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19. The participation of US MFA&A Branch in the Dissolution
of the Nazi Party and affiliated organizations is discussed, in
accordance with the Draft Directive (ref. 2-d) and JCS 1067
(ref. 3-a) , in a memorandum of this Branch on this subject (ref.
5-d) US MFA&CA participation is proposed as purely advisory,
lonking toward preservation, and ultimate disposition on a
tripartite basis, of:
a.
Works of art and other cultural material in Nazi
possession. of which custody is taken by Property Control.
b.
The contents of museums of Nazi inception and of
Nazi symbols and similar objects as defined in JCS 1067 (ref.
3-a) Such objects will first be seized by Public Safety
Officers and then pass into custody of Property Control.
O.
Documents, records, and archives. These will
either be seized inr removal and exploitation by Intelligence
agencies or will be seized and secured by local Military
Government Detachments.
20. A tentative list of agencies of the Nazi Party and
affiliated organizations in which the US MFA&CA Branch might
have a special interest is attached as Inclosure 2.
21. Nazi property and records are peculiarly liable to
loss in the initial occupation, either through deliberate des -
truction or through civilian looting or through souvenir-hunting
by Allied personnel or through hasty exploitation by advanced
Intelligenc agencies. Discussions are now in progress in
various interested quarters to formulate measures to minimize
such loss. This Branch will endeavor to follow these discussions
and to formulate its plans in accordance with their results so
as to ensure that the interests of Tripartite CC and of the
Military Government in the US Zone in Phase II are given due
consideration.
22. MFA8cA in the US Sector, Berlin Area, initially dealt
with by a MFA8A Officer on the starf of the Berlin District
Commander, will be the concern of the Technical Staff of the
US member of the Kommendatura. Should it later eventuate that
there is not enough work to give one MFA&CA officer full-time
employment, his MFA&cA functions might well be assigned as an
extra function to another officer on the Kommendatura staff,
but in any case technical channels between this Staff and the
MFA&A Branch should not be blocked. Normal command channels
will be followed in matters of policy. A list of monuments,
museums, libraries, archives and similar cultural institutions
in the US Sector of BERLIN is attached as Inclosure 3.
23. Control of MFA&:A in the US Zone will initially be
exercised by US MFA&A Officers under Supreme Hqs, AEF. Control
at the Military Government District (Land/Frovinz) level should
be cantinuous from Phase I into Phase II, in accordance with the
following general policies:
a. Initially to close all monuments not of daily
public use (as churches or town-halls and cultural institutions
and to maintain only the minimum approved staff necessary for
their protection and upkeep, until other personnel are vetted
and records and contents are examined.
Electrostatic reproduction made
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