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This reference is a Bureau letter dated 12/E/ol,
to Col. William J. Donovan, Coordinator of Information,
Wash., D.C. enclosing a copy of a report made by a missionary
who had just returned from Japan, concerning conditions in
that country. This report was furnished to the Bureau by an
outside confidential source.
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This reference is a letter dated 12/5/41 from
Eilliam J. Donovan, Coordinator of Information, Wash., D.C.,
thanking.Er. Hoover for his letter of 12/4/41 concerning
the firm qf "Herm, Dreier, Quito, Ecuador.
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On l2/8/41, Colonel William Donovan of Washington
called the Los Angeles Field Qfice in an qfort to reach
Col. G. Edward Burton and was advised that Burton had de-
parted for San Francisco. Donovan asked if there had been
rumors about the bombing in San Francisco and he was advised
there were such rumors but that definite information had been
received that no bombings took place.
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5* closing a note.fron the State Department which-was attached
to a memo prepared for.r. Iinthrop Crane of the.State De- .
partment by Hrs. Buiiliiiiiiil iiie oi the Pasiport Division,with reference to _.ie nae ' -
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0n 12/11/41 6'01. William! Donovan called and
talked to Hr. Thmm regarding instructions he had received
from the President to see what could be done about inter-
grating information concerning Axis tension and the creation
of a committee for this purpose. Col. Donovan stated that
as soon as he prepared a memorandum on this he would send
it to the Bureau
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at whio time Gen. Hiles stated that Gel. Black had told him
Miles! that Col. William! Donovan was unable to control
short wave radio matters. Gen. Miles said that the Army's
monitoring system found that the axis powers were making
great to~do over the short wave broadcast of the panics on
the East and West Coasts.
Gen. Miles was advised that this had been left for
Gen. Miles to handle.
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stated that Col. William J. Donovan had advis
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This reference contains the following notation:
"It is preposterous for this statement to be made. I have
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on 12/ea/41, the President signed a confidential
directive setting up a Special Intelligence Service. The
FBI was directed to set up a Special Intelligence Service
in the Iestern Hemisphere to conduct investigations through-
out Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America
for dealing with finan ial economic, political and sub-versive activities. ]{S j
92rv**"on 12/29/41 col. Iilliam Donovan called and seemed
considerably Qput out" that the President had signed the
above directive. Donovan felt the Agents of the FBI could
not gather material necessary for his purposes, but that his
agent should work together with the FBI.
'It was recommended that Donovan's organisation
assume responsibility for all intelligence in Mexico, Carib-
be responsible for the continental U8 and its territories bean, Uentral America and South merica, and that the FBI¬g¬>:
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Iwis reference is a letter from Iilliam J. Donovan,
Coordinator qf Ihformat I . dated 12/30/Z1 in
which he stated that ad suggested that
are not identi ied a the ni n - f ! Spa s In
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which they 88! could seize. This letter asked what the
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to Wash., D.C. with Gen. Donovan in the USS. Gregory said
Lee was upset when Gen. William J. Donovan proposed to have
some NKVD representatives come to the UNQ.
Duncan Lee told Gregory that he was in an advisory -
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cg material directed to Gen. Donovane attention.
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that Herbert Yardley was reported to have been selecte byCol. William! Donovan to head an American black chamber,
and that his backing was reported to have come from the
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article concerning the weakness of the State Bepertnent.
This article stated that besides the State Department the
President had created agencies like those of Col. Donovan
and Yr. Nelson Rockefeller, which encroached on its nor al
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with Gen Lee and Admiral Ifilkinson regardirag a con_feTenc'."
which was to have been held with the Attorney General in his
1; - the Attorney General's! office that warning concerning the
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dated l/3/22 regarding a conference attended on above date
place not given! by Assistant Secretary of State, Berle;
Col. Donovan; Gen Lee; Admiral Wilkinson; Col. Bissell and
"' the Director. During this conference the conclusion was
reached that Col. Donovan intended to initiate operations
in the Western Hemisphere. These operations would consist
of sending a representative to Central or South America for
the purpose of gathering information concerning general
caditions as well as special matters. Donovan said these
assignments would he cleared through the State Dept= or the
Justice Dept. It was felt that it would be better for Col.
Donovan to take over the work of the FBI in the SIS field
since he was going to embark into certain phases in thatfie l d .
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In the early part of 1942 Paul Sbheffer, a German
newspaper correspondent was being detained at the Greenbrier
Hotel, White Sulpher Springs, W. va. While Sche fer was beingZkrayed at the hotel following an accident, he gchqfer!
requested S.A. J.E. Lawler to remove any documents in his
Shqfer's! room. Lawler complied with this request and among
the documents found was an incomplete manuscripts addressed to
?Dear Bill". This manuscript dealt with the possibilities of
a solution to the menace of Hitlerism, and was intended for
Col. William J. Donovan.
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f dated 1/I3/e2, concerning Sheffer, Donovan stated that
he had talked with Forworth, and understood that there
was o letter in Sheffer's effects which was addressed
to him onovan! and that it had been left in Schqfer's
room. Donovan felt that an efort should be made to
locate the letter as Donovan_felt the letter would
indicate Schqfer's intentions.
The following Directors notations appeared
beneath the above letter from Donovan:
"Did Forworth advise use qf Donovons contact,
and "Get it to Donovan at once. H
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serials designated below.
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Executive Directive matter had been straightened out
it was satisfactory to go ahead with the conferenceoand that
Donovan to attend the above conference which was to be held in
the Director's office, date to be decided later. uh,Berle thought it might be well politically to have Mr. William!
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advised that Yale University had just received a letter from
Col, Killian J5! Donovan's qfice, written in a very mandatory
tone, practically ordering Yale University to go through its
files of all its students and to submit a bckground of history
and activities during school and since, Q3 all Jopanese and
German Nationals. The authorities at Yale were annoyed
at this request because they had opprorirately 45,080 files.
They figured it would cost them t?0,000 and take then about
two years io go through these files.
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State Dept. dated 2/l0/Z2 for Eassimo Fraccia, an Italian
National, which listed William J1 Donovan, Qf Donovan, New-
ton, Leisure and Lumbard, 2 Wall St., NYC, as a sponsor.
Since Donovan was identified as coordinator of Information
the Bureau files were not searched.
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On 2/10/42 a Bureau Agent conferred with Paul
Schefer, a German newspaper correspondent who was being
detained at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Mr.
Scheffer stated that if possible he would like to make
overtures to William Donovan to return the certain manu-
script in order that he might complete it;& Fr. Schefer
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I/ajor Carroll T. Harris, Assistant to the 0,_1",ficer in Charge,
..l'D_. San Francisco requested that th Tos Anocles 'Of'f'ice be .
