Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "7585002",
    "label": "Cable from General Dwight D. Eisenhower to General George Marshall",
    "core": "doc",
    "dtoType": "document",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7585002"
}

{
    "id": "7585002",
    "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7585002",
    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "Cable from General Dwight D. Eisenhower to General George Marshall",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7585002",
    "collections": [
        "Walter Bedell Smith Collection of World War II Documents",
        "World War II Files"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/eisenhower/dde-1200/583682/583682_0008_01.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/eisenhower/dde-1200/583682/583682_0008_01.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/eisenhower/dde-1200/583682/583682_0008_01.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "hasImages": true,
    "source": "import",
    "hasTranscription": false
}

{
    "url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7585002",
    "naId": 7585002,
    "levelOfDescription": "item",
    "productionDates": [
        {
            "day": 11,
            "logicalDate": "1945-04-11",
            "month": 4,
            "year": 1945
        }
    ],
    "recordType": "description",
    "ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/eisenhower/dde-1200/583682/583682_0008_01.jpg",
    "mediaId": "647437349e7e54f1",
    "ocrText": "\"ORIGINATORS - FILE No.\\n\\n# SHAEF MESSAGE FORM\\n\\n| CALL | CIRCUIT No. NR | PRIORITY | TRANSMISSION INSTRUCTIONS |\\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\\n| SPACES WITHIN HEAVY LINES FOR SIGNALS USE ONLY |\\n| FROM (A) | ORIGINATOR SHAEF FORWARD | DATE-TIME OF ORIGIN |\\n| TO FOR ACTION AGWAR |\\n| TO (W) FOR INFORMATION (INFO) | MESSAGE INSTRUCTIONS | GR |\\n| (REF NO.) | FWD 1895AL EYES ONLY (CLASSIFICATION) FOR SECRET - EYES ONLY |\\n| GOLD AND ART TREASURES UNCOVERED SOUTH OF GOTHA NEAR MEIXERS GERMANY WERE PROMPTLY INSPECTED BY COLONEL BERNSTEIN FORMERLY US TREASURY WITH TWO OTHER OFFICERS OF MY STAFF AND ARRANGEMENTS COMMENCED FOR ITS REMOVAL (TO AGWAR FOR GENERAL MARSHALL FOR HIS EYES ONLY FROM SHAEF FORWARD SIGNED EISENHOWER ~~CREE CHOCO~~). MAJOR PERERRA A FINANCE OFFICER THIRD ARMY WHO HAS ACTUALLY INSPECTED THE BOXES ESTIMATES THAT GOLD BULLION AMOUNTS TO BETWEEN 225 AND 250 TONS AND OBJECTS OF FINE ARTS SOME 2000 BOXES. TREASURE IS BEING MOVED TO BANK VAULTS IN FRANKFURT WHERE IT WILL BE INVENTORIED AND HELD UNDER MY CONTROL AND CAREFULLY GUARDED. REFERENCE YOUR W-65929 10 APRIL. PARTY CONSISTING OF COLONEL MOORE CHIEF GERMANY CURRENCY SECTION G-5 COLONEL CLAIBORNE COLONEL CRAGON AND OTHER OFFICERS ALL OF CURRENCY SECTION G-5 THIS HEADQUARTERS TOGETHER WITH MR. ST. GERMAIN OFFICIAL OF GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY WHO IS AN EXPERT ON IDENTIFICATION OF GOLD BULLION PROCEEDED TO FRANKFURT THIS MORNING TO ASSIST BERNSTEIN IN INVENTORY AND CUSTODIAL WORK. TREASURE FOUND IN AN OLD SALT MINE REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET DEEP. FURTHER DETAILS WILL FOLLOW AS RECEIVED. MAY I SUGGEST THAT INFORMATION CONCERNING LOCATION OF THIS TREASURE BE KEPT VERY SECRET |\\n| DISTRIBUTION: Ref: IN OUT 87 Gen Crawford | COORDINATED WITH: EYES ONLY |\\n| THIS MESSAGE MUST BE SENT IN CYPHER IF LIABLE TO INTERCEPTION | PRIORITY | TH or TOR | Opr. |\\n| INITIALS | G-5 ORIGINATING DIVISION |  |  |\\n| THIS MESSAGE MAY BE SENT IN CLEAR BY ANY MEANS | NAME AND RANK TYPED. TEL. NO. | TIME CLEARED |  |\\n| INITIALS | Maj Gen R W Crawford 4 AUTHENTICATING SIGNATURE | CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED BY SHAEF 27 Jan 1945 |  |\"",
    "layout": [
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "headline",
            "text": "ORIGINATORS - FILE No.",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 0,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 261
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "headline",
            "text": "SHAEF MESSAGE FORM",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 261,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 261
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "other",
            "text": "| CALL | CIRCUIT No. NR | PRIORITY | TRANSMISSION INSTRUCTIONS |",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 521,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 130
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "other",
            "text": "| --- | --- | --- | --- |",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 651,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 130
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "other",
