Endnotes for Chapter XVI
1 Memo, Hqs, ETOUSA, ACofS G-5, for CofS, sub: Personnel Requirements [no date], in USFET SGS 200.3.
2 Wk Rpt, Det E1F3, 21 May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Hist Rpts, 12th AGp, jacket 14.
3 Functional History of Military Government, 27 April 1945-30 June 1946, Bremen Enclave, in OMGUS 39-3/5, p. 7f.
4 (1) Hqs, 12th AGp, Legal Br, to ACofS G-5, sub: Branch Activities, 18 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Jacket 11. (2) General Board, Study No. 85, p. 32.
5 (1) SHAEF, MFA&A, to ACofS G-5, sub: Report of MFA&A, 9 Jul 45, in SHAEF G-5, 130.21. (2) Hqs, 12th AGp, ACofS G-5, sub; Narrative Summary, Jun 45, 9 Jul 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Jacket 13. (3) History of Military Government in Land Wuerttemberg-Baden, vol. I, ch. IX, sec. III.
6 Hist Rpt., 12th AGp, ACofS G-5, May 45, 29 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.25, Jacket 3.
7 Hist Rpt, XXIII Corps, 10-23 May 45, in XXIII Corps, 223-0.3.
8 Hist Rpt, 12th AGp, ACofS G-5, May 45, 29 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.25, Jacket 3.
9 Msg, SCAEF to CG's 21, 6, and 12 AGps, 11 May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 803, Jacket 3.
10 Hist Rpt, 16h AGp, ACofS G-5, May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 504. (2) Memo, Hqs, 12th AGp, Col W. A. Bailey, for CofS, sub: Questions to be Discussed with SHAEF, 27 Apr 45, in USFET SGS 322.
11 Memo, Hqs, XV Corps, G-5, for CG, sub: Military Government Operations, 20 May 45, in XV Corps, 215-5.3.
12 Ltr, Hilldring to Clay, 21 May 45, in OMGUS 177-1/3.
13 (1) Hqs, 12th AGp, Legal Br, to ACofS G-5 ; sub: Branch Activities, 18 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Jacket 11. (2) 5th Information and Historical Service, sub: Food and Agriculture, XXIII Corps Area, 14 June 45, in Fifteenth Army, 115-2.
14 (1) Hqs, 12th AGp, Legal Br, to ACofS G-5, sub: Branch Activities, 18 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Jacket 11. (2) Hist Rpt, 6th AGp, ACofS G-5, May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 5-4. (3) Hist Rpt, Third Army, ACofS G-5, May-Jun 45, in ETOUSA, Admin Hist, Nr. 146. (4) Hist Rpt, Fifteenth Army, ACofS G-5, Apr 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.25, Jacket 1. (5) Memo, Hqs, XXIII Corps, for CG, Sub-Areas, sub: Feeding of DPs, 26 Jun 45, in XXIII Corps, 223-0.3.
15 SHAEF, ACofS G-5, Weekly Journal of Information, No. 15, 16 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 131.11.
16 Hqs, Com Zone, ETO, Command and General Staff Conference, 4 May 45, in ETOUSA, Admin Hist Collection, Nr. 146.
17 (1) SHAEF, ACofS G-5, Weekly Journal of Information, No. 15, 16 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 131.11. (2) Hqs, Com Zone, ETO, Command and General Staff Conference, 31 Jul 45, in ETOUSA, Admin Hist Collection, Nr. 146.
18 Report by the Potter-Hyndley Mission, 7 Jun 45, in USFET SGS 463.3, vol. I.
19 Ibid.
20 Hist Rpt, 12th AGp, ACofS G-5, Apr 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Jacket 10.
21 Donnison, Civil Affairs and Military Government, Northwest Europe, p. 405.
22 (1) Hqs, 12th AGp, Legal Br, to ACofS G-5, sub: Branch Activities, 18 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Jacket 11. (2) Hqs, Fifteenth Army, ACofS G-5, CA & MG Summaries, No. 1, 2, and 96, 11 May-4 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.25, Jacket 6. (3) U.S. Senate, Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program, Executive Session Testimony, 5 Apr 46, in OMGUS 177-1/3.
23 (1) Hqs, ECAD, General Intelligence Bulletin No. 40, 24 Mar 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, pt. I, jacket 8. (2) Hist Rpts, Hqs, 12th AGp, ACofS G-5, Apr, May, Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Jackets 10 and 11. (3) Hist Rpt, Hqs, Fifteenth Army, ACofS G-5, Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.25.
24 Hqs, 12th AGp, Legal Br, to ACofS G-5, sub: Branch Activities, 18 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, jacket 11.
25 (1) Hqs, USFET, sub: U.S. Security Search for Nazis, 14 Jul 45, in Admin Hist, ETOUSA, No. 155. (2) Hqs, Fifteenth Army, ACofS G-5, CA & MG Summary No. 96, 11 May 45, in SHAEF G-5, jacket 3. (3) War Diary, Det I1A2, May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.25, jacket 5. (4) Memo, SHAEF G-5 Forward for ACofS G-4, sub: Inspection of ASHCAN, 15 May 45, in SHAEF G-2, 383.6-4.
