OSS - CASUALTIES FROM ALLIED PHOSPHOROUS BOMBING OF BERLIN AND HAMBURG; POTENTIAL FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; ACTIVITIES OF CENSORSHIP OFFICE; CHINA ASSESSMENTS; 1942-1945

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• Publication Date: November 30, 1943
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in the Index but de not reeelve any **pies from this erase*
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fleas in Whish they are interested and request them from your
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use is node ef 'melt eensorship material by thou, ageneles*
MN Chapman of your staff has made a careful survey ef
our present operation and is familiar with the procedure in
*mistime* vhich I have outlined above* I hope that this *sow
planatioa will resolve any doubts Which you may have regarding
this operation. Unless you have views to the contrary we will
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Censorship yesterdays at which the heads of examination sections
of all stations and heads of training were presents Lieut. &lop,
assistant to Kr. Byron Prices Director of Censorship took the
',portant*, to explain to the group tbe subject matter fileiskspt
baelvby oailpor censorahip material and fUrther stated thatssome months
onsOrship themselves had Considered maIntaiatng such a filo
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it would be unneeseeary for them to do it and theAstherefores they
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should mak* use or the 088 subject matter oensorship file. 3Inee
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October 23, 1943.
Brigadier General William J. Donovan,
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I have been somewhat dubious about the wisdom of making
the OSS Censorship Index so freely available to governmental depart-
ments. It is axiomatic that the oftener confidential information is
passed along, the less confidential it becomes. I am sorry to say
that at the present moment we are investigating three cases where
copies of intercepts unquestionably were shown to private citizens by
Goverament officials in absolute disregard of their responsibilities.
I hasten to add that your agency was no way involved in any of these
discretions, but just the same such developments compel me to look
with special skepticism upon any plan for widening access to Censorship
material.
Commander Morgan has had several discussions of your
present operation with Lieutenant loop, Mr. Chapman and others of our
staff. On the basis of the assurances he has given, I am willing to
go along with your arrangement although I do so somewhat hesitantly.
I do suggoot that the greatest care be taken not to include counter-
espionage information in the material thus made available and' that the
most rigid system of control be set up under which any representative
of another department would have to be certified to you by some particu-
lar official of thilt department before he was given permission to
examine the files. In other words, I believe it is to your interest as
well as ay own to see that departmental personnel is not given the run
of this material generally or promiscuously.
May I hoar from you on this subject?
Sincerely yours,
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You will be interested in the
attached reply from Mr. Byron Price
to our letter of November 24 on
the security of censorship material.
This letter of November 27, 1943
does not seem to call for a further
reply.
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to me for our files when you have
finished with it?
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Dear Krt. Priest
In your letter elf 17 August addressed to
aemeral Donavan, you expressed the hope that the censor
materials in the files of this Agency can be diestroyed�
A. you balms the material which they hays
rocolmed from you is arranged in an index., controlled
by "gash cards* and the back files are in motive use
by various Branches of the organisation* Furthermors.
additional material is still being Iteoeived and prewar-
=ill be for acme time to case, whether from your
or from the liar Department or some other agency.
It woulA be a serious loss to destroy this collection
at thie-preseett time, and of course it's impossible to
meke any premises as to the future..
There is however, one aspect of this index
which you may wish to consider. You will remember
that with year permission certain of the agencies of
the Government have had seoess to this index. It oocurs
to me that you may wish to withdraw that permission in
wive of the winding up of your anemia Prom our point
of vies thee. other agencies who use the material can
easily be tikes ear* of, so that it is entirely a question
of what instruetions you wish to give us on this pointe
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Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan,
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thank you sincerely for the personal note of August 20. So
many people helped, including you, that I don't think any one
person is entitled to the credit. Just the same it is nice
having such expressions from old friends.
Lot me take this occasion to do what I certainly
would not have left Washington without doing, that is, express
personal thanks and appreciation to you for your many kind-
nesses. You made the going much eaeier.
With regards and best wishes always,
Sincerely ygqrs,
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I have your letter of August 26th and I an preparing
a report to send to you on the results which have been obtained
through the use of your material*
This is a personal note to you, however, to tell you
how greatly I appreciate the attitude of helpfhlness that you and
your group have always had toward our requests. It has been a
very heartening thing to work with you and your associates. I an
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WASHINGTON � 25
Auc.,ust 17, 190,
With the capitulation of Josmn, the mission or the Office
:been completed and thiu Agency is being demobilized as swiftly
Oaave ceased our c3nooring operations, by authorization of the
of' course moans that we are no longer reporting intercepted
pannot say precisely how long other United Nations cen-
O#ntinue in operation, but we will pass on to you any intercepted
info tom such censorships for the next 30 days, when that information up-
arEr: , �rest to your Agency. At the end of the 30-day period, our whole
allocatidn miehinery will be disbanded. I have asked the War Department to alio-
cats directly to your Agency any intercepted information developed by their cen-
sorship groups in occupied territory abroad, and the War Department is now con-
sidering whether it can also allocate to other agencien information developed by
whatever civilian censorships aro operating a month from now.
I believe that some or the material you have been getting
from as has materially helped in the prosecution of tho war, and for historical
purposes I should appreciate it iC you would send mu a brier report of any out-
standing results which have been obta Lned through the use of.' this material.
We soon will send to the Archives a microfilm of the cen-
sorship submissions which we have prepared. The file or course will have a con-
fidential classification, and I um anxious that all possible additional copies of
submissions be destroyed. Will you please have the filos of your Agency checked
and let me know whether the censorship material in your possession can be de-
stroyed or returned to us for destruction?
