Papers of Jacques Reinstein, William Bray, and Samuel Reber, 1945-1946, Box 141, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 1164. Circular, Acheson, Acting to Secretary of State, No. 4840, July 15 [1946]

Hungary, Country File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 1165. Secretary of State to SECDEL, No. 528, July 28, 1946, Hungary, Country File,


RG43, Document ID 1166. Budapest Legation to SECDEL, No. 274, July 31, 1946, Hungary, Country File,


RG43, Document ID 1181. Type Note, J.F.B., Office of the Secretary to Mr. Reber, August 18, 1946,

Folder: Hungary-Memos On,Working Papers of Jacques Reinstein, William Bray, and Samuel Reber, 1945-1946, Box 141, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the

Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 1182. Copy, Telegram Sent, Caffery to Secretary of State, No. 6948, September 14,

1946, Hungary, Country File, September 1945-December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 1223. Memorandum of Conversation, United States Delegation, Paris Conference,

September 5, 1946, Hungary, Country File, September 1945- December 1946, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43

RG43, Document ID 1502A. W. Bray, U.S. Delegation, Peace Conference, Paris, “Memorandum: Outline

of Considerations Affecting the Hungarian Reparation Obligation,” September 30, 1946, Hungary-Background Material Folder #1, Working Papers of Jacques Reinstein, William Bray, and Samuel Reber, 1945- 1946, Box 141, Records Relating to the First, Second, and Third Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Paris Peace Conference, Box 96, Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions RG 43

RG59, Document ID 4. Statement of the United States Delegation Regarding the “Gold Train,” April 1967,

Folder: Hungarian Claims Material 1 of 2, Box 4, Records Re Claims with Hungary, 1946-1968, Office of the Legal Advisor, Assistant Legal Advisor for International Claims, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 11. Memo for the File, Subject: Art Objects, Austria, May 8, 1951, Copy, Central

Records File – American Legation, 236 Restitution – General, Folder Austria 4/4 in Box 47, Subject Files, 1945-1997, Office of the Legal Adviser; Office of Educational, Cultural, & Public Affairs, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 15. U.S. Department of State, Transcript of Proceedings, United State-Hungarian

Negotiations, Seventeenth Meeting, June 9, 1966, Box 1, Records Re Claims with Hungary, 1946-1968, Office of the Legal Advisor, Assistant Legal Advisor for International Claims, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 19. A.F. Kiefer [GA], Memorandum on Restitution from Germany and Austria, April

10, 1947, Folder: A-400 General, Restitution, Subject Files on Austria 1945-1950, Subject Files 1941-1954, Box 2, Records of the Office of Western European Affairs, 1941-1954, Lot 54D331 (Entry 1174A0, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 24. US-Hungarian Claims Talks, 25th Session, April 18, 1967, Ministry of Finance,

Budapest, in Folder: 1967 Negotiations-Re US/Hungarian Claims] in Box 5, Records Re Claims with Hungary, 1946-1968, Office of the Legal Advisor, Assistant Legal Advisor for International Claims, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 25. Copy of Outgoing Telegram, No. 2309, June 25, 1948, Folder: IRO General: April-

June 1948, IRO Subject File, 1946-1952, Records Relating to the International Refugee

Organization (IRO) and the Displaced Persons Commission (DPC), Lot File 53D307, Box 7, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 50. Undated, unsigned document, in Folder Hungarian Restitution Claims – Political,

Box 5, Records Re Claims with Hungary, 1946-1968, Office of the Legal Advisor, Assistant Legal Advisor for International Claims, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 51. Memorandum, F. E. Oppenheimer to F. G. Wiener, ca. April 12, 1949, in

unlabeled folder, Box 5, Records Re Claims with Hungary, 1946- 1968, Office of the Legal Advisor, Assistant Legal Advisor for International Claims, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 52. Memorandum of Conversation, Subject: Restitution to Ex- Enemies, November

19, 1947, Folder: A-400 General, Restitution, Subject Files on Austria 1945-1950, Subject Files 1941-1954, Box 2, Records of the Office of Western European Affairs, 1941-1954, Lot 54D331 (Entry 1174A0, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 483. Quoted in Message from Schoenfeld to State Department, A- 203, February 26,

1946, 740.00119EW/2-2646, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59 RG59, Document ID 586. Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Austria, Report on Cultural Properties

under U.S. Control, Tab A, “List of Unidentified Paintings Stored at Residenz-Depot Salzburg,” in Folder Austria 1/4 in Box 47, Subject Files, 1945-1997, Office of the Legal Adviser; Office of Educational, Cultural, & Public Affairs, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 590. Vienna Despatch, 1309, Air Pouch, June 1, 1951, Copy of 236 – Restitution –

General, in Folder Austria 4/4 in Box 47, Subject Files, 1945- 1997, Office of the Legal Adviser; Office of Educational, Cultural, & Public Affairs, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 939. Shipping Documentation, Folder: Silver and Rugs Returned by QMC to Austria,

Box 7, Records Maintained by the Fine Arts & Monuments Adviser (“Ardelia Hall Collection”) 1945-196, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 940. Letter, Ardelia R. Hall to Lt. Col. H. B. Crunivig, Office of the Quartermaster

General, Department of the Army, August 13, 1957, Folder: Silver and Rugs Returned by QMC to Austria, Box 7, Records Maintained by the Fine Arts & Monuments Adviser (“Ardelia Hall Collection”) 1945-196, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 997. Summary of Available Facts Regarding Hungarian “Gold Train,” n.d., ca. 1965,

Folder: Hungarian Claims for Taking of Hungarian Property by US Forces (gold train), Box 1, Records Re Claims with Hungary, 1946-1968, Office of the Legal Advisor, Assistant Legal Advisor for International Claims, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 998. Pro Memoria, Hungarian Legation, Washington, D.C. No. 1030/1947, February

27, 1947, Folder: Hungarian Claims for Taking of Hungarian Property by US Forces (gold train), Box 1, Records Re Claims with Hungary, 1946-1968, Office of the Legal Advisor, Assistant Legal Advisor for International Claims, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 1027. Memorandum, Lt. Col. G. H. Garde, Adjutant General, Office of the Military

Governor, Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S), Subject: Hungarian Claim for Restitution of Horses Now in the United State, June 10, 1947, Folder: Hungary, Subject File, Box 1, Records of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas, 1946-1949, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 1127. Memorandum of Conversation, Subject: Restitution from Germany to

Hungary, March 17, 1947, Folder: G 400 Restitution, Subject Files 1944-1949, Box 2, Records of the Central European Division, 1944-1953, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 1132. Memorandum, J.A. Todd to Mr. Thorp (A-T), General Hilldring (A-H); Mr.