26 (1) Hqs, 12th AGp, Legal Br, to ACofS G-5, sub: Branch Activities, 18 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Jacket 11. (2) Hqs, Fifteenth Army, ACofS G-5, Weekly Military Government Survey No. 1, 28 May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.25, Jacket 3. (3) Hist Rpt, Det B-261, 26 Jun 46, in OMGUS 80-3/ 10.
27 Hist Rpt, Det E-361, 29 Jun 46, in OMGUS 77-2/10.
28 Hqs, 12th AGp, Legal Br, to ACofS G-5, sub: Branch Activities, 18 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Jacket 11.
29 Hist Rpt, 6th AGp, ACofS G-5, May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 504.
30 (1) Hist Rpt, B-261, 25 Jun 46, in OMGUS, 80-3/ 10. (2) SHAEF PWD, Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 32, 7 May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 7.35.
31 The papers were delivered in Army trucks, and PWD figured one truck was required for every 70,000 copies printed. (1) Hqs, 12th AGp, ACofS G-5, Public Relations, Draft Report on German Language Army-Sponsored Newspapers, Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 11.16, Jacket 14. (2) SHAEF PWD, Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 36, 4 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 7.35.
32 SHAEF PWD, Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 35, 28 May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 7.30.
33 Cable, SHAEF, from McClure to 12th AGp, 26 May 45; Cable, 12th AGp to SHAEF for McClure, 28 May 45 ; and US Gp CC, Information Control Service, Special Report, 16 Jul 45, in USFET SGS 091.412.
34 (1) Memo, Hqs, 12th AGp, ACofS G-5, Public Relations Br, sub: Military Government and Russian Radio, 12 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Jacket 14. (2) Hqs, Ninth Army, ACofS G-5, Weekly Military Government Summary No. 2, 4 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.14, Jacket 9. (3) SHAEF, SGS, sub: Report of Harry J. Schneiders, 9 Jun 45, in USFET SGS 091.412.
35 Ltr, Col Joe Starnes to W. B. Smith, 5 May 45, in USFET SGS 014.4.
36 Ibid.
37 Ltr, Clay to Hilldring, 7 May 45, in OMGUS 177-1/3. See also letter dated 26 April cited in John Gimbel, The American Occupation of Germany (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1968), p. 6.
38 (1) Robert D. Murphy, Diplomat Among Warriors (Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1964) p. 251. (2) Gimbel, The American Occupation of Germany, p. 7.
39 Ltr, Hilldring to Clay, 21 May 45, in OMGUS 177-1/3.
40 (1) SHAEF, Staff Memo No. 148, 14 Apr 45, and Memo, SHAEF, ACofS G-4, for CofS, sub: Production Control in Germany, 24 Apr 45, in USFET SGS 091.3/1. (2) Hist Rpt, Seventh Army, Hist Sec, 30 Sep 45, in Seventh Army, 107-3.0.
41 (1) Memo, SHAEF, Actg Dep CofS, for Gen Smith, 9 May 45, and Memo, SHAEF, ACofS G-5, for CofS, sub: German Economic Control Agency, 8 May 45, in USFET SGS 091.3. (2) ETOUSA, 6093, 14 May 45, in ETOUSA, Admin Hist Collection, No. 146.
42 (1) SHAEF, ACofS G-5, Min of Meeting with Branch Chiefs, 9 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 3573, Jacket 2. (2) General Board, Study No. 35, p. 38.
43 Hist Rpt, 6th AGp, ACofS G-5, May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 504.
44 Hqs, Fifteenth Army, ACofS G-5, Military Government Summary No. 2, 4 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.25, jacket 6.
45 Hist Rpt, 6th AGp, ACofS G-5, May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 504.
46 General Board, Study No. 35, p. 38.
47 XXIII Corps to AG War Dept, sub: Report of Operations, 10-31 May, 5 Jun 45, in XXIII Corps, 223-0.3.
48 (1) Fifteenth Army, 5th Information and Historical Service, sub: Displaced Persons, 14 Jun 45, in XXIII Corps, 223-5.0. (2) Hist Rpt, Third Army, ACofS G-5, May-Jun 45, in OMGUS 76-3/10.
49 The Exchange with the Soviet Forces of Liberated Personnel-World War II, in CMH files, pp. 4 and 9.
50 Memo, Hqs, ETOUSA, Provost Marshal, for G-1, sub: Uniforms for Liberated Soviet Citizens, 1 May 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.618-8.
51 Cable, Military Mission Moscow to SHAEF Main, Opns Div, 10 May 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6/8.
52 Cable, SHAEF Main to Military Mission Moscow, 15 May 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6/9.
53 Cable, SHAEF Forward, Eisenhower to AGWAR for JCS, 5 Jun 45, and Cable, SHAEF Main to ALFNOR, 10 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6/8-8.