You and your staff have boon most cooperative, and I want
to ex,wess the thanks or all those in this Orrice with whom you have dealt.
Byror Price,
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Direetor, Office of Censorship
Washington, D. O.
Dear Ur. Prices
Withreterenoe to your letter of October 8 and
General Densmance ooply of October 14 reiterant the further
activities of Censorship after ono or both of Lur enemies
surrenders, Lt. Comdr. Horgan has reported his conversation
with Lt. Col. Harold R. Shaw, regarding your views on the
I umderstand that there is to be a mooting of the
Censorship Palsy Board on Baturday and that you melted
Co]. Shaw to convey to us the broad outlines of your plans
which you anticipate presenting to the Board, se that we
would fully understand your views and that we should have
an opportunity to give you whatever comment -we might wish
to before the mooting.
The first Phase you are contemplating would be atter
heetilities have *eased in Swoop* but while they are still
eentinuimg in the Par last. In that event you oontemplat�
a relaxatien the press and radio broadeasting controls
within adequate limitations of seeurity. On this point
de De, believe we have soy helpful Gement. Your next Ow
is to redmed the *sop. of Censorship in the area surrounding
the Atlantis (Mean, having due regard for a maintainense of
adequate soeurity oeutrol, but greatly redueing or elteinatm
!=ntirely the providing of the other types of information
Censorship is now giving to the various Agencies It
Government*
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believe that it is important that the full soope of Censorship
be maintained at least until all major hostilities have ceased.
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La Obvious that Censorship mut adegnately porter* ite
!Wootton in the eesurity field. Furthermore, it will be
essential that the Ageneles it Government eentinne te reielve
the ether eategories of information new supplied by Csmsersh110.
I believe that any reduetion in the soaps of Censorehlip vill
have to be made in the light of oireumatanees whish vill exist
at the time and whioh elan not now be elearly tarsus% sod
I hope that no des talons will be nadir at this time whit!' will
preelnde the Agencies from receiving intonation whish they
as find it essential to have under the than existing elroungo
stamps.
With respect to *hat the situation will be after the
oessation of all hostilities, I understand that you have it
in mind, that during the period between the oessation of
hostilities and thit final conclusion of peso., that Censorship
would eease to funetion entirely. It is almost impossible to
oomment on this latter eventuality because the circumstanses
existing during mush a period can not nag be envisaged. There
are many possibilities as to the shape which events nay take,
and again I believe that oarefUl consideration, will have to be
given the natter when events tan be foreseen to some extent.
I do agree, however, that during suoh a period any functions
of Censorship would normally be on the security side and
that it will not be logioal to expect that the other types
of intonation will be supplied.
As this Wise is not represented on the Censorship
Policy Board, / shall be grateful if you will advise me of
any reeommendations Width the Board nay make and of further
developments in yarn' planning.
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Mr. Byron Price
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Dear Mr. Prices
I have read with interest your letter of October Bo 1943.
Censorship is one of the important sources of information
available to the Intelligens,* Agencies of the Government.
After the cessation of hostilities, such Agencies will have
to fall back on their other sources of information, roe:togs.
nising that Censorship is purely a wartime activity which
will presumably terminate at that time. Your letter, however,
suggests that the scope of Censorship should be materially
reduced in the event that hostilities with Germany terminate
before Japan is defeated.
This office believes that it is important that the full
scope of Censorship be maintained at least until all major
hostilities have ceased. The relationship between a defeated
Germany and a Japan still at war will be of vital interest to
the United Nations. Furthermore, it is a well-known faot that
the Japanese have been depending to a large extent on the
existing Gorman intelligence network for a great deal of their
information. It is probable that after an armistice with
Germany has been signed many of their agents will still
continuo to operate in the interests of Japan. I hope, there-
fore, that the Intelligence Agencies will be oonsulted before
any steps are taken to reduce the areas of communications
covered by Censorship.
Your letter raises the question of what changes there
will be in our requirements from Oensorship in the event that
hostilities with Germany terminate before the defeat of Japan,
on the assumption that the scope of Censorship will be reduced
under those cirounstanees.
It is impossible to answer this question categorically.
During such an interim the chain of Censorship stations will
presumably be readjusted so as to intercept only dommunicam,
none to or from Japan or Japanese-occupied terrttiry. It
does not, however, rollow that we shall only be interested
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Subject Matter Guide of our interests in censorship material.
As far as can be foreseen, we shall continue to be interested
Ln material falling within these categories even if the area
of communications covered by Censorship is greatly reduced.
I shall be interested to hear further from you as these
questions develop.
Yours sincerely,
William J. Donovan
Director
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October 8, 1943.
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am informed that numerous agencies of the Government are making
,not only for the later stages of the war, but for the period
:renaming and that in some instances execution of those plans
nt in some degree upon information provided by Censorship.
priate, therefore, that a clear understanding be established
regarding the limitations and future possibilities of Censor-
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tomatically with the end of the war. Technically, it would be
� to continue censoring these communications until the peace had been
J. Actually, however, the entire operation seems likely to lose much
ectivieness, and perhaps beabandoned, soon after hostilities have
by an armistice with the last remaining enemy. I think it is
whether Congress would continue to provide funds for censorship on
present goal* after the danger to American life had ended. Furthermore,
there would be reason to expect that a revulsion of popular sentiment would
make effective censorship extremely difficult. I mention thii now so that no
misunderstanding will arise on the subject hereafter.