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conferred with Assistant Secretary of State Berle, the British
Anbassador and other ojyicials of the British Embassy on the .
previous night relative to the operation of British Intelli-
gence Service in the U.S. under the direction of Iillian S.
Stephenson. The British Ambassador stated Stephenson worked
closely with the FBI and also with Col. ifilliau! Donovan of
the Office of Coordinator of Information. It was stated that
Stephenson had collaborated and worked with Col. Donovan on
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.S. Coordinator of nfornation, Iash., D.C. Enclosed with
this letter was four newspaper clippings labeled "
l emorandum"., One of these clippings pertained to one Ather-
ton Richards work in Hawaii, the second clipping referred to
the appointment of Hrs. H.S. Crowley in Iashington, the third
clipping dealt with the 4-ia'uerti8ers "Fell, Fell, fell" story
on Crowley and the fourth clipping concerned a fjctitious
story which was to appear in the "Saturday Evening Post" re-
garding Hawaii.
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Japanese situation in an Islands.
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nected with Col. William .Do_nouans sabotage schools.
' Bureau Pena, 5/R0/4? with! N1 letter dated 5/28/42
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September 1941 until June 1942.
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Re: Irish Republican Army;
Internal Security - Irish
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, erclueive of foreign information
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Sts._, 2v.rr., Wash. 12.0.
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with Hr. Berle about the designation of William J} Bonovan as
Director of 085. It was pointed out to Mr. Berle the possi-
bility that Donovan would attempt to take over the legitimate
functions of the FBI particularly those relating to SIS
operations. .Mr. Berle stated Donovan's position and assign-
ment would not affect the FBI. Hr. Berle continued that
Donovan would operate under the Joint Intelligenee Qommttee,
of which he, Berle, was the rankinc Tneangevn yr. Berle
stated that he was going to request that the FBI have a
representative on this committee.
Memo for the Director,s/1.5/42 e
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This reference is a letter dated 6/17/42 to Col.
William J. Donovan, Coordinator of Information, hhsh., D.U. '
' regarding motion picture film used in training agents which
Col. Donovan wanted to borrow. Col. Donovan was asked to
advise to which film he referred or more definitely state
.;m the purpose of the film. ~es" ' -
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entitled "How Anaconda Got Rid of Prying Inspector" which
stated that the Anaconda Fire and Cable Company of Marion,
Ind., preferred to plead nolo oontendere and throw itself
on the mercy of the court for supplying $5,000,000 in '
frauduientiy tested wire and cabie to the armed forces.
This article stated that one of the first steps taken by
Anaconda after the fraud was uncovered was to attempt to
stop prosecution. Col. William J. Donovan's firm in FTC
was one of the law firms retained in this case.
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On 8/1/48 Duncan Lee contacted one "Shag" probably Quinn Shaughnessy!. The latter stated that
he" possibly William Donovan! believed in the counter-»
attack theory and also that Duncan Lee should do a lot Q?
positive work about what a great man Lee was and that he
shouli not be defensive. S n stated that he - grin with an. Wm
u Shaughncssy said he would not mind goinn down
and talking with Striplingn but that he did not want to co so "
without talking to Bill. Lee suaiested that th n leavethings until 121111 got tnere..~me
In connection with the individual referred ti
as Bill, a forner Bureau Agent connected with the HUUA
advised that he had heard confidentially that_forner Gen.
?illian Donovan was enroute to Washington in connection
with the Lee matter.
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clarified .
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On s/4/-11.2 the NY office requestei r-are to interuier.'r
Mr. Tilliam ii Donovan, Director qf the Hat Catholic b1CL.;.elJ~@-re League, .I"ash., D.C. regar-~;£ing who 11518
an the SS Gripsholn and who clained to e .lergyman returning
fro" China where he was employed by the American Catholic Fissions.
Fr. William F. Fontavon, Director of the Legal
Staff of the National Catholic Telfare Conference, advise
that eoi. William J. "Wile Bill" Bonouan participated actively
with Father Burke in the organization of the National Cctholir
?anfarc Council or conference, and that Col Donouan's,frieni-
ship with Father Burke continued while >3. Janouan was
Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division
after World Far I. Fontavon stated that Father Burke :iaht
have been assigned to duty in the Fhr East shortly after the
* not identified.
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The NY Compass _for August 5 and 7, 195? carried
0 story relative to the murder qf George Polk, a correspondent
for the Paris "Herald Tribune who was hilled in Greece in
. 1968. This story alleged that the Overseas ?riiers Club THUS
investigating leads indicating the Rightisis were responsible
_for ihe.murder and that the Greek Gov'i. influenced the American
Embassy in Athens in having the chief investigator recalled.
The overseas Fritcrs Club was chaired by Talier Lirpaan
Gen. Filliam Donovan.and
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vealed the name of Col. William J. Donovan as a sponsor qf
the Fight for Freedom Committee.
Bureau Memo, 10/B/42 en-
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Re: The Fight for Freedom
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stated that it was understood that certain material eon-
cerning subversive activities in South America had been
furnished to Donovan by a representative of "Click" maga-
zine. This letter also stated that it would be appreciated
if Donovan would furnish to the FBI any data which dealt
with subversive activities of an intelligence nature.
62-64g2r-39?
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On 10/P8/42 Paul Scheffer, a German newspaper
correspondent, was given a hearing before the Alien Enemy
Hearing Board in the District of Columbia, which was attended
by a Bureau Agent.
During the above hearing Mr. Burling of the Alien
Enemy Control Unit of the Dept. of Justicenstated that when
Scheffer fell in his hotel room on 2/I/42*he requested one
of the Immigration guards go to his room and find some papers
which he feared might fall into the hands of the Germans.
One of these letters was a letter to Col. William Donovan.
Hr. Burling stated that according to one Mr. Dulles, Col.
William Donovan of OSS, desired to employ Schejfer as a con-
sultant if he was released.
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Filliam J. Donovan, Director of 055$ enclosing a copy of
the OSS secret weekly publication entitled, "The Iar This
Week" for the week of November 5-12; 1942. Donovan stated
a copy of this publication would be sent each meek if the
Director was interested in having it.
.A letter dated 11718/Z2 acknowledging above pub-
lication was directed to Donovan which stated this Bureau
would appreciate receiving the publication each week.
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for
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nter intelli ence work in orei n countries." Oit die - 9 I Q miaid that some months ago Col. Iilliam Donova5K5 spoken to him about the same thing and he his Raised some
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entitled Renee J. H. Stein. On page 6, paragraphs 3,4 and 6
it was pointed out that the correct spelling of tEs¬oord£-
nator of Information was William J. Donovan, not uillia 4.
