Francis Pickens Miller Papers - The George C. Marshall Foundation

COLLECTION SUMMARY SHEET GEORGE C. MARSHALL LIBRARY 

MANUSCRIPT NUMBER: 15 

COLLECTION: FRANCIS PICKENS MILLER PAPERS 

ACCESSION NUMBER: 15, l5A 

DONOR: Francis Pickens Miller 

DATE OF GIFT: 

SIZE: 

1971, 1977 

5.5 linear feet 

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL FEATURES: 

INCLUSIVE DATES: 1917-1976 

RESTRICTIONS: Classified material located 

in Operation Sussex, OMGUS & SHAEF fldrs 

LOCATIONS: Vaul t upper level 

COLLECTION REGISTER AVAILABLE: 

Francis Pickens Miller (1895-1978) served in the Army in both World 

Wars. During World War I he was a member of the 5th l;"ield Artillery 

of the AEF. In World War II, as a member of OSS, Miller was U.S. 

Representative on the Tripartite Control Committee for Operation 

Sussex in London as well as a member of SHAEF. Following World War II 

Miller was Plans and Policy Officer for Intelligence, OMGUS. 

FORMS OF MATERIAL: Correspondence 

Orders 

Memorandum 

Telegrams 

Maps 

MAJOR CORRESPONDENTS: 

SUBJECTS: 

ARRAN,GEMENT: 

Photographs 

Newspapers 

Gilbert Renault-Roulier (Remy) 

OSS 

Hitler assasination attempt 

Allied occupation of Germany 

Battle of the Bulge 

Dachau 

Buchenwald 

Operation Sussex 

AEF 

By series: World War I; World War II; Office of Military Government 

for Germany, US (OMGUS); Personal File; Senate Investigation 

of the National Defense Program; Army Reserve; and a 

General File. 

Yes

1895 

1914 

1917-19 

1919-23 

1923 

1927 

1928-38 

1935 

1936 

1938-41 

1938-41 

1943-44 

1944-45 

1945-46 

1946 

1949 

1952 

1961-65 

1967-69 

FRANCIS PICKENS MILLER PAPERS 

Biographical Sketch 

Born in Middlesborough, Kentucky, on June 5, the son of 

Henry &Flora (McElwee) Miller 

Graduated from Washington &Lee University, Lexington, 

Va. (A.B.) 

World War I service in France: 5th FA, 1st Division, 

AEF; 58th CAC, AEF 

Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University, received B.A. 1921, 

M.A. 1923 

Student, Graduate Institute of International Studies, 

Geneva Switzerland 

Married Helen Hill, Children: Andrew, born 1932; Robert, 

born 1934 

Chairman, World's Student Christian Federation 

Organized National Policy Committee 

Organized Public Affairs Committee 

Organization Director, Council on Foreign Relations 

Member Va. House of Delegates 

Lt. Col. OSS. U.S. Representative on Tripartite Control 

Committee for Operation SUSSEX, London 

Lt. Col. &Col. SHAEF, G-2 Division, London and Versailles 

Executive, and Plans &Policy Officer - Office of Director 

of Intelligence, Office of Military Government for Germany, 

U.S. (OMGUS), Berlin 

U.S. Army Reserve Member 

Candidate for governorship - Virginia 

Candidate for U.S. Senate 

State Department Special Assistant, Educational &Cultural 

Affairs 

American Revolution Bicentennial Commission member 

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Decorations: 

Memberships: 

Author of: 

Legion of Ment with Cluster (U.S.) 

Order of the British Empire 

Legion of Honor; Croix de Guerre With Palms (France) 

Order of Leopold I with Palm; Croix de Guerre with Palm 

(Belgium) 

Society of the Cincinnati 

Oxford Society 

Phi Gamma Delta 

Omicron Delta Kappa 

Century Club of New York City 

Cosmos Club of Washington, D.C. 

Yale Club of New York City 

The Giant of the Western World, 1930, (with Helen Hill) 

The'Church'Against'tne'World, 1935, (with H. R. Neibuhr 

W. Pauck) 

The Blessings of Liberty, 1936 

Man'From'tne'Valley, 1971 

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and memos regarding the attempted assassination of Hitler on July 20, 1944. 

