PRELIAIMARY SCREENING OF RESENBERG LIBRARY COLLECTION AT OFFENBACH.

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: April 2, 1947
• Content Type: MEMO

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* UNDO FORTh& MU, ICAPM
SOSares Prelisinary Serseniag of Reeenberg Library Collestiom
et Offembach.
1. Information at hood indicates that the eo-called nosembefrg Collee-
tioe now %deg held at Offenbach* pending shipment to the USSk sauteing a
large quantity of desuments of social* pelitimel aod psychological warfare
vale*. Aoserding to*. Norte 16 Dimoleevoky, Director of the Morison War
Research Destitute* asecoberg hooded hie Institute for the oto07 of the
theories snd onetime inieical to Sexism. First son sideration wee given
to bolshevism. Re wee empowered to oonfisoate librariee* arehivse oat pri-
vate collections in GOTSaM escupied countries in order to obtain materiel of
interest.
2. The Cemmemding Omseral of COST his adVioed that OOR of this col-
lection has beam returned to rightful sooners. Of the reminder* oommitmonts
have been made to mod 300,000 volumes to the USSR. Seventy-five thousand
volumes have already been eat. Infoteation, dated 1, larch from Mr. C.
Offie of the Office of the Political Adviser* USYST, states that talky authorios.
tie* hove agreed to hold up shipment of the remainder to the USSR pending
further investigation
36 Mr. O. 1. Imemen* Deputy for Foreign Affairs National War College,
has stated in letter to the Director of Contra Inteilicenes on this sub-
ject that he feels that the removal of this collection to the United States
is highly desirable in the intonate of the future intelligeoce effort of the
Covernemst. Further* * OSP* USSR Section of ORR* has in- 50X1
dieeted his belief that this oelleetion le of great value te CIG and that
steps should be takes ba exploit it.
4. There is at present ? prejeet awaitieg presentation to the Pro-
jeots Review Committee dealing with the softening end abstracting of politi-
cal* soeiel sod peychologioel airfare documents in repositories here end
ebread. This prOjeet wee initiated by the IAD end shows the interest of
the IAS egemeille Is. obtateiog intoreetiom of this type. On the essueption
that 1111A spprovem the above-onentionod preject* the screaming of the Roes,-
berg Librery weld Neese a p,rt of it. Dements Drench* Office of Opera-
tions would be* the., the logical vett to ecordimate the swimming of the
Aoseders Library with that of other captured document repositories. The
prolieleary swooning should be ceordimated with ORE so that accurate
evalustiem of this meteriel to Ulm would also be forthcoming, Captain
Roe in Neeoew* eould* if directed, go to Offenbseh to make initial
arrsass.nta end met 00 reprementetive there to begin preliminary ecreee-
inc. Steps should therefore be takes imaidiately to effect at least this
preliniaary eereoming.
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Memorandum for the Chief, ICAPS. April 1947
5. It is believed that screening hy represent,tive naoplin of 50%,
of the collection should provide adequate informa.tion4.nd sttistics for
evaluation of the worth of the collection to intelligence and as A basis for
decision on removal of the collection to the United Ztatsa anajor abetracting
of document* of intelligence value at Offenbech. It is felt that on com-
petent Russian linguist oould acoompliah this in three months time. This
would require his scanning al:prozimately 1,500 books a day.
6. An estimate of the MAMA= cost to CIG for this preliminary
ing would be i3,106.00.
7. It is reoommended thatt
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A. Attached estimate for project of sending a Documents Branch
scanner to Offenbach be presented for approv4 to the Projects Movie, Com-
mittee.
B. Attached ceble be sent to Mr. C. Offie at YrankfUrt requesting
Rosenberg Collection be kept intact ,?ending arrival of And 50X1
00 repreeentative.
C. Attached cable be sent to
proceed to Frankfurt to meet 00 tCpt**IflIaTive there as soon as he can be
released from Moecom.
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D. 00 be directed to implement the project in collaboration with
Xnalosures
Tabs A, B, and C.
WU3Sr Ginsral, Ua
Assiateet Director for Oper?t3one
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2 April 1947
VZIORANDUM FOR THE PROJECTS REVILI COM2ITTEE4
SUBJECT* Preliminary Screening of Rosenberg Library at Offenbach.
I. It is proposed that there be undertaken a preliminary screening
,of Russian language documents in the Rosenberg Library being held. in Offen-
bach. This screening would provide detailed information which could be used
as a basis for (1) evaluation of the worth of this collection to CIO and (2)
decision by CIO as to further steps to be taken toward exploitation.
2* There are approximately 225,000 Russian documents in this 001100-
tion which has been marked for shipment to the USSR. It is believed that a
linguist/scanner by representative sampling of 501, of this collection could,
in three months time, provide the information desired
3. Detailed maximum coot estimate is attached. If proposed project
for Exploitation of Enemy Document Repositories, now awaiting action by the
Projects Review Committee, is approved, wet estimated for that project will
cover expenses for screening of Rosenberg Collection proposed here.
1. ORE, has indicated that this collection is probably 50X1
of great value to CIG, Information at hand dhows that it comprises publica-
tions confiscated from libraries and private collections from all the German
occupied countries. It is understood that it contains, moreover, many
official Soviet documents, both party and government. If utops are not
taken immediately to ascertain its worth to the intelligence effort of this
Government, the collection will be shipped to the USSR, It seems imperative
that at least this preliminary screening should be done so that future Lotion
may be guided by fact and recultant need*
gadiar General, USA
Asaistant Director for Operations
Inclosure
Cost estimate
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Sipt,U.ate of SQ,Latia 7?xoenctitursts
for Prelimineri ,Vizianliai or Rositabgrip, Colleztion
A. Personnel
1 ". linguist/scanner
B. &alury (3 aonths) 11,476.
C. Travel 1,000.
Livin expenses 632.
(7 per diem)
Total
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Attached hereto is meaorandum with inclosuree on the subject
of the Rosenberg Collection alons with paper on the same subject for?
warded to this office by ICAPS,
ATT: Memo, 2 Apr.) w/incle.
Rtg slip fr Dep Dir w/draft letter to Mr. 1ennan; Memo 2-13-47; Nemo
fr WDGS?ID 1-23-47; 0M?IN-4093; Memo 1-10-46; Memo 12-30-46 w Incle;
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