Of nearer concern, however, is the status of Censorship during the
period after the collapse of Germany and before the defeat of japan. During
that interim our efforts will be ooncentrated on the blockading of communica-
tions to and from Japan and Japanese occupied territory, and it will be
necessary to curtail the present supply of world-wide material supplied by
this office. Whether the event ill near or far, it is not too soon to make
preparations.
I ask, therefore, that your staff make a study of the classes of
information Censorship now is furnishing you and that you advise me at your
earliest oonvenienoe what categories of subject matter you can dispense with
upon the termination of hostilities with Germany.
Si cerely ours,
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Dear General Donovan:
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I am informed that numerous agencies of the Government are making
their plans not only for the later stages of the war, but for the period
immediately following and that in some instances execution of those plans
would be dependent in some degree upon information provided by Censorship.
It seems appropriate, therefore, that a clear understanding be established
at this time regarding the limitations and future possibilities of Censor-
ship operations.
The statute authorizing censorship of international communications
expires automatically with the end of the war. Technically, it would be
possible to continue censoring these communications until the peace had been
ratified. Actually, however, the entire operation seems likely to lose much
of its effectiveness, and perhaps be abandoned, on after hostilities have
been ended by an armistice with the last remaining enemy. I think it is
doubtful whether Congress would continue to provide funds for censorship on
the present scale after the danger to American life had ended. Furthermore,
there would be reason to expect that a revulsion of popular sentiment would
make effective censorship extremely difficult. I mention thia now so that no
misunderstanding will arise on the subject hereafter.
Of nearer concern, however, is the status of Censorship during the
period after the collapse of Germany and before the defeat of japan. During
that interim our efforts will be concentrated on the blockading of communica-
tions to and from Japan and Japanese occupied territory, and it will be
necessary to curtail the present supply of world-side material supplied by
this office. Whether the event is near or far, it is not too soon to make
preparations.
I ask, therefore, that your staff make a study of the classes of
information Censorship now is furnishing you and that you advise me at your
earliest convenience whet categories of subject matter you can dispense with
upon the termination of hostilities with Germany.
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March 28, 1944.
Brigadier General Willies Z. Donovan,
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Washington, D. C.
Dear General Donovan:
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ship executives, to which yciu were kind enough to assign
several of your officers, has been successfully concluded.
I wish to thaik you for your aid and cooperation and hope
that the results will prove mutually beneficial.
The participation of Major Boger Pfaff in
the Conference was most helpful, and the presence of
Mr. Horace Peters and Commander Vanderbilt added greatly
to the progress of the meetings.
A digest of the proceedings of the
Conference is in preparation and will be forwarded for
your information within the near future.
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DIRECTOR OF CENSORSHIP
WASHINGTON -25
August 311 1943.
Brigadier General William J. Donovan,
Director,
Office of Strategic Services,
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It was a particular pleasure for me to welcome the represmata-
tivee of your office who attended the Miami Conferenoe from the 16th
through the 24th of August. Their contributions to the program and par-
ticipation in the discussions were constructivu and most helpful to us.
Your representatives no doubt have advised you of the general
progress and scope of the sessions. In addition, we plan to send you in
the near future copies of a short digest of each subject discussed for
such distribution within your organisation as you may wish to make. No
stenographic transcription of the proceedings was made, and the distribu-
tion of the digests will be limited under a careful security control.
The thief accomplishment of the Conference, to sy mind, was in
the opportunity for loaders and technicians in the field of counter..
espionage to compare their problems and to consider plans for milled
progress toward a common goal. We appreoiated also an opportunity to
present various means by which Censorship is able and eager to be of aor-
tic* to your organisation.
I hope strongly that the Miami Conference will prove to be a
keystone in building a closer relationship between our organisatiams and
in improving the contribution which the Office of Censorship desires to
make in this field.
Thank you for the very great help which you and your office
have given us.
Sincerely yours,
Byron Price,
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August 26, 1943.
Brigadier General William J. DOOM%
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Dear General Donovan:
I as fel, in accord with the statements in your letter of
August 23 that more Censorship intercepts from Allied nations would be
valuable. I am glad to tell you that we have recently taken steps to
increase the flow of submissions, and I believe the results will soon
beoome evident.
As you know we have augmented our staff in London, with the
result that we are obtaining faster and more thorough allocation of sub-
missions passing through British Censorship there. Negotiations are under
may whereby South African Censorship will send submissions directly to
Washington and we are endeavoring to obtain similar service from Australia.
In answer to our inquiry I received a letter yesterday from our London
office saying that there is hope of receiving more material from India
although it is probable that this information will have to oome by way of
London. Our liaison officer with French Censorship in North Africa will
resell his post this week. United States Military Censorship' in the Middle
lest is proving of tremendous help in furnishing detailed submissions
from that area.
I cite the., instances to show you that we are constantly
seeking to broaden our sources of information. If you have any further
suggestions I shall he delighted to receive them for I know that the Office
of Strategies Services makes good use of the intercepts which we furnish.
I should like to toll you also that your staff is providing us with valu-
able reports end other material which greatly facilitate the work of our
axiom
With all good wishes,
Sincerely yours,
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My deLr Byron:
Our censorship staff, ic endcavors to keep abreast of
the world-wide picture Insofar as Allerican and Allied censor-
ships are concerned, has invited my attention to the steady
development of closer liaison between the Office of Censor8:1p
and various Allied censorships. 1.e have particularly noted
the increase in the now of Intercepts fro': Latin American
countries which :.ave Instituted censorship.