            "text": "| FROM (A) | ORIGINATOR SHAEF FORWARD | DATE-TIME OF ORIGIN |",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 782,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 130
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "other",
            "text": "| TO FOR ACTION AGWAR |",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 912,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 130
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "other",
            "text": "| TO (W) FOR INFORMATION (INFO) | MESSAGE INSTRUCTIONS | GR |",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 1042,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 130
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "other",
            "text": "| (REF NO.) | FWD 1895AL EYES ONLY (CLASSIFICATION) FOR SECRET - EYES ONLY |",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 1173,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 130
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "paragraph",
            "text": "GOLD AND ART TREASURES UNCOVERED SOUTH OF GOTHA NEAR MEIXERS GERMANY WERE PROMPTLY INSPECTED BY COLONEL BERNSTEIN FORMERLY US TREASURY WITH TWO OTHER OFFICERS OF MY STAFF AND ARRANGEMENTS COMMENCED FOR ITS REMOVAL (TO AGWAR FOR GENERAL MARSHALL FOR HIS EYES ONLY FROM SHAEF FORWARD SIGNED EISENHOWER ~~CREE CHOCO~~).",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 1303,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 261
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "paragraph",
            "text": "MAJOR PERERRA A FINANCE OFFICER THIRD ARMY WHO HAS ACTUALLY INSPECTED THE BOXES ESTIMATES THAT GOLD BULLION AMOUNTS TO BETWEEN 225 AND 250 TONS AND OBJECTS OF FINE ARTS SOME 2000 BOXES.",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 1564,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 261
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "paragraph",
            "text": "TREASURE IS BEING MOVED TO BANK VAULTS IN FRANKFURT WHERE IT WILL BE INVENTORIED AND HELD UNDER MY CONTROL AND CAREFULLY GUARDED. REFERENCE YOUR W-65929 10 APRIL.",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 1824,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 261
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "paragraph",
            "text": "PARTY CONSISTING OF COLONEL MOORE CHIEF GERMANY CURRENCY SECTION G-5 COLONEL CLAIBORNE COLONEL CRAGON AND OTHER OFFICERS ALL OF CURRENCY SECTION G-5 THIS HEADQUARTERS TOGETHER WITH MR. ST. GERMAIN OFFICIAL OF GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY WHO IS AN EXPERT ON IDENTIFICATION OF GOLD BULLION PROCEEDED TO FRANKFURT THIS MORNING TO ASSIST BERNSTEIN IN INVENTORY AND CUSTODIAL WORK.",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 2085,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 261
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "paragraph",
            "text": "TREASURE FOUND IN AN OLD SALT MINE REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET DEEP. FURTHER DETAILS WILL FOLLOW AS RECEIVED.",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 2345,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 261
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "paragraph",
            "text": "MAY I SUGGEST THAT INFORMATION CONCERNING LOCATION OF THIS TREASURE BE KEPT VERY SECRET",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 2606,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 261
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "other",
            "text": "| DISTRIBUTION: Ref: IN OUT 87 Gen Crawford | COORDINATED WITH: EYES ONLY |",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 2867,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 130
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "other",
            "text": "| THIS MESSAGE MUST BE SENT IN CYPHER IF LIABLE TO INTERCEPTION | PRIORITY | TH or TOR | Opr. |",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 2997,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 130
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "other",
            "text": "| INITIALS | G-5 ORIGINATING DIVISION | |",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 3127,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 130
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "other",
            "text": "| THIS MESSAGE MAY BE SENT IN CLEAR BY ANY MEANS |",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 3257,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 130
            }
        },
        {
            "page": 0,
            "type": "other",
            "text": "| INITIALS | Maj Gen R W Crawford 4 AUTHENTICATING SIGNATURE | CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED BY SHAEF 27 Jan 1945 |",
            "bbox": {
                "x": 0,
                "y": 3388,
                "width": 2760,
                "height": 130
            }
        }
    ]
}