Matthews (EUR); Mr. Martin (ESP), Subject: Restitution from Germany and Austria of Property Looted from Other Nations, July 11, 1947, Folder: A-400 General, Restitution, Subject Files on Austria 1945-1950, Subject Files 1941-1954, Box 2, Records of the Office of Western European Affairs, 1941-1954, Lot 54D331 (Entry 1174A0, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 1133. Folder: G 400 Restitution, Subject Files 1944-1949, Box 2, Records of the

Central European Division, 1944-1953, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59 RG59, Document ID 1186. Memorandum from the State Department Member, SWNC, Subject:

Hungarian-Jewish property found in Austria-so called “Hungarian gold train,” n.d., in Folder, I-M Hungarian Monetary Gold (Hungarian gold train), Box 6, Records Re Claims with Hungary, 1946-1968, Office of the Legal Advisor, Assistant Legal Advisor for International Claims, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 1268. Memorandum of Conversation, Subject: Restitution to Ex- Enemies,

November 19, 1947, Folder: A-400 General, Restitution, Subject Files on Austria 1945-1950, Subject Files 1941-1954, Box 2, Records of the Office of Western European Affairs, 1941-1954, Lot 54D331 (Entry 1174A0, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 1300. Interim Progress Report of the Director-General of the IRO on the

Program of Allocation of a Reparations Share to Non-Repatriable Victims of German Action

July 1947-September 1948, p. 11 Lot 53D307, Records Relating to IRO, IRO Subject File, Box

14, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59 RG59, Document ID 1306. The auction catalogs are in IRO Subject File, 1946-1952, Records Relating to

the International Refugee Organization (IRO) and the Displaced Persons Commission (DPC), Lot File 53D307, Box 7, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 1309. State Department memorandum, Merchandizing Advisory Committee, June

28, 1951, Lot 53D307, Records Relating to IRO, IRO Subject File, Box 14, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 1362. Memorandum of Conversation, Subject: Proposed Disposition of the

Hungarian Gold Train, Mr. J.A. Todd to Mr. Dawson (AE), Mr. McKissin (SE), Mr. Oliver (OE), and Mr. Kidd (CE), January 29, 1948, Folder: A-400 General, Restitution, Subject Files on Austria

1945-1950, Subject Files 1941-1954, Box 2, Records of the Office of Western European Affairs, 1941- 1954, Lot 54D331 (Entry 1174A0, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 1375. Report to the General Council of the International Refugee Organization by

the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission 1 July 1947 to 30 June 1948, Geneva, Switzerland September 1948, Folder: IRO General: July-September 1948, IRO Subject File, 1946-1952, Records Relating to the International Refugee Organization (IRO) and the Displaced Persons Commission (DPC), Lot File 53D307, Box 8, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 1423. 711.6427/4-3048, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59 RG59, Document ID 1581. Outgoing Telegram, June 11, 1951, To American Legation, Vienna, Copy in

Folder Austria 3/4 in Box 47, Subject Files, 1945-1997, Office of the Legal Adviser; Office of Educational, Cultural, & Public Affairs, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID 1582. Foreign Service Despatch No. 34, Vienna, July 6, 1951, Copy of 863.441/7-651

in Folder Austria 3/4 in Box 47, Subject Files, 1945-1997, Office of the Legal Adviser; Office of Educational, Cultural, & Public Affairs, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID1583. Incoming Telegram, December 22, 1951, Copy of 863.44/12- 2251 in Folder

Austria 4/4 in Box 47, Subject Files, 1945-1997, Office of the Legal Adviser; Office of Educational, Cultural, & Public Affairs, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID1584. Outgoing Telegram, January 4, 1952, Copy of 863.44/12- 2251 in Folder


RG59, Document ID1585. Incoming Telegram, January 8, 1952, Copy of 863.44/1-852 in Folder Austria

4/4 in Box 47, Subject Files, 1945-1997, Office of the Legal Adviser; Office of Educational, Cultural, & Public Affairs, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID1586. Foreign Service Despatch, January 30, 1952, Copy of 863.441/1-3052, Folder


RG59, Document ID1587. Foreign Service Despatch, March 18, 1952, Copy of 863.441/3-1852, Folder


RG59, Document ID1588. Memorandum of Conversation, Subject: Identification and restitution of art

treasures currently in Austria, June 3, 1953, in Folder 152/65 Reparations and Restitution: US September 20, 1945- , Box 5, Records Re Claims with Hungary, 1946-1968, Office of the Legal Advisor, Assistant Legal Advisor for International Claims, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Document ID1589. Copy of Outgoing Telegram, July 14, 1955, 863.441/7-1255, in Folder Austria 2/4 in Box 47, Subject Files, 1945-1997, Office of the Legal Adviser; Office of Educational, Cultural, & Public Affairs, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59

RG59, Extra 1. "Summary of Available Facts re Hungarian 'Gold Train',", May 1946, 4 pp. Claims material

3 of 3; Folder: Hungarian Claims Material: 2 of 2; Records re Claims with Hungary 1946-1948; Office of the Legal Advisor; Ass’t Legal Advisor for International Claims.

RG59, Extra 2. Pro memoria, Hungary legation of Washington, D.C., No. 1030/1947, Feb. 25, 1947,

folder: “Hungary claims materials (2 of 2), box 4, records re Claims with Hungary, 1946- 1948, Office of the Legal Advisor, Ass’t Legal Advisor for Int’l Claims, Gen. Records of the Dept. of State,” (11 p) RG 59.

RG59, Extra 3. Translated by Viktor Schwarcz, “For the govt. committee est. for the purpose of returning

valuables removed abroad, Ls. No. 46827, Hung: Gor/R-12,” (4 pp). RG59, Extra 4. Resolution of thanks to Ray Kramer, author unknown, n.d. (1 pp). RG59, Extra 5. Note translated by Viktor Schwarcz, “Hungary delegation,” original, author unknown (6

pp). RG59, Extra 6. Memo by Mr. Spiegel to Mr. Riddleberger subj: “Return of Hungary gold,” 4 pp., in folder:

“I- M Hungary monetary gold (Hungary gold train, entry 5398, box 6, records re claims w/ Hungary, 1946- 1948, Office of the Legal Advisor, Ass’t Legal Advisor for Int’l claims, Gen. Records of the Dept. of State,” RG 59.

RG59, Extra 7. Memo from Mr. James W. Riddleberger to Mr. Spiegel subj: “Return of Hungarian gold,”

15 Jul 1946 (1 pp). RG59, Extra 8. Memo by O. F. Fletcher to Mrs. Baker, Karasik and Silver subj: “Restitution of Hungarian

gold,” 30 Jul 1946 (2 pp). RG59, Extra 9. Telegram sent, Dept. of State to Darr, 19 Jun 1946 (1 p). RG59, Extra 10. Draft by Acheson to Sec., n.d. (1 p). RG59, Extra 11. Memo by Mr. Barbour to Mr. Barnett, 20 Aug 1946 (1 p). RG59, Extra 12. Restitution of Nazi-looted property to Hungary, 16 Jan 1950 (5 pp). RG59, Extra 13. Restitution by the US gov’t to the gov’t of Hungary of Hungarian property removed to

Germany by German forces and authorities, H.W. Mathews, 28 Jun 1965 (13 pp). RG59, Extra 14. Letter by Leonard C. Meeker to Benjamin Forman, Esq., folder: “Hungary claims for

taking Hungarian property by US forces (gold train), box 1, entry 5398, records re claims w/

Hungary, 1946- 1948, Office of the Legal Advisor, Ass’t Legal Advisor for Int’l claims, Gen. Records of the Dept. of State,” (2 pp) RG 59.