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General Aling Film Corporation and Uncle of Renee J.H. Stein,
was a close personal friend of filliam J. Donauan. Stein's
roommate allegedly held a confidential position under Iilliam
J. Dongvan in the Qffice of the Coordinator of Imformation
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regarding a school for commandos which Crl. William Dono-
van hoped to operate near Frederick, Varulan. This school
was to commence 4/20/42.
Memo to the Director _
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international reputation who was apprehended 12/l6/Z1 as an ,
enemy alien, was paroled by the Attorney General. Brigadier
General William J. Donovan appeared on his behalf and en-
dorsed him sbhefjer! as anti-Nazi.f.Q'n|n-an nn-F: ninnnl '|..--.-.-- ..-- ,1--.-, _
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in the strictest of confidence that Gen. Eisenhower had de-
manded thot 001. Donovan's men be withdrawn from Africa, and
that Gen MacArthur had made the same demand with reference
to Col. Donovan: men in Australia. Donovan contacted Sec-
retarg of Iar Stimson with reference to having men landed in
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This reference is a Bureau letief dated 4/5//7 to
Brigadier General Killian J. Donovan, Director of OSS, ash,
D.C., enclosing o letter postmarked 3/26/43 which was addressed
to uonovan in care of the FBI by the French Military Mission,
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Navy because of poor eyes, he contacted Col. Donovan -ith' ility of his son working for 088'. Through
associates he obtain a visa for r s
1'UylC"CV4". Dona n *7 * *va tol that the Japanese and
Germans in Dublin were o owe constantly by the Irish
Secret Service.n f O.§'.922vi v"'H",
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Bureau regarding a memo from Brigadier General William J. >
Donovan to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Randolph E.
Paul with regard to a deposit of American currency in the
anount of $32,200 in a blocked account off_1rro2aua7Rodriguez y cia in the Chase National Bank gr NYC, Gen,
Stnono had stated that Gen. Bonovan had made applicatirn
to have these funds unblocked.
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the Treasury Dept. stated that Oscar Sbhnake, Chilean 41- -__
bassador to Mexico, might be a political informant to Gen. 1
Donovan and for that reason Gen. Donovan became interested
in an effort to unfreeze the above mentioned blocked accounts
Bureau Memo, 8/4/Z3
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NT Bank 12/30/42 by Carlos -K
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possibility that was an agent for Col. Fillian _
Donovan.
rt The files of the Legal Attache d Trujillo
indicated that in the Doninican Republi claimed that
he was a writer and a Representa telligence
Agency. It was reported that he presented the
1merican.Hinister in the Dominican w a letter from yr.
Bob Pell, U8 Dept. of in which letter the statement
was made that Pall an had worked together on one of
Qol. Iilliam Donouan's_ n_e igence 0 ommittees. Db further
information was given indicating that ight have beenL emp10yed_by Col. Donoroan. -I ii
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On e/e/43 sac Jerome Doyle at NYC, had an informal
chat with Fr. Martin Quigley, owner and publisher qfthe
uigley Publishing Company and an intimate friend qt Briaadier
General William J. Donovan. Doyle stated that he was covinc
that while Gen. Donovan had an excellent personality and rculj
individually handle any project given him, that neverthcjess,
Donovan was totally umfit temperamentally is adrinister any
such agency as OSS. Mr. Doyle told LT. uigley that he baa he
a rumor in FY? that Donovan would be made a lhjcr General anf
placed in charge of HID. Er. Cuigley said he had heard rothing along
this line. Quigley said he believed that he was intimate eunuch
with Donovan that if such were a possible future qf Donovan he
would have been told by Donovan.-'1'T"'E
uuigley felt that the presence of rang
Department career men in USS had deterred rather. ' ,.. 92 . . .it LS3! in its operations.former State
than assisted
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he destred to become acquainted wzth the SAC in Los Angeles
an vzew of the posztzon he occuozed as head qf 038 in Los
Angeles under William JDonovan
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On about March 14, 1946 Malcolm Lovell conferred
with.Hr. J.K. Mumford of this Bureau, at which time Lovell
referred to an entry in his diary for_8/13/43 which stated
that on Madison Ave. in NY that evening he was approached
by a Swede who said he had a message from his friend Hans
Thompson, the former German Ambassador to Sweden. This
message stated that German aficials were negotiating with
the Russians in an agreement whereby the Germans would with-
draw from Russia and hold against the Western Allies. Lovell
was asked to convey this message either to Gen. William '
Donovan or Harry Hopkins.
Lovell said that Donovan commissioned him to
undertake to ofer date not given} Hans I%0mp80n, then
German Ambassador in Washington, $1,000,000 if the latter
would renounce the Nazi Gou't and come out publicly in
favor of Western Allies. Thompson refused.
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Keohne and H. V. Broens . _, 8 Barr Bldg., I;'ash., D.C.
with instructions that this material w delivered to
Senator Burton K. Wheeler. On 10/5/43 iceived 0
letter from .S'enator'Hr'heeler indicating ee_ ad not re-
bove material. Suspecting that something was amissmad8 a partial copy of the above material which he
p armed to transmit to Col. William Donovan of USS.
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Mr. L.R. Pennington had lunch
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aid he haa secured a tr-an.sjeweeks
- ma,c. that Flea. Donovan on ose_trans er as he Donovan wanted to k¬¬p r'OT'! f J .
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Greefr Intelligence. He stated that possibl o the re- 1;ports submitted by OSS oriflinatecl with 01S'.S'.#f.ated ii
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IIS ET EU LC. IUCLS_I9'il1 iam J.'! Donovan. FTC,
stated that Col. 'as losinrr face bb
rapidly w'th the President and that felt that the
P ident wo Id be ue +'* to a suaresuion that 1%. res u ,3
Hoover take over OSS. he most anxious to see the
FBI take over the ope ion OS inasmuch as he felt that
the operation of USS had been a miserable failure. ' t -
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instructions or advice from hdqrs. of USS.
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Donovan during the invasion of Sicily, at which time Gen.
Donovan persuaded Downs to return to the United States and '
resume his functions with OSS.
trying to bu M similiar to the FBI, and
was very_jealous of the achievements and complimentary
' publicity that the Bureau received.tated that Donovan was -92>l_| B
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1942 Gen. Iilliam J. Donovan became interested in sending
an OSS detachment into China, and such arrangements were
made through :76 ifavy. Gen. Donovan was one of the sipners
of the "Sine-American Technical Cooperative Agreement ',
known as "SACO" ratified 4/as/£3, by the terms of which
the US was to supply equipment, material and training to
Chinese. The US Navy and OSS participated in "SAJO".