54 (1) Cable, SHAEF Forward to AFHQ, 12th AGp Msg, 17 May 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6/3-19. (2) XII Corps, Report of Operations, 9 May-27 Oct 45, in XII Corps, 212-0.3.
55 (1) Cable, SHAEF Main to Military Mission Moscow, 15 May 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6/9. (2) Memo, SHAEF, Political Adviser, for CofS, 2 May 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6/8-8. (3) Cable, Military Mission Moscow, from Deane to Eisenhower, 7 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6/8.
56 (1) Memo, SHAEF, ACofS G-1, for CofS, sub: Report on Conference with Russian Officials, 23 May 45, in SHAEF G-1, 337/2. (2) SHAEF, G-5 Div, DP Br, DP Report No. 32, 28 May 45, in SHAEF G-5, 6.
57 Cable, Military Mission Moscow to SHAEF Main, 5 Jun 45 ; Ltr, Barker to Golubev, 9 Jun 45 ; Ltr, Barker to Deane, 9 Jun 45 ; and Cable, Military Mission Moscow to SHAEF Main, 18 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6/8.
58 The latter figure includes those returned earlier through Odessa.
59 (1) SHAEF, ACofS G-5, Min of Meetings with Branch Chiefs, 9 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-5, 3573, Jacket 2. (2) Memo, SHAEF G-5, DP Br, sub: Russian DPs, 9 Jul 45, in SHAEF G-5, 29.2. (3) Hqs, 12th AGp, ACofS G-5, Narrative Summary for Month of June, 9 Jul 45, in SHAEF G-5, 17.16, Jacket 13.
60 Reports of the Military Governor, U.S. Zone, give a total of 7.7 million German military personnel disposed of by U.S. forces between 8 May 1945 and 15 July 1945, including Volkssturm and other paramilitary groups, camp followers, and prisoners returned from Norway, Italy, and camps in the United States and England. (1) Memo, ACofS G-1 for Staff, sub: Disbandment Directive No. 5, 14 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6. (2) OMGUS, Demilitarization Cumulative Review, in Monthly Report of the Military Governor, U.S. Zone, 20 Aug 46.
61 (1) Cable, AGWAR, from Marshall to SHAEF Main, 25 Mar 45; Cable, SHAEF G-1 to AGWAR, 21 Apr 45; and Cable, SHAEF Forward to War Office, 1 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6/3-19. (2) Memo, Hqs, Seventh Army, 6 Jun 45, in Seventh Army, 107-0.19.
62 Msg, Com Zone to SHAEF Forward, 2 Jun 45, and Cable, SHAEF Main, Eisenhower to AGWAR 'for CCS, 10 Mar 45, in SHAEF G-1, 387.4/1.
63 Cable, Hqs, 12th AGp, to SHAEF Forward, 16 May 45, in SHAEF SGS 370.01.
64 Cable, SHAEF to 12th AGp, 18 May 45, in SHAEF G-3, GCT 388.3-1/GPS.
65 Ltr, Com Zone, Ch, QM, to SHAEF, ACofS G-4, 23 May 45, and Cable, ETOUSA, Com Zone, to SHAEF Main, 23 May 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6/3.
66(1) Memo, ACofS G-1 for Staff, sub: Disbandment Directive No. 5, 14 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6. (2) Memo, SHAEF, ACofS G-1, for AG, sub: Disbandment Directive No. 5, 29 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-1, 387.4/12.
67 Memo, SHAEF G-1, Asst G-1, for Ch, German Affairs Div, sub: Report of Trip, 9 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-1, 387.4/1.
68 Memo, Hqs, Seventh Army, 6 Jun 45, in Seventh Army, 107-0.19.
69 (1) SHAEF G-1 to AG, sub: Disbandment Directive No. 5, 29 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-1, 387.4/ 12. (2) memo, SHAEF G-1 for SHAEF Staff, sub: Disbandment Directive No. 5, 14 Jun 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6.
70 (1) Ltr, SHAEF G-1 to SHAEF AG, sub: German PW Labor, 13 Jul 45, in SHAEF G-1, 383.6/3. (2) Final Report, Seventh Army [Mar 46], in USFET, Historical Program Files, T 167/5.
71 Memo, Hqs, USFET, Dep CofS, for Major Commands, sub: Status of Enemy Prisoners of War, 26 Sep 45, in USFET SGS 383.6/3.
72 Memo, SHAEF for CG's, 12th, 21, and 6th AGp, sub: Treatment of Senior German Commanders and Staff Officers, 29 Apr 45, in SHAEF G-3, 387. 4-5 .
73 Memo, SHAEF, ACofS G-2, for CofS, sub: Disposal of Officers of the German General Staff, 27 Apr 45, in SHAEF G-1, 387.4/1.
74 (1) Bell 1. Wiley, Historical Program of the U.S. Army, 1939 to Present [no date], in CMH files. (2) Draft of paper "The Use of Captured and Related Records in Official Military History" delivered by Detmar Finke at the National Archives Conference on Captured Records, 13-14 Nov 1968, in CMH files.
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