:e are emi :lore Leenly interested in the further flow
of !.aterial fro. Allied censors:3.p stations in Lurope, Africa
and Asia. Althonc,h our London office maintains excellent
relations with Llperial Cumorship at London, the :)urpose of
such liaison in to satisfy local Office of Stratecic L;ervices
needs, and we in ark.ington are dependent upon the Office of
censorship for the bull. of material developed by British
sources. se are now wondering if there night not be advantages
ia increas1.1,: this flow of information fron British sources.
The Office of Strategic nervices in ':.aphington would welcome
additional material from I.Terial Censorship henAquarters in
London as well as from the va>ilous :flied stations in the
iast, south Africa and India.
Should ways and :leans of increasinG t1t!(.8 flow of Infor-
mation be devised, may we .r;et that consitleration be given
'to the question of Jirect allocation from the ficld to the
Office of Consorsip ..achinGton wnorever possible. hxcept
in cases whero indirect routint, vie Loudon is necessary because
of inadequate processing facilities, the advantaL;es of direct
allocation would appear to Le tremendous.
Let no reiterate the a:Ipmciation of nur censorship
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lo. 7000. an very glad to bare this.
I want to thank you also for your
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sending over any 0.3.S. problems.
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THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL DEANE:
Subject: Censorship.
Enclosure:
21 May 1943
Memo from Director of Strategic
to Joint Chiefs of Staff.
COPY
Services
My comments on a memorandum from the Office of Cen-
sorship are as follows:
Reference paragraph 2.
It is General Eisenhower's policy to turn over
to the civil authorities as rapidly as possible the
responsibility for all non-military activities in the
North African Theater. Certainly French sovereignty
will be maintained there. At present some civilian
control is already being exercised by Messrs. Murphy
and McMillan, Operating through the Political and
Economic Council of Allied Force Headquarters, over
which the undersigned presides as General Eisenhower's
representative. I am under the impression that plans
are being drawn up for a Joint U.S.-British censorship
control and, of course, this control must be made
joint so long as forces operating in North Africa are
British-American.
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I can not see how the U.S. Office
could take over the responsibility for
now rests in Allied Force Headquarters
ceding paragraph. American censorship
have a joint responmibility.
of Censorship
censorship which
but see the pre-
would certainly
The questions proposed by the Office of Censorship
should be referred for comment to General LoClure, of Allied
Force Headquarters, and if )lou like, I will take the attached
correspondence to Algiers with me and submit an unofficial
comment from A.F.H.Q. at the earliest possible moment.
/s/ W. B. SMITH,
Major General, U. S. Army,
Chief of Staff, Allied Force.
CONFIDENTIAL
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memorandum received from the Office of Censorship. .
Is you can readily understand, the Office
of Censorship is of great value to all intelligence
services. I hops something can be done in Africa
to sake use of its facilities.
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1. I am very sorry that I neglected to forward to you a
copy of my memorandum of April 15 to Mr. Gordon of the State Depart-
ment, as I had promised to in our recent conversation. However, that
memorandum treated of two things: (a) Censorship of commercial cable-
grams to and from that area; and (b) the request for a decision concern-
ing the control of censorship in Africa if and when the armed forces
advance out of that area. Inasmuch as (a) does not particularly concern
your department at present, and inasmuch as (b) has become urgent in
view of recent developments in Tunisia, I shall not trouble you by
enclosing my memorandum of April 15 at this time.
2. Anticipating the cessation of hostilities in Tunisia, I
sought a decision from the State Department as to what the future job
of the Office of Censorship would be in Africa. At present it is of course
clear that the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces has the responsibil-
ity in that combat area, and in view of that responsibility, I merely made
a few suggestions to General McClure on py recent trip. However, as our
forces advance, it seems quite reasonable to suppose that North Africa
will not be a combat area in its complete sense, but that it will take
on the nature of a base, reverting perhaps to control by civilian agencies.
We assume that French sovereignty will be maintained there, but that some
civilian control, possibly exercised by Mr. Murphy from the State Depart-
ment, will continue to guide the policies of the local administration in
order to keep that area in line with the Allied war effort.
3. The question naturally follows whether the Office of Cen-
sorship will be called upon to take on the responsibility for censorship
which now rests in the American Headquarters. We are naturally very
anxious to get an authoritative answer to this question. If we are to
have no authority in that area, then we need not worry any more about
it, but if we are to participate in apy way in the administration of
that area, we should certainly be making plans at once looking toward
the accomplishment of our mission.
4. I have as yet received no reply from Mr. Gordon of the
State Department to my memorandum of April 15, but he has on various
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State Department for the purpose of formulating an answer. It occurred
might desire to mention it to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
to me a/so that you might be interested in this matter, and that you
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age in new areas taken over by the armed forces. Martinique is an
We are also interested in the matter of censorship cover-
example. It would seem axiomatic that any task force commander assip]ed
the duty of taking over anew area wou/d desire to establish communica-
tions security at once. if lessons are to be learned from the African
Ow it would seem that censorship should be established at once when
American troops take over. I believe I am correct in assuming that the
Present government policy gives the Office of Censorship no specific task
in such an operation, but since the matter of censorship Is something new
to most of our armed forces, it is believed possible that the Office of
Censorship cou/d be of assistance in training personnel for such a task.
We would be only- too glad to do anything we can to assist in this matter.
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have also invited Captain Fenn, co1w4i2der
Creech, Colonel Carlson and Rathaniel Howard.
Sincerel,y,
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Office of Censorships
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My dear Colonel Carlsons
I should like very much if you would lunch
with ne and a few members of my staff at the F Street
Club, 1925 r Street, NA., at 1 o'clock P.M. on Thursdaxl
April 22nd,
I have also invited Mr. Byron Price, Captain
Fenn, Commander Creech and Nathaniel Howard,
Sincerely,
William J. Donovan
Director
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Dear Colonel Donovan:
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March 23, 1943.