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ifhis reference also sets out data concerning the
following communications written by Iilliam J. Donovan which
were furnished by 1&5 in 1953:
A memo dated 11/20/43 concerning the Hungarian
situation.
A letter dated 1/B 44 concerning the Balkans.
A letter dated 11 26/43 concerning British liaison
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_On 12/8/4.5' 1"ID,Service Command, Dallas, eras, con acoer are ba.1as Office
and advised that representatives of OSS, under the direction
of Col. William "Wild Bill" Donovan, were moving iato the
Dallas area in considerable numbers and requested the SAG
in Dallas to find out the reason for this invasion. .
The abo e matter as discussed with 2who checked with and advised that t e
were a arentl . in esti ation in h .
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pp y v g s t e Dallas area
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1 This article stated that an Anti-Uominjorm would more understrictly American control and direction with men like Haj. Gen. William J. Donovan of 05$! and his associate Allen
Felon Dulles, who kept his finger on the pulse qf the
abortive anti-Hitler rebellion in 1944.
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gf port concerned a proposal by Gen. fillian Donovan to have-11; RIPE representatives come to BS in erchange_for an 088
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CIA was contacted in March 1953 and requested to .
determine whether the files of OSS revealed that the Han-.
hcttan Engineering District in 1944 furnished any information
to O-5-S or to William J. Donovan concerning a secret project
being carried on at Oak Ridge, Tenn. i?I4§ugav£,a_n_egatiueI reply. £4! are-nu.» "1'-1/ea, spy W_ _ JOnl '?/31746 es Bent!eyWtesti_fieHWbe}ore92 HGUA re; '3
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the files of OSS reflected that the Manhattan Engineering
District in 1944 furnished any data to 058 cr ta Fiiliam
J. Donovan bearing on Miss Elizabeth Bentley's allegations
that Lee in 1944 stated that something very secret wan goingon at Oak Ridge, fhnn. q_ " L
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on 5/23/S0 Bureau Agents xnteruzewed Gen. Williar J
Donovan, forwer head of 0°S regaratna Jotn Stewart Service.
Donovan saad he met aeruzce tn China on several oceasiors
durznq 194?-IP44 on offzczai bustress and based an first hand
knowledge he censxaeret Servzce love?
Donovan stated, however, that °atr1ch Hurley told
hzr urznn the war that Servzce was attewptzna
Furley's efforts 1n Chzna and Farley stated at
that he had documents to show what Servzce was
ncznnatt memoto sabotage
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he cclurr "Federal Datru by rrv l t rrerre to n
dream GppPOPT1GtLOn of OSS and to the fact that for the
ftrs tzme In the course qf hearlnqs before the Sub-cormittee
of the Corrwttee on Approprzatzons qf the House Qf Repreeentatzves
some of the testzmony of Gen. Donovan was prznted. An eraminctzon
qf the prznted matter revealed that on J/31 Q4 General Wm. J.
M _ _:_ _ _ at _ _ee_:""'F Donovan testzfzed on behalf of OSS but most qf his remarks were
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of 0&9 be increased from thirtyqfive million_for 1944-to
fifty-seven million for I945. 0f the fifty-seven million
dollars provided, thirtyqfive million dollars could be er-
pended for objects of a confidential nature and accounted
for solely on a certificate of the Director of OPS. ;
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gave the name of Gen. William Donovan, former head 0 -U.
among a list of persons who might supply information ¢@n_
cerning'Downs.
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Iilliaa J. Donovan in which Donald C. Downs stated he felt
he was no longer oi! use to USS. This letter carried ce
enclosures ? letters pertaining to Downee' employment by
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Lee to China. Bentley said that Lee was one of Gen. Donovan:
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of Lee's past connections with Donovan's Jaw firm before Lee
joined 085. Donovan felt that Lee could straighten out cer-
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organization Hamilton was then assigned. Hamilton approachedt
Donovan to determine the possibility of being sent to Spain
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dent a memorandum and a suggested plan for above requested
intelligence service.
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ting out a synthesis of what the above plan provides, and a
summary of its objectionable features as well as errors of
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service. Enclosed with Hr. Lubin's memo was a memo which Gen.,e-
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views relative to the various plans of Postwar Intelligence.
Tne State Department took the position that until such time
as all plans from the various interested agencies were in
they would prefer to make no statement concerning their views._
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meeting with Maurice Halperin was late in 1944 at which time
he was employed by OSS. Early in 1945, she recalled that
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portion of this document sets out information regarding
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that ad worked in close relationship with the
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IFFO Memo, e/2'0/51
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This reference contains a memo dated 2/?/45, out-
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proposed by General William J. Donovan and the Army SIS
plane for U.S. secret world wide intelligence coverage.
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from an anonymous source in NYC postmarked 2/9/45. This
clipping is an article from an unidentified newspaper date-
lined Washington, February 9 INS! and entitled, Vew Deal
Ducks on U.S. Gestapo. This article stated that the highest
administration officials were silent about a front page story
in the Washington "Times Herald" asserting Brig. Gen. William
J. Donovan, director of 055$ had proposed to President Roose-velt the creation of a "super spy system for the postwar New
Deal.
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proposal to establish a central intelligence service chargea
with co-ordination of postwar intelligence work. This memo~
random was given the Fresident by Brig. en. William J. .
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KY "Daily Mirror" for 2/I0/45 and the Washington ?D0ily Hews"
for 3/I0/25 concerning a new postwar intelligence service which
was under consideration. According to these articles lhj.
General William J2 Donovan, Director of USS, had outlined
an organization to coordinate the intelligence activities of
the armed forces and various civilian agencies.
Bureau Let. to all SAC's,
2/16/45 enclosing above
newspaper clippings.
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Portugal, for 2/10/45 carried an article concerning the
Donovan Plan which appeared in the Chicago Tribunel, the
Washington Times Herald and the NY "Daily News" dates
not given!. This plan was a proposal, sent to President
Roosevelt by Brigadier General William J. Donovan, to es-
tablish a powerful information service in order to learn
what was happening in the world after the war.
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an article entitled "Army, Navy Want Control of Spy Setu
This article stated that a battle for control of the super-
intelligence agency had developed between the high command
- of Army and Nagy and Brigadier General Eilliam J. Donovan
OSS Director, who advanced a scheme for unification of in-
telligence activities abroad aa superseding existing in-
telligence agencies at home.
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little merit in the plan of Donovan's and he added that
Donovan appeared to him to be a most ambitious and power-
seeking individual. He added that if he ever had to choose
between the FBI and the USS, there would be no question that
he would place his trust in the FBI.