There are documents concerning intelligence information given by the Russians 

to the Quadripartite Intelligence Committee in Berlin as well as U.S. material 

on the Red Army during this period. Reports are included on the following 

subjects: German Standard of Living Board; OMGUS Plan for Military Government 

Intelligence, and the War Department Advisory Committee on Military Justice. 

Otber items in this series are correppondence, reports, notes, orders, directives, 

pamphlets, telephone directories, passes, and receipts. 

The post-war material contains information on the Senate Investigation 

of alleged scandal in the operation of military government in occupied Europe; 

on Miller's service in the Army Reserve, Virginia Military District; and on 

Miller's speeches, articles, and his relationship with the French Underground 

leader Remy. Specific items include Miller1s Senate testimony, correspondence, 

clippings, newsletters, orders, a Hearings Report, and press releases. 

The collection was donated to the Marshall Foundation by Francis Pickens 

Miller in 1971. 

Mrs. Helen Hill Miller donated a collection of World War I posters at the 

time Colonel Miller presented his collection to the Marshall Foundation. 

An addition to the Francis Pickens Miller collection was made in 1977 (15A). 

The six folders are filed in box 12, folders 32-37, and they contain general 

correspondence, speeches, clippings, a lecture at West Point in 1947, a list 

of commendations, items related to the dedication of a memorial to General 

Hap Adams, and a photo of George Merton. The dates included are; 1941, 1965-1976. 

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Box 1: World War I, 1917-1919 

B-l/F-l 

B-l/F-2 

B-l/F-3 

B-l/F-4 

B-l/F-5 

B-l/F-6 

B-l/F-7 

B-l/F-8 

B-l/F-9 

B-l/F-IO 

B-l/F-ll 

B-l/F-12 

B-l/F-13 

B-l/F-14 

B-l/F-15 

B-l/F-16 

B-l/F-17 

B-l/F-18 

B-l/F-19 

B-l/F-20 

B-l/F-21 

FRANCIS PICKENS MILLER PAPERS 

Container List 

Officers Record Book, n.d. (1) 

Officers Pay and Mileage Voucher Forms, n.d. (4) 

I.D., International Committee of the YMCA, .Tune 

1917. (1) 

Travel Pass, Sept., 1917. (1) 

Orders, Sept. 1917-March 1919. (16) 

Muster Rolls, 1st Division, Battery "E", 

Sept.-Oct. 1917. (30) 

Muster Rolls, 1st Division, Battery "F"', 

Sept.-oct. 1917. (31) 

Muster Rolls, 1st Division, Headquarter's 

Company, Sept.-Oct. 1917. (31) 

Cables, Oct. 1917-May 1918. (2) 

Memo: Artillery Officer Instruction, March 22, 

1918. (3) 

Battery "E" Daily Action Reports, Nov. 9-11, 

1918. (3) 

Army Song Book, 1918. (1) 

Pershing Speeches, Feb. 27-28, 1919. (2) 

Military I.D. with attached orders, April 5, 

1919. (1) 

Military Passenger List, n.d. (12) 

Discharge orders and Clearance Certificate, 

May 12, 1919. (2) 

British Postcards with War Photographs, n.d. (9) 

Cloth book, n.d. (1) 

Saumur Artillery School, May-Aug. 1918. Exams. 

(21) 

Saumur Artillery School, May-Aug. 1918. 

Instruction Pamphlet. C5) 

SaumurArtillery School, May-Aug. 1918. 

Instruction Record. (1) -6-

Box 1, cant.: 

B-1/F-22 

B-l/F-23 

B-l/F-24 

B-l/F-25 

B-l/F-26 

B-l/F-27 

B-l/F-28 

B-l/F-29 

World War I, 1917-19 


B-2/F-l 

B-2/F-2 

B-2/F-3 

B-2/F-4 

B-2/F-5 

B-2/F-6 

B-2/F-7 

B-2/F-8 

B-2/F-9 

B-2/F-IO 

B-2/F-ll 


Notes: Ammunition and Ballistics. (19) 

Saumur Artillery School, May-Aug. 1918. Notes: 

Artillery. (3) 

Saumur Artillery School, May-Aug. 1918. Notes: 

Battery Commander. (46) 


Notes: Dispersion, Topography, Gas. (15) 


Notes: Liason, Protection of Artillery. (32) 


Observation Record Book, June-July, 1918. (1) 

Saumur Artillery School, May-Aug. 1918. Drill 

Regulations, Jan. 1918. (1) 

Souvenir: Album von Berlin, n.d. (1) 

Angers Artillery School, Aug.-Sept. 1918. 

