LETTER TO DR. ROBERT M. W. KEMPNER FROM R. H. HILLENKOETTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003100040023-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2004
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: May 23, 1949
• Content Type: LETTER

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23 May 1949
Dr. Robert M. W. Kempner
Deputy Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
Political Ministries Division
A^0 696A c/a Postmaster
New York, N. Y.
bear Dr. Kempner:
You have been so kind in the past in providing us
with information that I xica taking the liberty of tasking
whether any items along the followinf- lines could be
furnished from the files of the V 'ar Crin.es Counsel.
Thee items all pertain to reports or interrogations
relating to German experiments on prisoners during the
war:
(a) Production of sterility by
massive doses of .i ray.
(b) Production of sterility by
other means.
(C)
Alteration sex ratio in children
by any means.
':she name of Dr. Doris Rajewski, Institute of Physical
Elements of medicine, University of Frankfurt .,'rain has
been mentioned in this ecnneetion.
Thank you very much 'or any m rterial wh Leh ; ou may be
able to furnish on these
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review completed
subjects.
R. H. Hillenkoetter
Rear Admiral, USN
Director of Central
Intelligence
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'Very sincerely yours,
Signed & dispatched 5/23/49
Memo for Record; Based on Memo
to DCI from AD/OSI,
5/20/49, ER 0-4617,
original attached;
DCI.
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1. Request that ce ieation be establishit with War
Cris" Commeiction with ren t fi r 3aarch their files for
re jO to or interrogations re tng to Gerarm experiie is on
prisoners daring war. 3xperiments we" of following characters
b. Production of sterill - by other memo.
c. Alteration se ratto in children by any
2. fte uses of Dr. )oI Fa. a' . Institute of Physte4
Ilmente of I ieine, Mtvereilry~ of enkfurt a/Main has bail
'Amtioned in this connection.
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27 May 19149
1. Large number of captured documents relating to German
activities with respect to methods of psychological handling
of prisoners and slave labor are known to be in the archives of
the War Crimes Commission, Nurnburg. In addition, there is
evidence that information may have found its way there dealing with
certain aspects of experiments with biologic and chemical warfare
as well as radiation.
2. A team from CIA reviewed a large number of repositories
of captured documents but was unable to make a survey of the
material at Nurnburg because of the dispersion of the acquisitions
in numerous repositories, the absence of a central locator system
and the incomplete cataloging in the individual repositories.
It is believed that much intelligence information of great
value to CIA both from the substantive and other points of view
exists in these files and it is requested that consideration be
given to the initiation of arrangements for reconnaissance survey
of the repositories with later intent of acquisition of selected
materials not now required by the War Crimes Commission.
WM/mtw
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