Cable from General George Marshall to General Dwight D. Eisenhower

"TOP SECRET\n\nTOP SECRET\n\n# SHAEF\n\n## STAFF MESSAGE CONTROL\n\n## INCOMING MESSAGE\n\nWAR\n\nTOO 101947Z Apr\n\n\n\nSHAEF FWD 196\/10\n\nTOR 102314B Apr\n\n\n\nURGENT\n\nFROM : AGWAR FROM GENERAL MARSHALL\n\nTO : SHAEF FORWARD FOR GENERAL EISENHOWER FOR HIS EYES ONLY\n\nREF NO : W-65929, 10 April 1945\n\nFor your information the following memorandum has been received from the State Department and has the approval of the Treasury Department:\n\n\"It has come to the Department's attention that American Armed Forces have captured in GERMANY a quantity of gold, foreign currencies and art treasures. Pending final decision as to the ultimate disposition of the foregoing, which will require careful study and probable consultation with our Allies, the State Department hopes that this treasure may be moved to a place of safekeeping in the proposed American Zone of Occupation in GERMANY for the time being and carefully guarded. The Department feels that this temporary solution will be less likely to cause unfortunate political complications\".\n\nPlease keep me advised on this subject.\n\nDISTRIBUTION:\n\nRef: IN OUT\n105\n\n1. SUPREME COMMANDER\n\n2. CHIEF OF STAFF\n\n3. GRIV. M. Sherry WITHDRAWN (Personal) action\n\n4. Mr. Murphy - Persona)\n\n5. G-4 (action) Personal Gen Crawford\n\nDECLASSIFIED\n\nPER KOGAN TO GUSTAFSON 1\/20\/72 v DOD 5200.9\n\nINITIALS\n\n6\/16\/72\nDATE\n\nTOP SECRET\n\nDOD Dir. 5200.9, Sept. 27, 1958\n\nNWD by ____ date ____\n\nCOPY NO 2\n\nCHIEF OF STAFF\n\nE7"