JAPANESE FOREIGN OFFICE DOCUMENTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000200010039-4
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2004
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: July 27, 1951
• Content Type: MEMO

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Resistant Director for Collection & Mgseaination 27 July 1951
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Chief, 'oreign Documents Division, 00
Japanese Foreign office Documents
CE s a. ite morandum for Director of Intelligence, GS A, from AD/OM,
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dated 4 August 19149, subject: "Return to Japanese Governmen
of Documents captured in Japan" o
1. Attached message from CI I F,, number C 67380, date. 20 July 1951,
requests advice on return of documents confiscated from the Japanese Foreign
Office Archives by Washington Document center (,Adv) in FebruarY 1946 to the
government.
2. An identical request was contained in CINWE message, number Z
14933, dated 27 June 1949, to which the Assistant Director for Collection
and tisse nation replied in a memorandum, addressed to the Director of Intel-
ligence, G UsA, on 4 August 19149 (ref. a. above).
3. This office is of the opinion that reference a. adequately answers
request of cnGTE contained in the attached message.
original and 1 to addressee
2 to AD/CO
1 to Chief, FDW OO
Army and State Department review(s) completed.
Nazi/Japanese War Crimes Task Force review completed
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4 August 19,49
JBJ Ti Return to Japanese overca.ae 1r of doctunionts
captured in Japan.
St CINCFF TO G JAPAN Incoming message IN
dated 27 June to DEPT OF Actions 1 CXA
All but a very few of the documents referred to in subject
ou rest or of the National Archives in accordance with ecutive
e have been transferred by this Agency to mstody of the Library
Order 9784 doted 25 Septeaber 1946 and " deraal Law 44, USA 366.
of this Agency has stated the opinion that
the estion of ultimate disposition of the documente is one solely
'it zin the compatence of the. Archivist.
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cce General Counsel
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CIA Archivist
Liaison Branch
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Office MemorandJf#P0 UN~IiTE9tTATES GOVERNMENT
TO Deputy Assistant Director for Operations
FROM i Acting Chief, FDB
Request for Return of Japanese Documents
15 July 1949
1. Reference is made to attached incoming; unclassified message
No. v 14933 from CINCFE, Tokyo.
2. Investigation by this office reveals that approximately 95
percent of the items referred to have been forwarded to the Library
of Congress,.and a small percentage have been forwarded to the
National Archives. The few remaining documents are still in FDB.
Disposition of these documents was made in accord with Executive
Order 9784 dated 25 September 1946 and Federal Law 44 USCA 366.
3. These Japanese documents are not jointly owned but are
exclusively the property of the US Government. SANACC 400 (Release
of Information from Captured Enemy Documents) is not applicable in
this case.
4. At one-time General Hildring's office of the State Department,
which was concerned with Occupied Areas, contacted us relative to the
question of the return of these documents. However, as far as we
know, no action was taken by his office nor has any applicable State
Department paper been written on this matter.
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fied Message Z 14933.
OOj% Carbon of this memo, orig. buckslip 5 July 49 from
0AD/00 to FDB, a d o of Unclassified Message No. Z14933,
forwarded to OC ,for. 21 July 49 per attached copy of bucksli
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AUG 1948
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CINCFE TOKYO JAPAN
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NR.- Z 11,93
FROM: C I NFE TOKYO JAPAN
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REQUEST FROM i:'ORE I GN OFFICE, JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FOR RETURN OF
DOCUMENTS CONF I SCATEO BY 1 ASH 3 NGT(,1N DOCU,-IENTS !;ENTER ADVAi`_JCE I (`
FEBRUARY 1946 RECENTLY RECEIVED EY THIS HEADQUARTERS. REQUESTED
DOCL4,4ENTS LISTED ON SH I PP I '1JG ADV I CES 15030, 1507;9 AND RETURNED
DOCUMENTS L I STS NUMBERS 1 s 5m 6, 8, 10, 11 s seu9v,9,52., 53, 54 , 61, 62,
68, 72, 78, 799 80, 90 WITH EXCEPTION OF L,M6 T D ?CUMENTS STILL I N THIS
THEATER, WERE EVACUATED TO WASH I r'.'GTON DOCUMENT CENTER CIA,
REQUEST COMMENT S REGARDING RETURN TO JAPANESE GOVERNLu C'NT OF
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hD/00 16 Deeee ber 1947
The attached ,aeLL:or duia from Mr. 14 eal, Chief,
Division of Foreibn Activity Correlation, ,subject:
"Japunese Documents", vyas delivered directly to this
Office by the Derurtrzent of State. to copy is iora,.rded
for your infornation and f:~ie, and tie reply to the
request will be coordinated with you before being
forty riled to the De :artment of State.
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WASHINGTON 211, D. C, DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
December 12, 1947
In reply refer to
FC: f&IG
UNCLASSIFIED
To: Brigadier. General Edwin L. Siebert,
Central Intelligence Agency.
From: Jack D. Neal,
Chief, Division of
Foreign Activity Correlation.
Subject: Japanese Documents
The Department has received from the Netherlands
Embassy at Washington a note dated November 14, 1947,
which refers to a request made by the Netherlands
Government Institute of War-Documentation concerning
the possibility of examining certain Japanese documents
now in storage under the supervision of the 'Yashington
Documents Center, and then states:
On August 11th 1947 the Netherlands Govern-
ment Institute of Thar-Documentation was informed
under instruction from the Department of State by
the American Consulate General at Amsterdam that
it had not been possible to provide the funds or
personnel which would be required to sort out and
catalogue those documents for their historical
interest or value; they largely remain in ware-
houses pending a decision as to their ultimate
disposition.
"The Netherlands authorities fully understand
the difficulties presented by the request of the
Netherlands Government Institute of War-Documenta-
tion. They have, however, been informed that
large quantities of documents of historical value,
collected in the Netherlands East Indies, have been
dispatched to the Washington Document Center, most
of them via the former H.Q. SEA-TIC at Singapore.
Lists of some of those documents compiled by the
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UNCL_ SS IFIED
Netherlands authorities at Batavia, show that they
contain important information on the history of the
Netherlands East Indies, both before and during the
second world war.
"The Netherlands Government would be grateful
if in the near future'the necessary searches could
be made in order to determine whether this and
perhaps other allied material has, in fact, been
received at the Washington Document Center. It
might be helpful if the searches could be under-
taken or assisted by a member of the staff of the
Netherlands Government Institute of Wear-Documenta-
tion which by your much appreciated decision of
February 17th 1947 Was already been given access
to archives in Berlin, now in the custody of the
Department of State - a permission which, it is
understood, has been extended to cover the archives
in custody of the United States military authori-
ties in Germany.
"Ir. van Kleffens would like to point out that
at this stage his request does not refer to the
possibility of examining documents related to the
history of the Netherlands East Indies during the
second world war. He believes that a decision as
to the examination or ultimate disposition of these
documents cannot usefully be taken before it is
known whether or not they are, in fact, present in
the Washin;ton Document Center.
"The scientific work of the Netherlands Govern-
ment Institute of War Documentation with regard to
Germany has been greatly assisted by the access it
has been given to the archives in Berlin and else-
where in Germany. The Netherlands Government would
therefore be grateful if its request pertaining to
the Washington Document Center would be given early
and favourable consideration."
The Department would appreciate receiving the com-
ments of the Central Intelligence -gency on the above
matter in order that an appropriate reply may be made
to the ietherlands Embassy.
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