State Department - Germany, Europe, 1946
- Containers:
- Box 13, Folder 4
- Scope and content:
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Memos and letters on German economy, imports, and exports; letters to James D. Riddleberger (Chief of Division of Central European Affairs); letters about his desire to leave the Foreign Service or be assigned to Washington, D.C. area; and his reassignment to Munich to be Chief of Finance of Military Government in Bavaria. Includes program of Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, Jr. address at Stuttgart, Germany on September 6, 1946. Reports on reparation and other important post war matters are included, often with his opinions on how things could be handled differently. On December 27, 1946 he is ordered to "proceed...to Warsaw, Poland for the purpose of consulting with Ambassador Lane and his Staff on the subject of the Polish Admininstered Area of German in order to prepare a joint report...then return to Berlin."
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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