RG59, Extra 15. Letter by Paul A. Smith, Jr. to Helmut C. Meeker, Esq., 2 Nov 1966 (1 p). RG59, Extra 16. Letter by Benjamin Forman to Leonard C. Meeker, Esq., 2 Nov 1966 (1 p). RG59, Extra 17. Memo by George F. Westerman to Ass’t Gen. Counsel (Int’l Affairs) Dept. of Defense

subj: “Hungarian restitution claims,” 28 Oct 1966 (2 pp). RG59, Extra 18. Letter by Benjamin Forman to Leonard C. Meeker, Esq., 14 Sep 1966 (1 p). RG59, Extra 19. Letter by George W. Spangler through Ernest L. Kerley to Mr. Arnold M. Kagan, 29 Sep

1966 (1 p). RG59, Extra 20. Same as previous citation, but date is 21 Sep 1966. RG59, Extra 21. Letter by Arnold M. Kagan to George W. Spangler through Ernest Likerley, 13 Sep 1966

(1 p). RG59, Extra 22. Letter by George W. Spangler through Ernest L. Kerley to Parke-Berney Galleries, Inc., 8

Sep 1966 (1 p). RG59, Extra 23. Memo by Walter Dowling, Dept. High Commander, “Disposition of art objects and

scientific works under USFA control (Vienna 647),” 12 Jan 1951. Legal Advisor, Office of Education, Culture and Public Affairs, subject file 1945- 1947, “Austria; protection of cultural property.”

RG60, Document ID 80. British Ministry of Economic Warfare, Hungary: Economic Survey, May 1944, p.

54, in Subject Files, Hungary, Box 88, Records of the Economic Warfare Section, Antitrust Division, Records of the Department of Justice, RG 60

RG60, Document ID 239. Robert S. Folsom, Second Secretary, American Legation, Budapest, Annual

Economic Review: Hungary 1946, February 21, 1947, p. I-3, in Subject Files, Hungary, Box 88, Records of the Economic Warfare Section, Antitrust Division, Records of the Department of Justice, RG 60.

RG84, Document ID 71. Memo on Situation of Jews in Hungary, March 2, 1946 File: Anglo-American

Committee of Inquiry, Box 103, Legation, Budapest, 1946, Budapest Mission, General Records, 1946, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 141. HQ 2677th Regiment, Office of Strategic Services, Report, Subject: Hungarian

Jewish Concentration Camp in Yugoslavia, November 19, 1944, Budapest Mission, General Records, 1945, Decimal 840.1 (Jewish Problems, Massacres, etc.), Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 148. HQ 2677th Regiment, Office of Strategic Services, Report, Subject: General

Situation up to 8 December; Hungarian, German, Russian Activity, December 30, 1944, Budapest

Mission, General Records, 1945, Decimal 711 (Secret), Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 234. Ladislaus Solymossy, Reg. General, Hungarian Central Mil. Commander in

Upper Austria, Memorial August 31, 1945, Decimal 710 1945 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 12, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 244. HQ 2677th Regiment, Office of Strategic Services, Report, Subject: Disruption of

Hungarian Economy by Germany, November 13, 1944, Budapest Mission, General Records, 1945, Decimal 711 (Secret), Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84

RG84, Document ID 247. Report, HQ 2677th Regiment, Office of Strategic Services, Subject: Events of

Medical Interst, January 16, 1945, Budapest Mission, General Records, 1945, Decimal 840.1 (Jewish Problems, Massacres, etc.), Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 260. Letter, Dr. Ladislaus Varvasovszky to Chairman of the Allied Council for Austria,

British Element, Vienna, Subject: Restitution of Hungarian Property, February 12, 1948, Restitution, 1945-1950, General Records, 1945- 1951, U.S. Element, Allied Commission for Austria, Austria, Box 216, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 281. Jewish Organizations in Hungary, August 5, 1945, report by Hevesi contained as

an enclosure to Despatch No. 169 from Budapest Mission to Secretary of State, August 7, 1945, Budapest Legation, General Records, 1945, Decimal 840.1 (Jewish Problems, Massacres, etc.), Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 289. Cross Reference, See 800, Telegram No., 168 June 16, 1945 in Budapest

Mission, General Records, 1945, Decimal 840.1 (Jewish Problems, Massacres, etc.), Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 290. Capt. N.W. Bodnar, Intelligence Branch, Office of Political Affairs, OMGUS,

Observations of an American Observer in Hungary, n.d., but filed January 15, 1946, File 800-Hungary 1946, Box 66, Classified General Correspondence, 1945-1949, Office of the U.S. Political Advisor to Germany, Berlin, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 323. Capt. N.W. Bodnar, Intelligence Branch, Office of Political Affairs, OMGUS,

Observations of an American Observer in Hungary, n.d., but filed January 15, 1946, File 800-Hungary 1946, Box 66, Classified General Correspondence, 1945-1949, Office of the U.S. Political Advisor to Germany, Berlin, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 325. Maj. M. F. Roesti, Finance Officer, Land Military Government, Upper Austria,

US Army to Area Commander, Military Government, Upper Austria, Subject: Hungarian Refugee goods held in U.S. Zones, August 5, 1946, Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD

& USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 487. [Statement] Subject: Hungarian refugee goods in U.S. Zones in Austria and

Germany, July 25, 1946, Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945- 1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 662. Memorandum, B. H. Grove, Petroleum Attache, Vienna to Mr. Erhardt, Subject:

Hungarian Displaced Property in Austria, March 11, 1946, enclosure to Message, John C. Erhardt, Political Represenative, Vienna to Secretary of State, No. 946 Subject: Reports by Strategic Services Unit in Vienna covering activities of Gellert and Friedmann, Hungarian Liaison Officers, and summary of status of displaced Hungarian property under U.S. Control in Austria, March 14, 1946, Decimal 710-Hungary 1946 Classified Records, 1945-1955, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 3, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 698. Enclosure No. 1 to Despatch Office of US Political Adviser, Vienna to Secretary

of State, January 18, 1946, Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 699. Ladislaus Solymossy, Reg. General, Hungarian Central Mil. Commander in

Upper Austria, Memorial August 31, 1945, Decimal 710 1945 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 12, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 701. Copy, Message, US Mission, Budapest to the Secretary of State, Subject:

