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DECLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 LTR. 6.24.79 TROMAN 7-18-60 September 14, 1951 By NLT- NARS, Date Annuh "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND To: RECORDS Mr. Arnold SERVICE' GOVERNMENT From: Robert J. Schwartz Subject: Special List of Names: Assets as Reported on TFR-300, TFR-500, and TFR-603-4 Censuses. In reply to your request of August 14, 1951, requesting informa- tion from the TFR-300, TFR-500, and TFR-603-4 Censuses regarding the assets of certain individuals and organizations, we are attaching a summary table and individual data sheets setting forth the informa- tion available from these sources. Of the 80 names submitted to us, reports were found regarding 37 persons, some of whom were not owners of assets, but nominees or trustees or reporters. Actual ownership of assets was shown in the following amounts: TFR-300 U.S. assets as of June 14, 1941 $29.1 million (17 persons) TFR-500 Foreign assets as of May 31, 1943 $ 1.0 million (9 persons) TFR-603-4 U.S. assets as of December 18, 1950 #20.2 million (12 persons) The summary table lists the assets reported in each of the censuses for the persons regarding whom information wasobtained, and the indivi- dual sheets provide more comprehensive data for the persons so listed. Appropriate footnotes to the table direct attention to details which may be found in the summaries for each individual. For example, assets reported as having been held as nominee, trustee, power of attorney, on behalf of another person, or owned by another person but care of a person on the list are excluded from the table but are described in the text. Instances in which a person filed as reporter, but not as owner, of assets are noted on the table but the amounts and details are shown only on the individual sheets. In certain cases, it was not possible to determine from the available information whether or not persons whose reports were found were the same persons as listed; in these instances, an appropriate notation was made on the table, and fuller information was provided in the subsequent summaries. The data sheets also include other facts obtained from the reports, such as address, citizenship, location, nationality, type of person, breakdown of assets by property type, and offices and positions held by the persons listed. The explanations set forth in my previous memoranda to you of August 2, September 4 and 5, 1951 regarding the assets of Chinese nationals as reported in the TFR-300 and TFR-603-4 Censuses are generally applicable to the data attached hereto. In the case of the TFR-300, it should be noted that existing files are maintained in the names of owners of the assets, not in re- porters' names, and it was possible, therefore, only in a few cases to obtain information regarding the persons on the list as reporters. In the case of the TFR-603-4, however, since files are maintained in re- porters' names as well as in names of owners, we were able to find all references to reporters as well as to owners of assets. CONFIDENTIAL