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This reference contains a short, detaile, do¢rvent"i
analysis of plans submitted for world-wide intelligence cover»
age by Gen. William J. Donovan of the Joint Intelligence Com-
mittee, as well as a detailed summary of the Eureau's plan
for the world aide secret coverage.
Bureau memo, 2/15/Z5
with above plans enclosed
Re: Fbrld-lide Secret
Intelligence Goveragr
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"On October l8, 1924, two months before Mr.
title was changed from Acting Director to Sirector, kc
mitted a memorandum to his superior, Assisiant Attorney
ral Williaa J. Donovan, reading: It is, of course, to
remembereJ that the activities of Communists and other
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-~_ an American magazine specializing in Oriental matters. Gen.
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is rotary of State Stettinius. In their secret conference, two
possible courses mere mentionea. Une was to turn the oonp
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General, recommended that the case be referred directly to
a Federal prosecutor, his recommendation was rejected.
i Bureau Memo, 2/I/31 with
above book enclosed
Re: Max Lowenihal
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This reference carried as an enclosure copies of
certain documentary material
representative of this Bureau
on 3/s1/so. Included in thiswhich was furnished to a
by Senator Joseph 2. HcCarih
material was an unidentified I
page dated l94? entitled Cormunist in Government" which
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betray their country bu supn
information to a foreign power. Mn application of this 5
to AF¬PiCOn conditions was made by Faj. Gen. Filliam J. $0
forner Chiqf of USS. As late
defended the employrent in OSSas arch 1945, General Donov
qf such well known Commvnis
- Irving Gqf. Irving Fajans, llton Wolf, and Vincent loss
A nuvber of pro-Communists in
into strategic intelligence posts
_Granting the General's thesis that
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seen how considerations of wartime
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"The HKVD, ihéUSSPs secret service, operates everywhere ana in
a highly distinctive manner....HIVD decers characteristically
on sheer mass.It has thousands of operators scattered througho
the world in countries friendly and not sa friendly. It draws
injwrnation from d vast number qf_sourcrs-trained secret agents,
agents provooateurs, fellow travelers, Communists, as well as
the customary diplomatic channels." .
~ Above document enclosed with
Jena to the Ad dated 4/3/so
Re: Owen Latiimore; Esp.F
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found numerous classified Gov't. documents. These documents
were turned over to Archibald Van Beuren, security officer
for 0SS,whc i e the documents to Gen. William Donovan,head of USS. aid he understood Donovan and Van
Beuren turned over e documents to Secretary of State Stettinius
and that Donovan told Stettinius that it was their problem
since all of the USS documents found bore State Dept. stamps
indicating they were copies of documents which OSS cl1Ts~?ribi/ted
to the State Dept.
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fP":.e ;'ias.?zin,§/ton "Star" for 3/l5/-T? carrier? an article
entitled "Donovan uestionea In Probe of 'Reris' Reporter in
oss Jobs." This article stated that Lbj. Gen. ewljzem J.
Donovan, C.':ie_f' of USS, was called before a House I-'ilita-11 -
_ Affairs Subcommittee, on above date, to answer questions about
the alleged presence of Communist sympathieers in the 0875.
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Washington "News" for 5/6/50 entitled "Donovan Urged SpeedAfter Raid . This article stated that on 2/12/he Gen. Tillia"
J. Donovan gave Secretary of State Stettinius 14 secret @ovt.
documents which had been found earlier that morning in a raid
by OSS agents on the qfices of Tamerasia magazine in Elf.
Qen. Donovan proposed that the whole thing be
turned over to the district attorney so he could start grand
jury proceedings the following morning. That way, Donovan
explained, Philip J. Jaffe and everyone else connected with
"Amerasia" could be aubpenaed and questioned with no Ohcnzc
" to compare notes.
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article entitled, ?D0nouan to Face Communist Hunt Among
His Aides" which stated that a House Committee would question
ihj. Gen. Tilliam J. Donovan about reports that some Cor-
munist sympathieers were working in the USS.
This reference is an unidentified report dated
1_/'21/err, !.l'C, which pertained to a column by George AFT. S'oFrols"
in the NY "¬Iaminer for l/25/47 concerning Carl Aldo Harcan: alias
Tony Whales. This column stated that in lQéE the Dies Co ait ee
discovered that lhrzani was employed by the Qfice of Coorainat
qf Iaformaticn, headed by Gen. Killian J. Donovan. The n, event-
ually became the USS, the most secret of military organi"ations
in America.
Sokols?y stated, Jhat I want
Donovan employed Communists in USS, why
who protected then, who falsified their
the 1941 facts are obscured."
Sokolsky further stated that it was essential twat
qf his own relations clear-ana
should be protective with a
qf congress.General Donovan make the facts
his prominence as a Republican
Republican iominated committee
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an article entitled, "Stimson Bars Disclosure of Arry Bed
Data" which stated that during a Congressional inquiry into
Communism in the army, Secretary of hr Stimson forbade
disclosure of loyalty records of commissioned qficers he-
fore they entered the army. This article stated that fj.
Gen. Filliam J. Wild Bill" Donovan, Director qf OSS, was
questioned by the above Congressional Committee concerning
Communistic afiliations in OSS. Donovan stated that "he
never took a man into USS about when he had any ioubt .
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an article entitled, "House Unit Probe Reveals Roi Rink of
¬3 Qficial." This article stated that Connunist affiliations
qf a hey qficial on Poiish'Qfairs in the highly confi-
dential O35 was disclosed as Polish-American groups, denouncinw
the Yaltacpreement, called on the Senate to secure free
elections in Poland.i Maj. Gen. Killian J. Donovan, hea sf
USS, was a caller at the hite House on 3/Q6/35 but President -
' Roosevelt said the visit had no relation to Donovan's plans.
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entitled, "Washington Notes" by Virginia Gardner and Art
Shields. This column stated that during the House Military
Affairs Committee hearings date not given! on Communists
in the army, the nervous old Ohio Republican, Rep. Charles
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that this article was the first literary att rpm _ i--te
Brigadier General William Donovan's plan_?or a centralire
intelligence agency.
Above letter of 3/1?/45
enclosing article by Dr.
Langer
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On 3/24/45 Lt. Commander R. Davis Holliwell, OFF
representative in Hawaii, requested permission to review a
report of S.A. Frederick G. Tillman which was a summary of
activities in Hawaii on 12/7/41 and prior thereto. Holliwell
said that when Brigadier General William J. Donovan was in
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given to understand it would be available to 088 representatives
_ upon request. It was believed Gen. Donovan was referring to thezeport ofSM John Sterling Adams dated 11/15/d2 at Honolulu nt e
Summary qf Intelligence Activities of Honolulu Pi 1d 0 e _ficeLeading gp lb, During and Following the Japanese Air Attack qf
12/7/Z1.