Hungarian Properties in United States Occupied German and Austria Areas, No. 479 File 711.9, in Decimal 710, 1945 General Records, 1945- 1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 12, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 705. Memorandum, Col. Theodore S. Paul, Chief, R. D. & R. Division, HQ USFA, US

Allied Commission, Austria to R.M. Ferguson, Subject: Hungarian Property in U.S. Zone, October 19, 1945, Decimal 710, 1945 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 12, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 714. USFA Message Form, JCS from Clark, Pass to State, P-1880, July 27, 1946,

Decimal 800-Austria 1946 Classified Records, 1945-1955, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 3, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 715. Telegram Received, Budapest to AUSPOLAD Vienna, No. 52, December 5, 1945,

Decimal 710, 1945 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 12, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 752. Airgram, United States Mission, Budapest to Secretary of State, A-164, July 11,

1945, Budapest Mission, General Records, 1945, Decimal 840.1 (Jewish Problems, Massacres, etc.), Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 780. Memorandum for the Office in Charge, Subject: Report from Hungary, February

19, 1946, File 800-Hungary 1946, Box 66, Classified General Correspondence, 1945-1949, Office of the U.S. Political Advisor to Germany, Berlin, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 796. Copy, OMGUS, Incoming Message, Z-3355, File 800- Hungary 1946, Box 66,

Classified General Correspondence, 1945-1949, Office of the U.S. Political Advisor to Germany, Berlin, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 818. Copy, OMGUS, Incoming Message, Z-3618, File 800- Hungary 1946, Box 66,


RG84, Document ID 820. Copy, OMGUS Incoming Message, Z-3637, File 800-Hungary 1946, Box 66,


RG84, Document ID 831. Enclosure to Message, American Legation Budapest to Secretary of State, No.

1000, Subject: Status and Disposition of Hungarian Property in United States Occupied Zones, February 2, 1946, Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 832. Message, American Legation Budapest to Secretary of State, No. 1000, Subject:

Status and Disposition of Hungarian Property in United States Occupied Zones, February 2, 1946, Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945- 1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 834. Telegram Received, Budapest to American Embassy, London No. 45, February

12, 1946, Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 836. Enclosure No. 2 to American Legation Budapest Despatch No. 1219 to

Secretary of State, March 5, 1946, Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 840. Statement Obtained by Strategic Services Unit from Gellert on March 11, 1946,

Enclosure No. 1 to Dispatch No. 946 from U.S. Political Adviser at Vienna, March 13, [14], 1946, Decimal 710-Hungary 1946 Classified Records, 1945-1955, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 3, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1009. Telegram Received, American Legation Budapest to Secretary of State, No.

147 May [ ], 1946; noted received on May 13, 1946, Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1021. USFA Message Form, RD& D Division, USFA to ACC Hungary, No. P 5201, March 22, 1946, Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1056. Message, No. 1489, May 16, 1946, with enclosure, Decimal 710 1946 General

Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1063. Memorandum, Mr. McIvor to Mr. Erhardt, Subject: Hungarian and

Yugoslavian Property in Austria, June 12, 1946, Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1088. USFA Message Form, USFA to War Department, July 9, 1946, Folder Labeled

June-November 1946, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. A copy of this message in Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1097. Telegram Received, June 16, 1946 from Bonesteel, Decimal 710 1946 General

Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1099. USFA Message Form, Clark to AGWAR for JCS, July 18, 1946, Decimal 710 1946

General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1105. Restitution Program in U.S. Zone, Austria, an enclosure to Despatch, American

Legation, Vienna to Secretary of State, No. 2483, January 30, 1947, Decimal 710-Restitution Program in Austria, 1947 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 83, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1106. Interview with Mr. Georg Grohs, manager of Optical Works, Gmunden, Upper

Austria, July 27, 1946, Decimal 710 1946 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 52, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1167. Airgram, Political Representative, Vienna to Secretary of State A-153, July 20,

1946, Decimal 710-Hungary 1946 Classified Records, 1945-1955, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 3, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1168. Schoenfeld to State Department, No. 1554, August 14, 1946, Jewish Property

File, Budapest Legation, 1946, Box 103, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1205. Telegram Sent, Erhardt to Secretary of State, No. 27, January 9, 1947, Decimal

710-Hungary 1947 General Records, 1945-1952, POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 83, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1208. Copy, Telegram Received, No. 418, June 12, 1947, Classified Records, 1947,

POLAD & USCOA, Austria, Box 12, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1209. Copy, Telegram Received, No. 88, July 3, 1947, Classified Records, 1947,








RG84, Document ID 1348. Telegram Received, February 21, 1947, Budapest Legation 1947, Classified

General Records 1946-1948, Decimal 840.1, Box 4, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1349. Memorandum from the Jewish Organization to the American Minister,

Budapest, March 1, 1947, and copy of the attached communication to the Hungarian Foreign Minister, Budapest Legation 1947, Classified General Records 1946-1948, Decimal 840.1, Box 4, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1350. Incoming Telegram, Marshall to American Legation, Budapest, April 29, 1947,

Budapest Legation 1947, Classified General Records 1946-1948, Decimal 840.1, Box 4, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1351. Copy of Letter, Robert S. Folsom, Second Secretary of Legation to Central

Board of Jews in Hungary, Mary 19, 1947, Budapest Legation 1947, Classified General Records 1946-1948, Decimal 840.1, Box 4, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1355. Telegram Sent, Chapin to the Secretary of State, No. 1718, October 23, 1947,

Copy of the communication, Budapest Legation 1947, Classified General Records 1946-1948, Decimal 840.1, Box 4, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1356. Telegram Received, Marshall to American Legation, Budapest, No. 1145,

November 6, 1947, Copy of the communication, Budapest Legation 1947, Classified General Records 1946-1948, Decimal 840.1, Box 4, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1387. Report, Restitutions by United States Forces in Austria Month of April 1948,

Restitution, 1945-1950, General Records, 1945-1951, U.S. Element, Allied Commission for Austria, Austria, Box 216, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84

RG84, Document ID 1434. Message, American Legation, Budapest to the Secretary of State, A-632,

October 19, 1948, Budapest Legation 1948, Classified General Records 1946-1948, Decimal 814-American Joint Distribution Committee, Box 7, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1435. Letter, Hungarian Restitution Mission, Vienna to the Allied Commission for

Austria, March 25, 1949, Restitution, 1945-1950, General Records, 1945-1951, U.S. Element, Allied Commission for Austria, Austria, Box 216, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1436. Report by the Soviet Member of the R.D. & R. Directorate, Examination of the

Letter No: 6430/1949 dated 25th March, 1949, from the Hungarian Restitution Mission, Executive Committee, Allied Commission for Austria EXCO /P (49) 98, June 30, 1949, Restitution, 1945-1950, General Records, 1945-1951, U.S. Element, Allied Commission for Austria, Austria, Box 216, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1437. Examination of the Letter No: 6430/1949 dated 15th March, 1949, From the

Hungarian Restitution Mission, July 8, 1949, Restitution, 1945- 1950, General Records, 1945-1951, U.S. Element, Allied Commission for Austria, Austria, Box 216, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1448. Copy of the AJDC report attached to message from American Legation,

Budapest to the Departmant of State, No. 990, December 16, 1948, Budapest Legation 1948, Classified General Records 1946-1948, Decimal 814- American Joint Distribution Committee, Box 7, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG84, Document ID 1543. The article was sent as enclosure to Despatch No. 515 from Legation,

Budapest to State Department, June 11, 1948, Budapest Legation 1948, Box 158, File: Hungarian Property, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States Department of State, RG 84.