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Censorship on your mailing
nationality groups, which,
time to time?
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templated handbook of foreign nationality groups in the
United States, soon to be published by the Foreign
Nationality Groups Branch of the Office of Strategic
Services.
Eight I take thi& opportunity to express my
appreciation of the splendid cooperation sand pleasant
liaison existing between the 'Office of Struegio Services
and the Office of Censorship?
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Joint War Plans Committee
The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington (15), D. C.
Attention: Mr. C. E. Miller
Mr. u. M. Gribbon
Secretariat
Dear Sirs:
This will acknowledge receipt of
rmr letter of 21 July 1943 addressed to General
Donovan. In his absence, your recommendation
has been referred to Dr. Morrison of the u.s.r.1,.
Division, Ilesearch and Analysis Branch, who has
talked with Mr. Mameyeff.
Unfortunately, at presont the U.S.B.L.
Division has no position available for a person
of Mr. Mameyeffts particular qualifications. How-
ever, Dr. Morrison ukAs fuvorably impressed by his
vigor and initiative and his first hand knowledge
of certain parts of Siberih. If an occasion should
ariae whereby we can ta.12-e aewintage of your sug-
gestion, we si..r.11 be most 11ly to cto so.
F.J.PutzelltBirchard
Sincerely yours,
G. Fdward Buxton
Acting Director
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Prig. Gen. William J. Donovan,
Director, Office Strategic Services,
Washington, D. C.
Dear General Donovan:
21 July 1943.
We understand that l!r. Vsevolod S. Eameyeff has
applied for a position with your organization through
Dr. norrison, Acting Chief of the U.2.S.1i. Division.
While employed by the Office of Economic Warfare,
Yr. nameyeff was assic;ned to work for this Committee
for several months.
During this assignment Cr. Mahleyeff did excellent
work in connection with studies and strategic surveys of
the North Pacific, Siberia, and the U.S.S.R. in general,
and we believe that he would prove to be a valuable
addition to an organization that is in need of a man with
his particular qualifications.
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Pries asking that we be provided with copies of censorship
material bowling the special designation "Secret* which
pertains to espionage and countiori,espionage material.
2. On February 17th Mr. Price replied, stating in
substance that he 'was wAbarreased by the physical aspects
WI the oases� A4 pointed out that this material related
principal; to lOplonagew oounterwsapionage and sobot404
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=JUT: Letter rom Mr. Byron Price Relative
to Cens ship Material
Both bi:lor General $ rong and the Director of the
Office of Censorship, By on Price, have protested to the
Joint Chiefs of Staff it quest to the Director of the
Office of Censoreip that SS be given access to "Secret"
intercepts. These cons t p imarily of decoded messages of
enemy intelligence age ts.
Recently OS entered o working arrangements
with British SIS vii. eby OSS was a horized to study and sum-
marize British dee es of enemy Intel igenee messages. To
these arrangement General Strong prote ted. On March 26,
1943, I wrote Geral Strong requesting h to reconsider his
protest. GenerL Strong replied the same da withdrawing
his protest. (C pies of letters attached) In his letter
General Strong stated:
"The e messages, I agree, may be of considerable
bens it to you in counter-espionage work carried
on it thin the scope of your directive."
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Under its directive from the Joint Chiefs of Staff
OSS is an operational division of the vex' effort charged
with waging psychological warfare. It must send its forces
into enemy controlled and occupied territories to supplement
orthodox with unorthodox warfare. To conduct its operations
efficiently 033 must combat the intelligence of the enemy.
It must know who the enemy's agents are and where they are
operating. It must protect its own forces at home and in
the field from enemy penetration. To plan and execute its
subversive activities OSS must have knowledge of enemy sub-
versive activities. The Joint Chiefs of Staff have, accord-
ingly, authorized OSS to carry on the required espionage
and counter-espionage and to establish and maintain contacts
with underground groups.
In respect of its "secret" material, the Censor
operates as an intelligence agency. The Joint Chiefs of
Staff, in its directive to OSS, provides for an exchange of
information between intelligence agencies as follows:
"The Military Intelligence Service, Office of
Naval Intelligence, and Office of Strategic Ser-
vices will provide for the complete and free
interchange of information, evaluated as to
credibility of source, required for the execution
of their respective missions."
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Brigadier General William J. Donovan,
Director, Office of Strategic Services
25th and It Streets, N.W.
Washington, D. C.
My dear General Donovan:
I am in receipt of your letter, dated March 26, 1943,
in which you refer to an alleged protest to the British
Military Misf.ion in respect to the working arrangement be-
tween $IS and OBS of the Abwehr decodes. This report, as
made to you, bears a remarkable resemblance to the report
of Mark Twain', death, which he was compelled vigorously
to deny. 'I have no interemt whatever, from a standpoint
of Security Control, to your receiving and summarizing
Abwehr decodes received and processed in the British XB.
Theme messages, I agree, may be of considerable benefit to
you in counter-espionage work carried out within the scope
of your Directive The arrangements covering your arrange-
ment with SIS, set out in subparagraphs a, b and c of the
last paragraph on page 2 of your letter, and in mubpara-
-graphs do e, f and g at the head of page 3 of your letter,
appear on the face to be eminently sound and satisfactory.
In any. event, they do not concern me as senior member of
Joint Security Control.