Bulletins. (2 1 j. ) 


Bulletins. (24) 

Angers Artillery School, Aug-Sept. 1918. 













Bulletin. (1) 


Exams. (18) 


Exams. (24) 

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Box 2, cont.: World War I, 1917-19 

B-2/F-12 Angers Artillery School, Aug.-Sept. 1918. 

Exams. (19) 


Exams. (19) 


Instruction pamphlets. (7) 


Instruction pamphlet. (1) 






Notes. (1) 


Mess and Transfer of property receipts. (7) 


Record of Targets. (16) 


Weapons Diagrams. (1) 


Battery Commander School: Howitzer Instruction Book, n.d. (1) 

Box 4 : World War II-OSS, 1942-45 Classified--Closed to research 

B-4/F-l 

B-4/F-2 

B-4/F-3 

B-4/F-4 

B-4/F-5 

B-4/F-6 

Military order by F.D. Roosevelt establishing 

OSS, July,13, 1942. (1) 

OSS, Commission and Assignment. Orders, 

memos, records, forms, 1943. (20) 

Commission and Assignment. Orders, memos, 

records, forms, 1943. (30) 

Sussex, operations Division; status reports, July 

Sept. 1944. (10) 

Sussex. Notes and memos on operation, 1943. (14) 

Sussex. Agents and missions, 1944-45. (20) -8-

Box 5, corrt . : 

B-5/F-25 

World War II, 1943-45 

World War II (aftermath). Post-war France, 

IlAffaire Passy,1l clippings, Sept. 1946. (2) 

B-5/F-26 World War II (aftermath). Conditions 

post-war France. Letter, April 1946. 

B-5/F-27 

B-5/F-28 

in (16) 

World War II (aftermath). Conditions in 

post-war France, vote on constitution, May 

6, 1946 . (3) 

World War II (aftermath). Correspondence: 

Effort to relocate Betty Herbst-Bettenhausen, 

1946. (12) 

B-5/F-29 World War II (aftermath). 

Frank Dixon transfer, Dec. Correspondence: 

1945 . (3) 

B-5/F-30 

B-5/F-31 

B-5/F-32 

B-5/F-33 

Box 6: World War II-SHAEF, 1944-45 

B-6/F-l 

B-6/F-2 

B-6/F-3 

B-6/F-4 

B-6/F-5 

B-6/F-6 

B-6/F-7 

B-6/F-8 

B-6/F-9 

B-6/F-IO 

B-6/F-ll 

B-6/F-12 

B-6/F-13 


location of the von Moltke family, 1945. (6) 


Effort to free Waldemar Hoeffding, 1945. (6) 


relocation of Charles Spiecker, July 1945. 

(3) 

World War II (aftermath). London News: IlWomen 

Who Died for their Country,1l May 1948. (1) 

Assignment, G-2 Division, June 1944. (8) 

G-2j Passes. (4) 

G-2j Shipping tickets, 1944. (4) 

G-2; Victory order of the Day, May 8, 1945. (1) 

G-2; Niemoller statement on war guilt. (2) 

G-2; Chateau Transit Camp pass, May 1945. (1) 

G-2; Newspaper clipping on Thomas Betts, n.d. (1) 

G-2j Air transport command ticket, Oct. 3, 1944. (1) 

G-2; Dining permit, Oct. 12, 1944. (1) 

G-2; Travel orders, Sept. 30, 1944. (4) 

G-2j Orders, Oct. 9, 1944. (1) 

G-2; Allied Occupation Coordinating Committee, 

memos and reports, 1944• (9) 

G-2j Reports and summaries RE Battle of the Bulge, 

Dec. lQ44-Sept. lQ45. (2Q) "

Box 6, cont.: 

B-6/F-14 

B-6/F-15 

B-6/F-16 

B-6/F-17 

B-6/F-18 

B-6/F-19 

B-6/F-20 

B-6/F-21 

B-6/F-22 

B-6/F-23 

B-6/F-24 

B-6/F-25 

B-6/F-26 

B-6/F-27 

Box 7: OMGUS, 1945-46 

B-7/F-l 

B-7/F-2 

B-7/F-3 

B-7/F-4 

B-7/F-5 

World War II-SHAEF, 1944-45. 