RG107, Document ID 1050. Complete Report on Detailed Estimate of Costs in Money and Manpower for

the Continuance of Displaced Persons Camps June 1946, Assistant Secretary of War Correspondence of Howard Peterson December 1945- August 1947, Decimals 383.7-386.3 Box 311, Records of the Office of the Secretary of War, RG 107.

RG153, Document ID 346. Copy of Report on North Transylvania and Condition of the Jews, Office of

Strategic Services, January 31, 1945, War Crimes File 15-41, Case Files 1944-1949, War Crimes Branch, Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General, RG 153.

RG208, Document ID 18. Memorandum, G. A. Lanyi, Office of War Information to Miss Dijour, Subject:

Hungary and Communism, February 23, 1944, Folder: E: Balkans (Hungary 2), Box 275, Central

Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 42. Overseas Operations Branch, Office of War Information, Special Guidance for

Hungary’s Break with Germany, October 16, 1944, Folder: Hungary, Policy, Area Policy Files, Director of Overseas Operations, Box 109, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 62. Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services, R& A No. 2027 The

Jews in Hungary, October 19, 1944, p. 12, Folder: E: Balkans (Hungary 0.1 to 0.9.2-C ), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208

RG208, Document ID 80A. Outpost Report, Istanbul, No. 341, Subject: Novisad Massacres –

Responsibility Fixed,” January 8, 1944, Folder: O.W.I. Outpost Reports (Serial) E: Balkans (Hungary 0.1), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208

RG208, Document ID 80B. Report, Hungary: Effects of the German Occupation, Bureau of Overseas

Intelligence, Office of War Information, April 11, 1944, Folder: E: Balkans (Hungary 1.2 to 6.8.8-C), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208

RG208, Document ID 109. Office of War Information Dispatch, Istanbul to OWI, May 22, 1944, Folder:

Hungary, Cables, Area Policy Files, Director of Overseas Operations, Box 109, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 111. Outpost Report, Istanbul, No. 723, Subject: Hungary, Miscellaneous,

November 4, 1944, Folder: O.W.I. Outpost Reports (Serial) E: Balkans (Hungary 0.1), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 118. Office of War Information Dispatch, Istanbul to OWI, June 5, 1944, Folder:


RG208, Document ID 121. Office of War Information Dispatch, Bern to OWI, June 30, 1944, Office of War

Information Dispatch, Folder: Hungary, Cables, Area Policy Files, Director of Overseas Operations, Box 109, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 123. Report, Hungary: Jewish Expropriation in Hungary, As reported and

commented upon by another Government Agency, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Office of War Information, July 11, 1944, Folder: E: Balkans (Hungary 1.1 to 1.2), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 124. Outpost Report, Istanbul, No. 645, Subject: Hungary, Anti- Semitism in, August

12, 1944, Folder: O.W.I. Outpost Reports (Serial) E: Balkans (Hungary 0.1), Box 275, Central Files

1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 127. Office of War Information Dispatch, Istanbul to OWI, July 24, 1944, Folder:


RG208, Document ID 139. Hungarian News Survey: A Summary of News from Radio and Press Sources,

ed. By Andrew Revai and Beal Ivanyi-Grunwald, London, November 18, 1944, p. 25, in Folder: Hungarian News Survey: A Summary of News from Radio and Press Sources, Box 276, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 140. Report, Hungary: New Anti-Jewish Activities (As reported and commented

upon by another Government Agency), Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Office of War Information, November 10, 1944, Folder: E: Balkans (Hungary 1.2 to 6.8.8-C), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 143. Outpost Report, Istanbul, No. 881, Subject: Report from Budapest April 7,

1945, Folder: O.W.I. Outpost Reports (Serial) E: Balkans (Hungary 0.1), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 173. Intelligence Report, USMR-ACC Hungary, July 26, 1945, Folder: Military Intel.

Div. Intel Report Press Digest Hungary, Box 276, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 183. Office of War Information Dispatch, OWI to Control Desk NY Sherwood

Backer London, April 25, 1944, Folder: Hungary, Policy, Area Policy Files, Director of Overseas Operations, Box 109, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 237. PWB Unit No. 9, Hungarian Appreciation No. 31 For the Period 19th January to

25th January, 1945, Folder: A.F.H.Q. P.W.D. Hungarian summary appreciation for the period ending…., Box 275, Central Files 1941- 1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 246. Outpost Report, Istanbul, No. 896, Subject: The Situation as Viewed by

Istanbul Hungarians Based on Reports, April 21, 1945, Folder: O.W.I. Outpost Reports (Serial) E: Balkans (Hungary 0.1), Box 275, Central Files 1941- 1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 248A. Memorandum, Harry J. Krould, Assistant Policy Coordinator, Office of War

Information to Wallace Carroll, Deputy Director, Area One, OB, et al, Subject: Church and Press in Hungary (As reported by another government agency), May 30, 1945, Folder: Hungary, Miscellaneous, Area Policy Files, Director of Overseas Operations, Box 109, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 248B. Taking of railroad rails is also documented in PWB Unit No. 9, Hungarian Appreciation No. 32 For the Period 26th January to 1st February, 1945, Folder: A.F.H.Q. P.W.D. Hungarian summary appreciation for the period ending…., Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 250. Memorandum, Harry J. Krould, Policy Liaison, OB to Wallace Carroll, Deputy

Director, Area I, OB et al, Subject: German Behavior in Hungary (As reported by Another Government Agency), February 15, 1945, Folder: E: Balkans (Hungary 7), Box 276, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 288. Memorandum, Harry J. Krould, Assistant Policy Coordinator, Interim

International Information Service (OWI) to Ferdinand Kuhn, Director, IIS et al, Subject: Anti-Semitism in Hungary (Source: interviews of Government officials, editors, party leaders), December 3, 1945, Folder: Hungary, Miscellaneous, Area Policy Files, Director of Overseas Operations, Box 109, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 306. Outpost Report, Istanbul, No. 895, Subject: Comment on Situation, April 21,