It is to be noted, however, that the competent British
authorities in putting the matter up to me as Joint Sepurity
Control did not state, and have not as yet stated, that
your arrangement covered Abwehr decodes in the XB hut in
connection with your counter-espionage work. To the con-
trary, they referred to the arrangement as covering "clandes-
tine" traffic. I told the British authorities here, and
sent word to the COS, that I opposed any agency, military,
naval or civilian, being given access to any clandestine
traffic Which concerned military or naval operations, When
I made that statement I thought and I still think, that
it is sound and as such should be enforced. It appears to
me that this tempest in a teapot is due to a misinterpre-
tation of the term "military operations", by the use of
Which I tried to convey to our cousins across the water
that I meant information dealing with troop movements or
supplies, which has a bearing either upon current or future
operations, either tactical or strategic in character.
Theme, I take it, certainly in the narrower sense are of no
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March 26, 1943
Major General George Strong
War Department
Washington, D. C.
Subject: SIS-OSS Working Arrangement
on C-E Material.
Dear General Strong:
Reference is made to your protest to the British Military
Mission in respect of the working arrangement between SIS and
OSS pertaining to Abwehr decodes.
A unit of SIS, known as XB, with offices located in the
country near London receives daily and processes certain de-
codes of Abwehr messages. This is done (a) to identify and
to locate German intelligence agents and (b) to determine
with whom such agents are working and on what missions.
OSS has asked and received SIS approval to obtain counter-
espionage information from the aforementioned Abwehr decodes
by studying the decodes and the British XB files relating
thereto, and to have the benefit of oral conferences and dis-
cussions with XB employees in reference to such studies.
No other working arrangement can afford OSS with the
facts established by theme decodes. The Abwehr messages,
even when decoded, are vague, indefinite and misleading.
Cover names are used for agents, other persons, places and
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opinion. To interpret a decode often requires the study of
one message in conjunction with other Abvehr messages and
supplementary field reports of XB agents pertaining to the
subject matter of the decode. In addition, there is still
involved the weighing of conflicting and circumstantial
evidence to determine what ultimate fact, if any, is proved
by the message.
Assume SIB informs OSS that X is an Abwehr agent. OSS
asks SIS for the basis of the charge. The reply is %SOS".
This reply is a conclusion. It is based on circumstantial
evidence and inferences derived from the text of vague,
indefinite and misleading decoded Abwehr messages. SIS will
not send to OSS the text of those messages. Clearly, then,
OSS should, if it may, go to SIS and study there the messages
upon which the charge is based. OSS then makes its own
decision as to whether the evidence supports the charge that
X is a German agent.
SIB has prescribed security regulations pertaining to
these working arrangements with OSS. They are as follows:
(a) The limited personnel selected by OSS for this task
must be vetted and approved by SIS.
(b) OBS personnel must work in SIS-XB offices under
the supervision of BIS.
(c) Al]. OBS notes on the decodes shall be kept in
British custody.
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(d) Only summaries of decode, prepared by the OSS
personnel above referred to are to be communicated to OSS.
These summaries are to be approved both am to form and con-
tent by SIS and the method of communication employed in trans-
mitting the summaries is to be approved by SIS.
(e) The summaries are not to reveal the source of the
material.
(f) The field staff of 053-CE are not to be informed
of the existence of ISOS.
(g) The existence of MS is to be made known to as
few staff members of OSS as is absolutely necem-ary in the
efficient conduct of CE activities by OM
In OSS, counter-espionage activities are the exclusive
jurisdiction of a separate unit in OSS. The headquarters of
this unit in the United States are located at New York in
offices adjoining British XB. In England, the headquarters
are located in the XB offices. In the field OSS-CE operates
separately from other OSS units. CE employees are vetted by
both American and 'British intelligence.
Summaries of ISOS, as well aR other CE communicationRs
are distributed in OSS only to the Director of 'SS and the
head of CE. Access to CE files im restricted to CE employees.
British X8 have investigated and expressed apprqval of
OSS-CE security. Colonel Wren, in charge of X8 in the United
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Mrs Price States that the nateriaX relates pzinolv
pav to) espionage, counteriocapslasge. sad eabotages
These Aoctioas aro apecificallty asslined to the OSS
ia cartel* areas outside this ehaispheres The novasent
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sorshAp itselt That office is
satiofy the needs of the OW in
espionage cald counter-espionage
Joimt Chiefs of Staff.
In the employment of Censorship Material by the
OSS the question of security would best be maintained
if the information be furnishwd to the OSS direct4
r4thor than through sky other agency whose field of
activitly differs from th4t of the OSS
than the Office of Cato
the lpgical source to
its performance of
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SUBUCTI Letter from Mr. Byron Vries relative to
Censorship material, dated February 15, 1943
through inadvertence, Mr. Pricels letter was llot
returned to you in 04r letter of February 27th,
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FROM:
SUBJECT:
DRAFT 2-25-43
Brig. Gen. Dean
Col, Win. J. Donovan
Censorship Material.
Letter from Mr. Byron Price Relative to
Reference t
of February 15 o the letter from . By
C ron Price
, 1943plying Mrto your request that Material be , refurnished S, is c
that Mr. Price is unaware of the fu the OS it
nctions suggeste that the
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followi es of this office. It is d ng points be brought to his attention.
hr. Price states
to espionage, that the material relates
principally counter-espionage, and
sabotage. These functions ar
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to th olitside this
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the OSS relates Ohly to the
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FOR: Brigadier General John R. Deane
FROM: Director of Strategic Services
SUBJECT: Lotter from Mr. Byron Price Relative to
Censorship Matorial
Reference to the letter from Mr. Byron Price of
Febmary 15, 1943, replying to your request that Con*
sorship Material be furnichec the 083, it is clear
that Mr. Price is unaware of the functions and rest-
ponsibilities of this Office. It is suggested that
the following points be brought to his attention.