G-2; Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 38, week 

ending (Battle of the Bulge) Dec. 10. 1944. (1) 

G-2; Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 39, week 

ending(Battle of the Bulge) Dec. 17, 1944.(1) 

G-2; Summaries, Reports, Charts, clippings, 

(Battle of the Bulge),Dec. 1944-Jan. 1945. 

map 

(16) 

G-2; Correspondence, reports, memos, notes, 19 44-45. 

(24) 

G-2; Reports, memos, research notes on Frenchmen, 

Crimea Conference Communique, n.d. (23) 

G-2; I.G. Farben personnel; reports, memo, clipping, 

1945. (10) 

HQ U.S. Group CC: Reports on POW installations, 

1945. (20) 

G-2; German(trans) handbook on POW camps; report, 

essay, and poem on camps; Dachau, 1945. (23) 

G-2; Report on concentration camp Buchenwald 

(3 copies), 1945. (12) 

Newspaper clippings RE Niemoller, Berlin children, 

Herr Birger. (4) 

G-2; Information on German Intelligence; 

pamphlets, memos. (8) 

Organization charts, telephone directories, 1945. 

(4) 

Illustrations of SHAEF shoulder sleeve insignia. 

(4) 

Daily prayers and poetry, n.d. (4) 

Correspondence: 

(4) 

H. von Arnim, Feb.-April, 1946. 

Correspondence: 

(4) 

Rev. W. Jannasch. Jan.-March, 1946. 

Correspondence: Dr. Hans Lilje, 1945. (5) 

Major M. Greene. Request for investigation} 

March 5, 1946. (3) 

Major M. Greene. Orders, Feb.-March 1946. (24) 

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Box 7, cont.: OMGUS, 1945-46 

B-7/F-6 

B-7/F-7 

B-7/F-8 

B-7/F-9 

B-7/F-IO 

B-7/F-ll 

B-7/F-12 

B-7/F-13 

B-7/F-14 

B-7/F-15 

B-7/F-16 

B-7/F-17 

B-7/F-18 

B-7/F-19 

B-7/F-20 

B-7/F-2l 

B-7/F-22 

B-7/F-23 

B-7/F-24 

B-7/F-25 

B-7/F-26 

B-7/F-27 

B-7/F-28 

B-7/F-29 

B-7/F-30 

Major M. Greene. Memos, March 4, 1946. (18) 

Major M. Greene. Memos, March 1946. (7) 

Illegalities within OMGUS, Memo, nd. (8) 

Illegalities within OMGUS, Memos, n.d. (5) 

Illegalities within OMGUS, notes, n . d. (15) 

Troop Morale and Discipline. Editorial by Miller, 

Nov. 29, 1945. (6) 

Troop Morale and Discipline. 

(1) 

Memo, April 29, 1946. 

Troop Morale and Discipline. 

30, 1946. (1) 

Circular, April 

Troop Morale and Discipline. Newspaper reprints, 

April, 1946. (11) 

Troop Morale and Discipline. Clippings, April 

25, 1946. (5) 

Miller's desk calendar, 1946. (1) 

Press conference--General Clay, April 25, 1946. 

( 6) 

Daily Bulletin, Oct. 31, 1946. (1) 

Separation orders and Clearance Certificate, 

May 1946. (21) 

Separation papers, June 1946. (36) 

Separation papers, June 1946. (6) 

German Panzer book, leaflets, and accompanying 

letter. (8) 

Tally sheet, Aug. 11, 1945. (1) 

Pass, Oct. 30, 1945. (1) 

Requisition order, Nov. 1945. (1) 

Receipt, April 1946. (2) 

Currency Exchange Control Book, April 23, 1946. 

Officer clothing ration card. (1) 

Nameplates. (5) 

Orchestra programs. (5) -13- 

(1 )

Box 7, cont.: OMGUS, 1945-46 

B-7/F-31 Orders, Jlme 27,1946. (2) 

B-7/F-32 Commendation and cover letter, Sept. 1949 

Jan. 1950. ( 2 ) 

Box 8: OMQUS, 1945-46 

B-8/F-l 

B-8/F-2 

B-8/F-3 

B-8/F-4 

B-8/F-5 

B-8/F-6 

B-8/F-7 

B-8/F-8 

B-8/F-9 

B-8/F-IO 

B-8/F-ll 

B-8/F-12 

B-8/F-13 

B-8/F-14 

B-8/F-15 

B-8/F-16 

B-8/F-17 

Correspondence; memos, orders, notes, 1945-46. (19) 

Report of Tripartite Conference of Berlin, Aug. 