1945, Folder: O.W.I. Outpost Reports (Serial) E: Balkans (Hungary 0.1), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 307. Outpost Report, Istanbul, No. 897, Subject: Notes from Liberated Budapest,

April 21, 1945, Folder: O.W.I. Outpost Reports (Serial) E: Balkans (Hungary 0.1), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 309. Memorandum, Harry J. Krould, Assistant Policy Coordinator, Office of War

Information to Leonard Doob, Policy Coordinator, Subject: Hungary: Soviet activities in Hungary (as reported by another Government Agency), April 19, 1945, Folder: Hungary, Miscellaneous, Area Policy Files, Director of Overseas Operations, Box 109,Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 374. Report entitled Hungary, based on a source who was resident in Budapest

during the period September 20-October 21, 1944, by Head of PWB Unit No. 9, November 27, 1944, Folder: Hungary, Miscellaneous, Area Policy Files, Director of Overseas Operations, Box 109, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.


ed. By Andrew Revai and Beal Ivanyi-Grunwald, London, June 5, 1944, p. 1, in Folder: Hungarian News Survey: A Summary of News from Radio and Press Sources, Box 276, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208

RG208, Document ID 423. Similar information is provided in Research and Analysis Branch, Office of

Strategic Services, R& A No. 2027 The Jews in Hungary, October 19, 1944, p. 13, Folder: E:

Balkans (Hungary 0.1 to 0.9.2-C ), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208

RG208, Document ID 424. Memorandum, G. A. Lanyi to Achilles Sakell, Subject: “A Jo Pasztor” August

11, August 14, 1944, Folder: E: Balkans (Hungary 1.2 to 6.8.8- C), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 425. Outpost Report, Istanbul, No. 642, Subject: Hungary, Political Situation,

August 5, 1944, Folder: O.W.I. Outpost Reports (Serial) E: Balkans (Hungary 0.1), Box 275, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 737. State Department Decimal documents in FRUS 1945, vol. 4, p. 873 n.76.

Accounts of the newsprint shortage is discussed in Intelligence Reports of the USMR-ACC Hungary July 20 and July 26, 1945, in Folder: Military Intel. Div. Intel Report Press Digest Hungary, Box 276, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.


ed. By Andrew Revai and Beal Ivanyi-Grunwald, London, May 26, 1945, p. 21, in Folder: Hungarian News Survey: A Summary of News from Radio and Press Sources, Box 276, Central Files 1941-1945, Bureau of Overseas Intelligence, Overseas Branch, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG208, Document ID 1337. Memorandum, Harry J. Krould, Assistant Policy Coordinator, Interim

International Information Service (OWI) to Victor Hunt, Policy Coordinator et al, Subject: Church and Press in Hungary (As reported by another government agency), November 27, 1945, Folder: Hungary, Miscellaneous, Area Policy Files, Director of Overseas Operations, Box 109, Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208.

RG226, Document ID 478. Strategic Services Unit, untitled, undated (ca. September 1946) report on the

Hungarian intelligence service and political police; Sources and Methods Files, Entry 211, Box 42, Records of the Office of Strategic Services, RG 226.

NOTE for RG260 It will be seen that many of the entries below end with “IN: “Folder….” These documents were all in Box 20. Because all of the documents in Box 20 relate to the Gold Train (Werfen

Train), it has been filmed in its entirety. Box 20 is divided into 5 folders named as follows: "S4.8007 vol.3 Werfen train July 1945—June 1948" "S4.8007 Sa September 1945—June 1948" "S4.8007 Sa/2 Hungarian Werfen Train July 1945—July 1947" "S4.8002/21 Hungarian Werfen Train March 1947—May 1948" "C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train [1945-1948]" The full citation for Box 20 is: "Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20,

Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.) Entry (A1) 2003/390/53/53/7"

RG260, Document ID 5. Copy of letter from the Hungarian Restitution Mission in Vienna to the Hungarian Legation in Vienna, July 1, 1948, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg,

Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8002[21] Hungarian Werfen Train Mar47-May48"

RG260, Document ID 8. Memorandum, Maj. C. R. Agnew, Jr, Property Control Officer, NQ Military

government Detachment E1B 6824 Hq and Hq Co Civil Affairs, Austria to Office of the Chief Military Government Officer, Zone Command Austria, Attn: Col. Hyde, Subject: Status of Household Furnishings, China and Silverware in the Property Control Warehouse, March 23, 1946, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8007 Hungarian Werfen Train Jul45-Jul47"

RG260, Document ID 10. Copy of letter from the Hungarian Restitution Mission in Vienna to the

Hungarian Legation in Vienna, July 1, 1948, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8002[21] Hungarian Werfen Train Mar47-May48"

RG260, Document ID 13. Copy, Outgoing Airgram, Marshall, Department of State to American Legation,

Budapest, July 27, 1948, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"



RG260, Document ID 278. History, Introduction to Third Phase of Operations in Property Control History,

n.d., File PC 17, General Correspondence Files 1945- 1950, Property Control Branch, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 531. Memorandum, Capt. John F. Black [Back] to Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2,

USAFA, Subject: Report on the “Werfen Train,” September 17, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8002[21] Hungarian Werfen Train Mar47- May48" Also IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948" Also IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 551. Undated, unsigned document entitled “List of the dresses belonging to Count

Markovitz,” Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260; Undated, unsigned document entitled “The luggage of Markovits,” ibid. IN: "Folder S4.8007 Hungarian Werfen Train Jul45-Jul47"

RG260, Document ID 552. This register with letter from Fides Union Fiduciaire to Allied Military

Government, Salzburg, February 8, 1946, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 561. Sworn Protocol, Avar Laszlo and Steffan Mingovits, July 28, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8002[21] Hungarian Werfen Train Mar47- May48" Also IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 562. Sworn Protocol, Avar Laszlo and Steffan Mingovits, July 28, 1945, Records of

Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8002[21] Hungarian Werfen Train Mar47- May48" Also IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 574. Memorandum, June 27, 1946, Folder Labeled June- November 1946, Records

of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.