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This reference is an unidentified report dat d e
3/25/41 setting out data which was received from a source close
to the German Emb " assy, entitled European Situation." This .
report mentioned the cooperation between the US and Britain
and stated that the US was contemplating es blishing patrolbases at Newfoundland, Iceland and Irelan1325 U]
It was the opinion of the German individual the
source! that Eamon De Fallera qf the Irish Free State would not
acquiesce in such a plan as proposed by the DB inasmuch as this
would make the Irish Free State vulnerable to bombing by the
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the highest representative qf the Catholic clergy qf reland
present at the discussion with Donovan. Donovan was told, very
bluntly, about the subjugation of Ireland from a religious point
of view, by England.
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This reference contains a memo dated 4/Q3/Z5_for the
Attorney General enclosing an analysis of the world - wide
intelligence plan proposed by Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan, Di-
rector of USS. lhe memo for the Attorney General referred to
the principles of the proposed lan as submitted by Gen. Donovanto the Attorney General on 4/6/55. plhe memo to the Attorney
General pointed out weaknesses in and objections to the plan as
proposed by Gen. Donovan.
Bureau Memo, 4/13/45 enclosing
above memo and an analysis
Re: World - Wide Intelligence
Plan Proposed by Maj. Gen.
William J. Donovan
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national Organization held in San Francisco during April and;
lay 1945, the San Francisco office furnished the State De- g
partment numerous memoranda regarding various organizations g
and individuals. v{¬
One of the above nemoranda dated 5/1/45 pertained Z 2&9
to General Yilliam Donovan. According to this memo General
Donovan was residing at the hone of Hr. and Hrs. Iillian P.
t 918 J information was
and a phone call
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Bureau memo 6/26/45 with
above nemoranda enclosed
Re: Golden, Intelligence
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State Department
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* to this Bureau a pamphlet entitled, "The Study of Foreign
Political Developments in the United States - A ew Field l
n of Political Intelligence." The first steps toward the
organization of the Foreign Nationalities Branch were takenin November 1941 following an intimation by officers of the l
Department of State to Gen. Iillian J. Donovan that a
J systematic reading of the foreign language press in the U;S.}i would be helpful in the conduct of our foreign relations. '
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time they discussed the William'J;! Donovan plan for world-wide intelligence. lhe President stated he did not like -.Donovan's plan. lhe Attorney General stated that it was '""'believed that the I31 through its Legal Attaches was workinghighly satisfactorily with the Military and Naval IntelligenceAgencies in the ULS. and South America, and following the -nan in-under-that intelligence coverage Mould be arranged, '"but that it should not be the lbnovan plan. The Attorney-General stated that it was not believed that Donovan shouldhandle such a program and the President agreed thoroughly._~President Truman stated that he was not convinced as to ,
Donovan; loyalty to President Roosevelt. ~ . _. : - 4-
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of the Bureau that on 5/P/45 he was invited to dinner at the
Alibi Club in ash., D.C. by Hugh Wilson, former Ambassador
to Belgium, in order to hear General "Wild Bill Donovan of
OSS tell about his organization. Bridges stated that Dono-
van's account was very interesting, very definite, and with
practically no details. Bridges stated that during the evenin
Donovan did not mention the FBI by name at any time but
"skirted" this by mentioning "other existing agencies.
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A memo dated 5/16/45 set oat a list of docaeen*s
which were furnished to Dr. DeWitt C. Poole, Associate
Public Liaison Officer and Foreign Language Advise of the
U.S. State Dept., regarding the "FBI Plan for Post~War In-
telligence doverage. Included in this raterial was a mere
entitled, "World~Wide Intelligence Plan Proposed by Haj.
Gen. William J. Donovan, Director of USS , as well as a memo
bearing no caption, dated 4/7/45, wherein the Donovan plan
was discussed and to which were attached several photostatic
copies of newspaper articles from the Washington "Times
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le Hashington "Daily News";for 5/16/45 carried an
article entitled "Donovan, Alderman Named Jackson Aides",
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' Sidney S. Alderman and Major Geneig] William J. Donovan hadbeen chosen to aid Supreme Court¥£obert H. Jackson in pre-
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by the British Intelligence was uncovered by memhe
looking into operation of the 125 million dollar p
and intelligence unit after victory in Europe. Th
in charge of the Calcutta Qfice qf USS, headed by
William J. Donovan, was Lt. Col. Lynn la Coffey of
Army, who was on loan to OSS. His assistant was a
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stated that Justice Robert J. Jackson, Chief American War
Crimes prosecutor, left London for Tashinpton on 5/30/{F to
attend the closing session of the Supreme Court. Fr. Jackson
aopointed lhj. Gen. William J. Donovan to not in his absence
in the trial qf war criminals.
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A letter to the Director, attention Mr. Ladd,i dated 6/l0/Z5 from Donald L. Daughters in Paris wade reference
to counter-intelligence operations qf 1&2, 088. This letter
stated that Gen. William Donovan of 08.5 was responsible for
insisting upon absolute and exclusive operation for Z-2 in
the apprehension qf one of the managing directors o theI.G. Fbrben Company who was held in custody by XL2l;£>
Representatives in Paris refused to make the
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The '?F'newspaper for 5/ll/45 carried an article
datelined hshington, June ll, entitled, "Super-Secret-Only
7,500,000 Know It" which referred to how_far secrecy was
carried in the Gou't. This article stated that on 5/P/AF
we William J. Donovan! sent a telegrarwito William L.
Langer, head of Research and Analysis Division of OSS, which
was marked confidential in no fewer than three places, but
the message was nothing more than a quotation from Drew
Pearson's radio broadcast for May 6. Pearson's report_
true, indicated that little gremlins in Donovan's entorrage
were playing with matches}
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The "Daily Worker for 7/23/45, pa. 9, carried on
article entitled, "Rcveals.Big Business Donination of USS.
This article stated that almost every keg man in the C55 had
direct connections with large international industrial and
banking interests. Among those listed as having been key
OSS executives were Julius Spencer Morgan and Henry Sturgis
Morgan, sons of the late J.P. Borgan, who were special assist
ants to Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan, head af 085.