Mr. ?rift statou that the material relates prinoieb
pally to espionage, counterftespoinagel and sabotage.
These functions are specifically sasigned to the WS
in certhin areas outside this ahmiaphere. The movement
of enemy agents to and from these areas is information
indispensable to the O.
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Office of Censorship itself. That office is the
logical souroe to satisfy the needs of the OS in
Its performanoe of espionage and oountermespionage
as prescribed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In tho employment of Cennornhip Material
by the OSS the question of soourity should, not he
raised. It is beiieved that security would beet be
maintained if the information he furnisNid to the
OSS direotly rather than throuit any other Amoy
whose field of notivity differs from that of the 089e
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February 17, 1943.
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MEMORA,NDUW. FOR COLONLL DONO VAN, D1CTO1 OF
STRATEGIC SERVICES:
Subject: Censorship material bearing
),he special designation
"Secret."
Enclosure: Letter from Mr. Byron Price
to Brig. General John R.
Deane, dated Feb. 15, 1943.
On February 12th I wrote a letter to
Mr. Byron Prico,at the request of Colonel Buxton,
asking that the orrice of Strategic Services be
provided with copies of censorship material bearing
the special designation "Secret" which pertained
to esp.Lonage and counter-espionage activities.
Today 1 recelved the attached reply from
Mr. Byron Price. He sugo:ests that you obtain the
information either from the MIS or ONI.
I would appreciate your comments on
Mr. Prioe's letter and also request that you return
his letter to me with your reply.
IN R. DEANE,
Brip.adier General, U. S. Army,
Secretary.
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This is to acknowleuge your letter of ;ebrutlry 12 recom-
mendJng on behalf of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the
Office or Strategic Services be provided with copies or the
censorship material bearing the special designation or "secret".
I am most anxious of course that the Joint Chiers of
Staff have full imorm4t.on reg,.rding this m,terial, but
I au, somewhat embarm,sed by the phyl.sical aspects ol the
case. The material in question rel.tes principally to
espionage, counter-espionage and sabotage. I understand
that the Oresident sometime ago direuteU that investi-
gations in those fields be the responsibility of the
rederal liureau of Investigation, ailitary IntellUence,
and Naval Intelligence. Since we hdve been unable to
discover that these three agencies have uet Up any
central clearing house, we have been obliged to LeLiver
the secret material in question to each or the three.
This is a wider uistributiun than shoulu be made or such
material and I an reluctant to add still another agency
unless some solution more in kee.ing with the requiremerts
of security can be devised.
Can not the needs o. the Joint Chiefs or Stan: be served
through one or all of the three agencies to which this
material is already distributed?
I write this in the full confidence thcit the Joint Chiefs
of Staff will understand fully why the distribution of
this material should be restrictelas far as possible and
will give serious thought to some alternative arrangement.
I would greatly appreciate hearing from you further.
Sinceeely yours,
8/ Byron Price, Director.
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This morning I had a considerable
conference with Mr.Bowden, LtsCommander Havenel and
Mr,Seiferheld. I nm in accord with their re-
commendations and submit the following:
1. It seems logic1 to divide
all censored material into:
a. Open
b. Secret or classified
At present we have a satisfactory
arrangement with Censorship on the Nopen" or
uncoded material, - letters, cables, telephone
communicntions and radio, Ensign H11, who is
acceptable to Censorship and spends a good deal
of time in tfteir office, now obtains three copies
and delivers same to Wilmarth Lewis and CID where
it is indexed and made available to the censorship
editor of SI and SO and to other branches of OSS.
This arrangement should not be disturbed and should
continue as at present so long as it is satisfactory.
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2. Secret or Classified material
consists of all intercepts in code however obtained:
by the censor and decoded. I assume this work Is
done by the Army and Navy for Censorship, This
material deals with subversive enemy activities
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of interest to OE or may contain information
Important to psychological warfare.
It seem ft desirable that this
material should be handled independently of the
"opens material now indexed in CID. In fact, I
believe we cannot get this material unless we can
guarantee a very limited circulation and use by
that section of COS charged with duties affected ��
by sudh information.
3. There is still undesirable
confusion concerning the operation of the Watch List
in 088. TibieeiktIpeaft4-we4elle41144-dhr011e; what
Justifications must be found for placing names
on this lin and who shall place them there and with
What authority?
When the question arose some
weeks ago you directed that no name should be
placed on the Watch List except by a reoomes44#
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arrangement/
It is said that at present
there are approximately 450 names on our Watch
List and 25,000 to 408000 on the Censorship Watch
List.
While at the present time I
presume that Mr.Lewis feels responsible for the
Watch Lint I think this function should be
separated from his supervision of the "open"
material.
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cerned Pt present with the Watch List appears to
be FT which has over ERA of the names.
A�activity on the Watch
List appears to be mostly confined to Major James'
Division - Latin America.
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sotivities outside the Hemisphere or peopteirttc
Homisphire having traffic with enemies outridsokhts,
Nssisphere. All this requires close liaison viA4 ,
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should be plowed on the 018 Watch LiPt should be
the names of people assumed to have important
knowledge concerning matters of current interest
to us and presumably falling within the general
area of psychological warfare.
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October 14, 1943
Brigadier General William J. Donovan,
Direetor, nrategic Services,
washl .,ton, D. C.