RG260, Document ID 583. Memorandum, 1st Lt. J. A. Mercer, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2,

HQ 3rd Infantry Division to Commanding General, 3rd Infantry Division, Subject: Hungarian Train Bearing Civilians, May 16, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8002[21] Hungarian Werfen Train Mar47- May48" Also IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 589. Memorandum, Lt. Col. Homer E. Heller, Property Control Officer, Land

Salzburg and Capt. John F. Black [Back], Executive Officer, Target Force to Executive Officer, Target Force, USFA, Subject: Special Orders in effect during the loading of Hungarian train on the Military Government Warehouse floor, July 23, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948" Also IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 591. Copy of unsigned and undated document captioned “Jewelry,” Records of

Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945- 1948"



RG260, Document ID 598. Military Government-Austria, Property Register, August 29, 1945, Records of

Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8002[21] Hungarian Werfen Train Mar47- May48"



RG260, Document ID 600. Property Register, Military Government-Austria, August 29, 1945, Records of


RG260, Document ID 633. This register with letter from Fides Union Fiduciaire to Allied Military

Government, Salzburg, February 8, 1946, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 637. Memorandum, Maj. F. D. Gallagher, Property Control Officer, Finance

Division, Military Government, Austria to Commanding General, XV Corps for G-5, Subject: Property Control, May 21, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8002[21] Hungarian Werfen Train Mar47-May48"

RG260, Document ID 646. Memorandum, Col. Harry L. Bennett, Commanding, HQ, Military Government,

Land Salzburg to Commanding Officer, XV Corps Artillery, Subject: Plan for the Unloading and Storing of the Contents of the “Hungarian Train,” in the Military Government Warehouse, Salzburg, July 8, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 647. Memorandum, Capt. Geo J. Brehm, Adjutant, Property Control Office,

Military Government, Salzburg to Commanding General 101st Airborne Division thru G-5, Subject: Request Additional Warehouse Space to Military Government, no date, but before July 9, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 649. Memorandum, Col. Harry I. Bennett, Commanding, Land Salzburg, Military

Government to Commanding General, II, Subject: Movement Hungary Property from Werfen, July 17, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8007 Hungarian Werfen Train Jul45-Jul47" IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 652. Memorandum, Lt. Col. Homer E. Heller, Property Control Officer, Land

Salzburg and Capt. John F. Black, Executive Officer, Target Force to Executive Officer, Target Force, USFA, Subject: Special Orders in effect during the loading of Hungarian train on the

Military Government Warehouse floor, July 23, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 654. Memorandum, Lt. Col. Homer K. Heller, Property Control Officer, Land

Salzburg, HQ Military Government, Land Salzburg to Commanding Officer E2K3, Subject: Property Control Section Report 19 July thru 23 July 1945, July 23, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 656. History of G-2 USFA From Beginning to June 1947, USFA “Historical File,” Box

5, Folder USFA-G-2-History-Intelligence Section 1 November 1944-30 June 1947, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 660. Informal Routing Slip, July 3, 1946, Folder Labeled June- November 1946,

Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.



RG260, Document ID 665. Sworn Protocol, Avar Laszlo and Steffan Mingovits, July 28, 1945, Records of


RG260, Document ID 666. History, Introduction to First Phase of Property Control History, n.d., File PC

17, General Correspondence Files 1945-1950, Property Control Branch, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260

RG260, Document ID 666. Military Government Instruction Number 17, September 8, 1945, USFA, File

PC 17, General Correspondence Files 1945-1950, Property Control Branch, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 667. History, Introduction to Second Phase of Operations in Property Control

History, n.d., File PC 17, General Correspondence Files 1945- 1950, Property Control Branch, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 671. Memorandum, Property Control Section, HQ Military Government Land

Salzburg Austria Detachment 7753 to Commanding Officer, 7753, Military Government Detachment, Attn: Maj. Cullus M. Mayes, Investigating Officer regarding responsibilities for household furnishings loaned on memorandum receipt from Property Control Warehouse, Subject: Orders and Directives received and Actions taken by Property Control Section, Military

Government, Land Salzburg, July 17, 1947, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 672. Memorandum, Property Control Section, HQ Military Government Land

Salzburg Austria Detachment 7753 to Commanding Officer, 7753, Military Government Detachment, Attn: Maj. Cullus M. Mayes, Investigating Officer regarding responsibilities for household furnishings loaned on memorandum receipt from Property Control Warehouse, Subject: Orders and Directives received and Actions taken by Property Control Section, Military Government, Land Salzburg, July 17, 1947, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 680. Memorandum, Capt. John F. Black [Back] to Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2,

USAFA, Subject: Report on the “Werfen Train,” September 17, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8002[21] Hungarian Werfen Train Mar47- May48" Also IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 706. Memorandum, Capt. W. J. Harrington, Assistant Adjutant General, HQs, USFA

to Maj. Gen. William S. Key, Subject: Hungarian Property in U.S. Zone, October 25, 1945, Folder: Hungarian Property in Austria, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 708. This was based on WAR 67398, September 24, 1945 and WARX 75141 of

October 14, 1945, referenced in Memorandum, Col. Theodore S. Paul, Chief, RD&R Division, to R. M. Ferguson [Acting Economic Adviser], Subject: Hungarian Property in U.S. Zone, October 19, 1945, Folder: Hungarian Property in Austria, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 709. Memorandum, Col. H. L. Ostler, Adjutant General, HQ, USFA to Maj. Gen.

William S. Key, Chief, Allied Control Commission for Hungary, Subject: Hungarian Property in U.S. Zone, November 20, 1945, Folder: Hungarian Property in Austria, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 849. Memorandum, Lt. Col. Homer K. Heller, Property Control Officer, Land

Salzburg, HQ Military Government to Chief, Property Control Branch, Reparation, Deliveries and Restitution Division, USACA, Subject: Status of the Hungarian Train, referred to as the “Werfen Train,” October 21, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder S4.8002[21] Hungarian Werfen Train Mar47- May48" Also IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 850. Memorandum, Capt. Geo J. Brehm, Adjutant, Property Control Office, Military

Government, Salzburg to Commanding General 101st Airborne Division thru G-5, Subject:

Request Additional Warehouse Space to Military Government, no date, but before July 9, 1945, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 855. Memorandum, Albert Segat, Head, Property Control Branch to Commanding

Officer, S-5 Section of 7832 Land Salzburg Area Command, Attn: Property Control Officer, Subject: Disposition of Property in U.S. Military Warehouse in Salzburg, May 4, 1948, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. IN: "Folder 54.807 Sa Sep45-Jun48" Also IN: "Folder C-9-9 Hungarian Gold Train 1945-1948"

RG260, Document ID 964. Copy of Radiogram No. 6773, February 1947, Folder C-9-2 Looted Gold and

Foreign Currency found in Austria, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 965. Joint Army-IRO (ARM) Inventory and Appraisal Forms, June 15, 1947, Records

Relating to Werfen Train, Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1945-1950, Box 8, Property Control Branch, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 972. USFA Message Form, P 4309, September 24, 1946, Folder Labeled June-

November 1946, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1019. Incoming Message, WARK 99226, March 5, 1946, Folder: Hungarian Property

in Austria, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1064. Incoming Message, W 89481, May 29, 1946, Folder Labeled June-November

1946, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1065. USFA Message Form, P 9355, June 4, 1946, Folder Labeled June-November

1946, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1082. Copy, Incoming Telegram, No. 588, June 24, 1946, Folder Labeled June-


RG260, Document ID 1084. Incoming Message, WARX 93185, July 2, 1946, Folder Labeled June-


RG260, Document ID 1085. Informal Routing Slip, July 3, 1946, Folder Labeled June- November 1946,

Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1196. Incoming Message, WAR, from WDSCA, ES to USFA and USFET, No. WARX