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that leaks concerning the breaking of the Japanese soars were
getting so bad that Marshall asked the FBI to inues+lO*6 hvi
the Qirector was afraid of what people would thirk
The Washington "Times Herald for 12/P/45 carried
an article which stated that William J. Donovan's a ents,
the fall of l943, without informing the War Dept raided t e
Japanese Embassy offices in Portugal and as a result the -
military attache code all over the world was chance?
this valuable source of information regardin' he rr0-
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_ an article entitled "O85 Survival Plan Attached as Plot or"$é U.S. Super-Gestapo". This article stated that Maj Gen "Wild
- sill Qonovan, head of OSS, was marshaling his resorrce an
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he planned to make it a super-intelligence agency con ra7T1n
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3f- wished to talk with Cooper. Cooper gave Murphy his telephone
-?f extension at the Department of Commerce. Hhrphy stated he%i! would make an appointment and advise Cooper as to when he was
.1 to see Donovan.
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name of newspaper not given! entitled, Vfuture qf O88 Up to
Congress by Revel S. Moore, United Press Stqf Correspondent,
datelined Washington, s/B1/Z5. This article stated that since
the USS was a wartime agency, it was planning to go out of
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quired a peacetime agency performing comparable functions. mi
General outlined his views to the White House, to govern-
mental agencies concerned and to members of Congress.
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hhile President Truman was visiting his family in
Independence, 1%., in September 1945, he extended an invitation
' to Horton P. Chiles, Bureau Agent, through Chiled father!
for Uhiles to visit him at the White House. Chiles stated
that his visit with Kr. Truman would dfford a good opportunitu
to discuss with him informally the merits of the Bureau's
partici ation in Torlonwhe met withthe ose of discuss -
P P U ro osed b Gen. William J. Donovan
confidentially that the Presidentdvised
with mpress
Donovan's plan. A blind memo setting forth concisely the
Bureau's position in this field was suggested in order that
this information might be available to the President during
Chiles' visit with him.
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This reference contained a Bureau letter to Gen.
Vaughan outlining in summary form the accomplishments of the
SIS program, as well as a 7 page memo dated 9/3/45 which
analyzed the new Gen. William J. Donovan plan, the FBI plan,
_ the,former Gen. Donovan plan, and the Army plan, together
with a memo dated 9/3/45 which was a shorter memo analyzing
Gen. Donovan new plan and the FBI plan with emphasis on the
relationship between policing operations and intelligence
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while stopping over in Uruguay, in route to the UQS. from
Argentina, he talked with U.S. Ambassador William Dawson
regarding the Bureau's SIS work. Ambassador Dawson stated
that in his opinion an independent intelligence organization
such as Gen. Donovan seemed to be espousing would merely
send in a lot of uncoordinated and uncorrelated reports_from
other sources and would contradict the reports of the secret
intelligence agency involved.
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Re; William Dawson -
U.S. Ambassador to
Uruguay
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'This reference is a memo to the Attorney Genera?
dated 9/6/45 which set out information received from two
independent outside sources relating to Gen. William! Dono-
van's plans for a new agency under the name World-wide In-
telligence. According to the above sources Gen. Donovan had '
' selected Brigadier General John Hagruder to head the new
organization.
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between the Army, Navy, State, Treasury or FBI. Right afterPearl Harbor, Gen. Iilliam J. Donovan pointed out the absun£- -dity and danger of this situation to President Roosevelt and _-
concinced hie Qf the necessity cf coordination. .r. Roose-velt created the position of Coordinator of Information for
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OSS organisation. Donovan stated thateadership and achievements had contributed nightly
part played by the USS and ssful conclusion 'qf the mar. Above information
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An ass inter-office memo dated 9/1o/45, Latin
American Division, to Gen. William J2 Donovan, from hburice '
Halperin, via William L. Langer, was concerned with "Latin
American Division Outpost Operations" and set forth the .
need for 4 unit to examine 50,000 pages qf Italian and Ger-
man documents collected by the division's target operatives
which were bein to Washin ton. Above received_fromcT-1 cm, 3011 '2'/16/53. _
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0n about 9/Pl/45 Ambassador Spruille Braden stated
that he had talked with the Lnrector concerning ForldWide
Intelligence when the possibility of William Donovan, OSS
head, obtaining control of the field was discussed. Braden
indicated his willingness to discuss the matter with the-
Director on his Braden's! arrival in Iashington date not
given.! Source not given!
Buenos Aires Radiogram,
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The St. Louis 9Post - Dispatch _for 9/23/45 carried
an article entitled, "To Arm With Facts." This article statef
that Maj. Gen. William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan recommended an
independent permanent agency to take over where the Wartime
OSS left qf but President Truman dig not accept this re"
OmK¬HdCtiCni Donovan proposed Sumner Wells to head a unified,
independent intelligence agency.
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On 4/10/53 the Senate Internal Security Fubcommittse
of the Senate Juiciary Committee commenced a series of hear-
ings on interlocking subversion in Government. The subcommittee
made public a secret memorandum on espionage in the Gout.,
dete ll/25/45 which was prepared by an inteliicence agency of
the Gou't. This memo concerned the case of Nathan Gregory
Silvermcster which was brought to the atteri on no Fi~ Wnrenv
on ll/8/45 by Elizabeth Bentley. The head ofchm>qFtAe frpcr%-
ant groupsof Soviet espionage with when *ent¢ey rainiaine
liaison was Victor Perle of the Ear Production Board. Among
the individuals in this group was Faj. Duncan Lee of Killian
Donovan's law_firm in NYC who also was in the USS.
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Duncan Lee had learned through.Col. William Donovan of a
proposal made by Donovan to have some NXVD representatives
come to the US in exchange for an 0&8 mission to Russia
Piss Bentley said yr. Hoover was supposed to have remare r
that it wouldn't make too much difference if the NKVP did
come over because they had been here since the establi -
ment of Amtorg.
NY Teletype, ll/D8/4
Re: Greaory Silvermaster
was, eta]; Esp-H
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an article which stated that tag. Gen. Killian J. Dona
of NYC, who had been assisting in the American prosecu
of Nazi Mar criminals, was leaving the staf to rejoin
1aw_firm in NY. Donovan denied reports that he was go ny
home to report to President Truman a complaint that can uct
of the trial was unsatisfactory.
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time of this investigation and therefore was not interviewed.
an employee of Central Intelli-
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This reference is a resume of information contai
in Bureau til-~ in "hrch °4° concerning John Foster DalIn 1946 MID, advised the Bureau tha
he was ca y con ac e by George.Hichanowskned
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Uccording to Local Board #31 in Nl'C,w 0 re-
he n Gen. William Donovan was director of OSS
made all injbrmation available to Allen Dulles, one of his
assistants. Dulles in turn made all information available
his brother John Foster Dulles.
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Go., where John Bonald ¥ilson was employed as Economics
Editor from January 1, 1946 to Nay 5, 1950, revealed that
Wilson gave William J} Donovan, oswg 2 Fall St., NYC as a
reference.