Dear General Donovan'
Upon your reoent change of liaison
with thia office it soma that I neglected to exproaa
to you my appreciation of the vory satisfaotory manner
in wiiioh Lt. Comdr. Daniel Ravenel, Jr., UB, perform-
ed his duties as; liaison officer from your office.
� I wish to take this opportunity
to express my appreciation for the servioes rendered by
Commander Ravonel while on duty in this aasignmont.
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I have your letter of March 13 regarding Lieutenant Commander Daniel
Ravenel, Jr., U.S.S.R. We know Commander &mail very well, and it is quite
agreeable with the Office of Censorship to have him 'serve as liaison offioer
between this �aloe and that of the Office of etrategio Servioes.
Sincerely yourop
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Mr. Byron Price, Director
Office of Censorship
WaLihington, D. C.
_Dear Mr. Price:
It is rectuested that, if agreeable to you, Lieut.
Commande. Daniel Ravenel, Jr., U.S.N.R. be assigned as
liaison officer between your office and the Office of
Strateic Lervices.
Lieut. Commander Ruvenel is attuchea to the Office
of Naval Intelligence, and has been serving as liaison
between that office and two of our branches for the past
year.
This officer is well known to Captain H. L. Fenn,
Chief Cable Censor, and for some months has been acting
as laison officer between Cable Censorship and this
office. I believe Captain Fenn would make the necessary
arrangement to nave him serve Postal Censorship as well.
Yours very truly,
William J. Donovan
Director .
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My dear Colonel Donovan:
It is gratifying to know that the Office of Strategic
Services is finding Censorship material so valuable, and
that you have set up a special unit known as "Censor
Materials Unit."
tioned in your letter of December 11
h by Colonel Buxton, Ur. Lewis
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date of March 11 regarding letters from individuals inside
enemy or occupied countries.
This matter was discussed in the meeting this morning
and Mr. Poynter is to take it up with Mr. Wilmarth Lewis.
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WASHINGTON, D. C,
March 11, 1942
MEMORANDUM
To: Colonel William J. Donovan
From: Irving Pflaum
Subject: Letters from Europe,
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Mr. Poynter spoke to David Bruce concerning the
attached. Do you think it would be proper for it to be
referred to Mr. Belin?
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to use news, tips and clues contained in letters from indivi-
duals inside enemy or occupied countries.
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TO: MR. P1PLAUM MARCH 10 1942
FROM: WILLIAM A. KIMBEL
REPLY TO YOUR MEMORANDLN OF MARCH 9th O7TLIN1G
PROPOSAL NO. 1, OVER NAMES OF CORSON AND FARISH, IT IS
MY OPINION THAT THIS INVOLVES A MATTER OF BASIC POLICY WHICH
SHOULD RE REFERRED TO COLONEL DONOVAN FOR DECISION. THE
ENTIRE QULiTION OF CENSORSHIP AND DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL
NOW RECEIVING INTENSIVE STUDY IS A MATTER IN WHICH COLONEL
DONOVAN IS PERSONALLY PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE. I THEREFORE
SUGGEST THAT YOU SEE COLONEL DONOVAN PERSONALLY,
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gr. Byron Price
Director of Censorship
Washington, D. C.
Dear dr. Price$
understand that each governmental department
and agency has been requested by the Board of Censor-
ship to inform it regarding what sort of information
is desired from the Division ot iteportS.
(1) The Office of the Goordinator of Informtion
would it :e to have copies of every letter submitted
(i.e., every litter whic4 the examiner, according to
the instructions sne ties been given, consiuers worth-
while reporting by reason of its information or security
Interest).
(2) Cable and telegraph, including commercial
wireless telegraph. In addition to whatever the offi-
cials of this branch think might be of interest to the
COI, we would specifically like to have transcripts of
all long distance telephone conversations intercepted
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here, and also copies or all in clair cables of foreign
eiabussies and legations, and other foreign organizations.
(3) In addition to aaving copiespas lentioned in
paragraph (1), of all detained uterials we should like
specifically to 4ave t,10 followings
ao Letters to and fvom I,oreign :lissions and
persorriel thereof.
b. Letters anu telegrams dealing with coA.
aercita transactions and lonoy movements between
suspects, or with suspects, or aduressed to indi-
viauals or fir ls with European :)r Far Eastern con-
nections.
co Letters and telegrams frol mrope, esPeci ly
those containing accounts of concitions, or referring
to noveaents of individuals.
U. AO' correspondence containing references
to naval, military and air mutters.
is. All colrespondence containing reference
to, or indication of, Falange Jr other pro-Nazi or
Co:cum/it propaganda or activities.
fo All correspondenoe referring to shipping.
g. All :0-addressed letters, viz., passed on
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but whio:I rerer to Addrosses abroad, or cAble
addressees
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tions, prominent refugees or doubtful minority
voups and individuuls.
t;i:Lcerely,
J, Donovun
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There will be a meeting of the Censorship Board
in, Mr. Price's office at Boom 774 Apex Building at
1100 o'clock on gonday morning. In attendance will
bes
Mr. Gaston, Treasury
gr. Mellott, Government Reports
Mr. Price, Censorship
Nelson Rockefeller, InturgsAmericun
The subject will be the motion picture and film
problem. If Mr. iielin cumoi, attend will you arrange
to be present. Also, please notAfy kij3 Muliens Air*
Price's secretary as to who will attend.
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270 MADISON AVENUE
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January 28, 1942
tos Oolonel William J. DOSAVEX
Plboai Oonsander Vanderbilt
It is possible that you night want to send
a copy of the attached to kr. ?rice for the
use of his aall censorship people. Copy of
this has been sent to the 72I in Iry York.
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