80453, September 17, 1946, Folder Labeled June-November 1946, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1213. Copy, Telegram Received, October 13, 1947, Folder labeled C—9-1 Gold

Found in Austria, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1282. Memorandum, James A. Garrison, Chief, RD&R Division, USFA, USACA

Section, to Commanding Officer, Military Government Detachment 7753, US Army, Attn: Property Control Officer, Subject: Inventory of Movable Property Comprising “Werfen Train,” May 16, 1947, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1284. Copy, Incoming Message WX 94393, March 20, 1947, Folder C-9-2 Looted

Gold and Foreign Currency found in Austria, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1286. Copy, Copy Incoming Message from CSCAD ECON to USFA No. W-86578,

September 17, 1947, Folder C-9-2 Looted Gold and Foreign Currency found in Austria, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 21, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1293. Joint Army-IRO (ARM) Inventory and Appraisal Forms, July 18, 1947, Records

Relating to Werfen Train, Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1945-1950, Box 8, Property Control Branch, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1347. Signed Receipt, Sewing Machine No. 02494803, Property Control Section,

HQ 7753 Military Government Detachment, January 27, 1948, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260;

RG260, Document ID 1392. Memorandum, James A. Garrison, Chief, RD&R Division, HQ USACA to

Commanding Officer, Military Government Detachment 7753, Attn: Property Control Officer, Subject: Paintings (allegedly Hungarian) Stored in M.G. Warehouse, Salzburg, November 5, 1947, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Document ID 1396. Receipt, November 7, 1947, signed by Evelyn Tucker, Records of Property

Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria, (USACA) Section, RG 260.

RG260, Extra 1. Memo from Col. Ernest T. Owen to Chief, RD&R Div., re "Visit of Mr. Masch about

Hungarian Train," June 27, 1946, 1 p. RG260

RG319, Document ID 17. Enemy Branch, Foreign Office and Ministry of Economic Warfare, Hungary: Basic Handbook Part I Historical, Political and Social, p. 31, (London March 1944), in Reports and Messages, 1918-1951, Box 145, Assistant Chief of Staff (G-2), Intelligence Administrative Division, Document Library Branch, Records of the Army Staff, RG 319.

RG319, Document ID 70. Copy of Message, John F. Montgomery to the Secretary of State, Subject: The

Jewish Problem in Hungary, No. 572, February 6, 1937, in File 3500 Hungary, Box 1604, “Regional File” 1922-1944, Military Intelligence Division, Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, RG 319.

RG319, Document ID 107. Memorandum, Col. Harvey H. Smith, Chief, Central Branch to Chief, Near East

Branch, Subject: Information on War Refugees, May 5, 1944, File 3500 Hungary, Box 1604, “Regional File” 1922-1944, Military Intelligence Division, Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, RG 319.

RG319, Document ID 212. Hungarian News Summary, January 25, 1943, File 3500 Hungary, Box 1604,

“Regional File” 1922--1944, Military Intelligence Division, Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, RG 319.

RG319, Document ID 287. OWI Intelligence Digest, No. 112, May 3, 1944, in File 3500 Hungary, Box

1604, “Regional File” 1922-1944, Military Intelligence Division, Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, RG 319.

RG319, Document ID 367. OWI Intelligence Digest, May 3, 1944, in File 3500 Hungary, Box 1604,

“Regional File” 1922-1944, Military Intelligence Division, Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, RG 319.

RG319, Document ID 817. Copy of Message from American Legation, Budapest to the Secretary of State,

No. 1335, April 4, 1946, in Reports and Messages, 1918-1951, Box 849, Assistant Chief of Staff (G-2), Intelligence Administrative Division, Document Library Branch, Records of the Army Staff, RG 319.

RG319, Document ID 1120. Copy of letter from Director General of Posts to U.S. Minister, September 12,

1946, that was an enclosure to American Legation Budapest Despatch No. 2036, September 27, 1946, in Reports and Messages, 1918-1951, Box 850, Assistant Chief of Staff (G-2), Intelligence Administrative Division, Document Library Branch, Records of the Army Staff, RG 319.

RG353, Document ID 712. File 204/1, State-War-Navy coordinating Committee, Documents, 1944-1949,

Series 204, Entry 503, Box 29, Records of Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Committees (State Department), RG 353.

RG353, Document ID 1018. SWNCC 204/15, June 21, 1946, State-War-Navy coordinating Committee,

Documents, 1944-1949, Series 204, Entry 503, Box 29, Records of Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Committees (State Department), RG 353

RG353, Document ID 1087. Cable, WARX 93530, 204 Series, State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee,

Documents, 1944-1949, Series 204, Entry 503, Box 29, Records of Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Committees (State Department), RG 353.

RG353, Document ID 1095. Incoming Cable P9609 204/14 State-War-Navy coordinating Committee,


RG353, Document ID 1096. Cable WARX 91471, SWNCC 204/14, State-War-Navy coordinating

Committee, Documents, 1944-1949, Series 204, Entry 503, Box 29, Records of Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Committees (State Department), RG 353.

RG353, Document ID 1137. Cable WARX 98298, March 25, 1948, SWNCC 204/30, State-War-Navy

coordinating Committee, Documents, 1944-1949, Series 204, Entry 503, Box 29, Records of Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Committees (State Department), RG 353.

RG353, Document ID 1225. Cable Z4463, SWNCC 204/19, State-War-Navy coordinating Committee,


RG353, Document ID 1198. Memorandum, SWNCC 336, State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee,


RG353, Document ID 1199. SWNCC 336 Appendix C, October 28, 1946, State-War- Navy coordinating


RG353, Document ID 1200. Various transmittal and approval documents, State-War- Navy coordinating


RG353, Document ID 1203. Incoming Message, WARX 85692, Joint Chiefs of Staff, State, War, Navy

Departments to Commanding General, USFET and Commanding General, USFA, November 17, 1946, Records of Property Claims Released, Salzburg, Property Control Branch, Box 20, Records of U.S. Forces Austria, U.S. Allied Command Austria (USACA) Section, RG 260. Another copy is found in State-War-Navy coordinating Committee, Documents, 1944-1949, Series 336, Entry 503, Box 51, Records of Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Committees (State Department), RG 353.

RG353, Document ID 713. SANACC Coordinating Subcommittee for Europe, Report by the Working

Party, Restitution from Austria, SCE/7, January 20, 1948, p. 48, SWNCC Subcommittee for Europe, Documents 1946-148, Box 136, Records of Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Committees (State Department), RG 353.

RG407, Document ID 21. Intelligence Division, GSUSA, Department of the Army, Strategic Intelligence

Digest Hungary (Revised) Chapter 3 Political, October 1948, p. 32, Files: Hungary, Box 1515, Foreign (Occupied) Area Reports 1945-1953, Operations Branch, Administrative Services Division, Records of the Adjutant General, RG 407.