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Newspaper clippings from the Fashington "Daily
News" and the Washington 9Post" of January 3, 1946 indicated
that Haj. Gen. John R. Deane, who headed the U;S..Uilitary
Hission to Moscow, had retired from the Army and had written
the book, "The Strange Alliance" which was published by the
Viking Press in NYC.
Among the revelations in this book was the fact that
Haj. Gen. William J. Donovan, head of 088, had made an agree-
ment for liaison with two officials of the Soviet NKTD, Lieu-
tenant General P.M; Fitin and Maj. Gen. A.P. Ossipov, under
which 088-MKVD cooperation was carried out in 1944 and 1945.
Facts concerning the USS-MKVD agreement are set
out in this serial.
Bureau Memo, l/B/4?
Re: "The Strange Alliance"
by Haj. Gen. John R. Deane
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Lee gave 001. William Donovan, OSS, L?'ash., D.£'., as a '
reference on his Far Department questionnaire. The aboverecords also indicated that Duncan 0. Lee was employed by
the law firm of Donovan, Leisure, Newton, and Lumbarri in
NYC from September 1939 to July 1, 1942. _
On 1/4/46 Duncan Lee made reservations for Gen.Donovan and Oswald Doering at the Shoreham Hotel in b'ash.,D.0. for January 5 and 6, 194 2
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carried a column entitled, "Matter of .Fact" by Joseph and
Stewart Alsop. The column stated that the decision to cre atean effective intelligence service represented a victory forable, hard-working Brigadier General John Magruder. Eagruder 'inherited from "Wild Bill" Donovan what was left of USS after Y
its numerous enemies in the Gov't. persuaded Truman to dis
member the 085. l - _»
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enclosing letter lgted1/1?/46 and above ewspnper -~_..-*_
clip was received _
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In connection with the publication of his book,
"The Great Gonepiracy Albert E. Kahn furnished the Little;
Brown Company, date not given, with a list of persons in the
U;S. with whom he claimed to have a personal relationship.
Ibis list revealed the name of Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan,
oss, Wash., 0.0.
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publ shed 2/6/d by the Little, Brown Company at mhiob time
Jajor General Jillian J. Donovan received n1 eutooraph~ l j L-t92@>>
Bos. Rpt., 4/lo/46 o
Re: Albert E. Xan; ~
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in which eilliam Donovans law afice was located. -
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Re: Nathan Gregoru Silver-
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The "Washington Daily Hews"_for F/ll/45
an article entitled, "Nazi Spy Secrets" wtich was
_ spies as revealed by Herr X; chief code telprif
' Nazis until the end of the war.carried
the first -
of a series of nine articles dealing with exploits of Iaei
the er_f0r
H An insert to the above article gave Maj. Gen.
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stated that these dispatches emptoszzed ticles.
he neeY
a cccrdinated, central intelligence serufcezin te U;S.
van also stated that these stories pointei that spying at
nations was not a haphazard cloak and dagger business but
called for the hardest kind of intellectual sweat
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an article entitled, "300,000 Jews Killed By Ge
saw In '43, Donovan Says .
Lbrch 25, stated that Gestapo
400,000 Jews from the rest
lets seaied and in ihe summer
were destroyed according toThis artic1e,date1i
agents in Warsaw
of the city by walls
A -1! lf924l! l92l|f| _OJ lvea auu,vJs 0
ltjor Gen. William J. Donovan.
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A s reference is a letter dated F/1
J. Jioussaii Birector,.Department of Radio talk41v,
Eroedcastzng System, KYO, inviting yr. Hoover t
in the program, "In My Opinion on 5/2?/Z0 when
for discussion would be, "Knee Kind of Overseas
Uni; Should be Have in PeaeetimeP Te other speaker m7? in
be Tajor General Jillian J. Donovan. Above inviaion was
declined by letter dated 5/21/46.
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princinal contacts of Duncan Chaplin Lee. ice was em_r;>lo_z,»:'-'1.1 ' r "- bythe law firm Donovan, Leisure, Newton and Lumhorc In LYU. -,-1 r A- beforc he obtained r: commission 1-H the I.-.~, Arrqu. date not
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O40 Office the ITO set out information regarding numerous in- »- _- ho -were either close friends or contacts Aofn . .o UL One of these individuals was James Russel :£ ~ ' _ ' rgrp y w 0, according to his application for admission to ' '3 '~ - the Supreme Court of the pram-we of Columbia dated 12/9,/so, -~g 2- 92 was employed as law clerk for William J. Donovan, Uash., 17.0.,
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, from July 1929 to December 1930. On this application Mbrphy
_f stated he hoped to practice law continuing his association
.1 with Donovan 's law _firm.@'n 5/12/4?, Murphy advised wro that
g during the war when Donovan was head of 0,555 he Murphy! was
- 7 Donovan's executive officer. ,5
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_ worked under Gen. Donovan in 085' from Hay 1945 to June 1946,
:k.'+ 7' In his application for re-employment in the State ept., e ¢;-fr, - 9* date not given! Joyce gave Gen. Donovan as a reference,E -:1: according to State Dept. fi1es. q!
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On 6/10/4? Nag Gen. IH7liam J} Donovan mag one
of ree speakers a a rally sponsored by the Enmmzttee for
' Just Peace Yzth Italy held at Jhdison Square Garen to cele-brate the new born Italzan Qepuolzc?ran Greoory
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6/2 /47 1 dzcafed that Fnj Ge .
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nce which Ead received_from Gen.
illiam J. Don In this correspondence
Donovan was objecting to script which 20th Century-For was
using to make a picture on OSS. It was finally deciiea to
make the picture purely fictional.
Memo to Fr. Tolson from
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- On '7/16/46 advise:I that he hori b-lb
discussed with Messrs. Hotte and ennric the facts con-
cerning the When P r Division of the new D80artnrn*.
At that tire, stated that confidential in-
formation had an c a reflecting that Gen. Englis ,
Assistant Chief of the Division, attemptc to be appointed
uiuision eaa. Gen. Englisn naa considerable political
support, including that of Gen. Killian Donovan Wild Bill1u
1 , ,although Gen. English remained as Assistant Chief. .
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fhayer and 6'01. Donovan was the baeie for .'l'hayer'e reputed
claim of being able to get information. _ -- -- _
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V This ryerence ieAan incoming airgranto the StateDept. dated '?_/80_ 4-8 which was received from the State Dept,
through Liaison. zie communication refer: to a euggeetion
of Haj. Gen. Iillian J. Donovan that the Panama Canal be
closed to Russian ehipe. This reference etated that only 23
Russian veeeele traneited the canal during the fiscal year
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