3, 1945 . (20) 

Intelligence reports, August 1945. (24) 

Memos, messages, and reports, Aug.-Dec. 1945. (24) 

Reports: OSS; Office of the Director of Intelligencej 

Allied Control Authority, Jan. 1946. (28) 

Correspondence, memos, notes, Feb.-March 1946. (22) 

Memos and notes, March-April 1946. (23) 

Memos, directives, notes, clippings, April-Aug. 

1946 . (33) 

Hitler assassination attempt: G-2 report, 

political and social backgound; Sept. 1945. (35) 

Hitler assassination attempt: OSS report, 

political implications, Oct. 1945. (63) 

Hitler assassination attempt: Printed letters and 

reports of James von Moltke, n.d. (52) 

Hitler assassination attempt: Saturday Evening 

Post articles, July 20 and 27, 1946. (2) 

Hitler assassination attempt: Memo to G-2j 

Current political intelligence(2 copies), 

June 12, 1946. (10) 

Hitler assassination attempt: Intelligence 

Library Bibliography (2 copies), Feb. 26, 1946. (4) 

Intelligence given by Russia to Quadripartite 

Intelligence Committee in Berlin, n.d. (5) 

Intelligence HE Red Army: Bulletin, notes, record 

of meeting with Sidnev. 1945-46. (18) 

U.S. War Department pamphlet no. 21-30, "Our 

Red Army Ally, II April 23, 1945. (1) 

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Box 12, cont , : General File; 1041. 1947-1950, 1964-1976 

B-12/F-19 General File. Remy, Readers Digest Article, Jan. 

1947. (1) 

B-12/F-20 

B-12/F-2l 

B-12/F-22 

B-12/F-23 

B-12/F-24 

B-12/F-25 

B-12/F-26 

B-12/F-27 

B-12/F-28 

B-12/F-29 

B-12/F-30 

B-12/F-3l 

General File. Remy , clipping, tJuly 14, 1950. (1) 

General File. Speeches and Articles. 

Address, April 2B, 1947. (10) 

General File. Speeches and Articles. 

Address, April 2B, 1947. (31) 

West Point 

West Point 

General File. Speeches and Articles, IINational 

Defense of Character,1I Aug. 7, 1948. (30) 

General File. Speeches and Articles. IINational 

Defense of Character,1I Aug. 7, 1948. (23) 

General File. Speeches and Articles. II National 

Defense of Character,1I Explanatory remarks, 

handwritten draft, n.d. (5) 


Defense of Character,1I explanatory remarks, 

n.d. (25) 


Defense of Character,1I related report, Sept. 16, 

1948. (6) 


Defense of Character,1I Omar Bradley thank-you 

letter and copies, Nov. 12, 1948. (25) 


Defense of Character, II Omar Bradley thank-you 

letter (copies), Nov. 12, 1948. (24 ) 


Defense of Character,1I Omar Bradley thank-you 

letter (copies), Nov. 12, 1948. (15) 


Defense of Character ll with Bradley letter attached, 

Aug. and Nov. 1948. (11) 

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Box 12, cont , : 

B-12/F-32 

B-12/F-33 

B-12/F-34 

B-12/F-35 

B-12/F-36 

B-12/F-37 

B-12/F-38 

B-12/F-39 

B-12/-40 

B-12/F-41 

B-12/F-42 

B-12/F--43 

B-12/F-44 

FRANCIS PICKENS MILLER PAPERS (15A) 

Folders 32-37 ONLY 

Correspondence, 1941; 1965-1976 (26) 

Promotions and Speeches. Clippings, n.d. (9) 

West Point Lecture. April 28, 1947. (1) 

List of Commendations, n.d. (1) 

Chadwin, Mark. Re: Loan of Miller Papers, 1964. (5) 

General Hap Adams Memorial. Dedication Ceremony, 1972. (4) 

Newspaper

Newspapers: 

Stars and Stripes: 

GEORGE C. t1ARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION 

SEPARATION RECORD 

COLLECTION: Francis Pickens Miller ACCESSION NUMBER: 15 

The following items have been removed from the collection: 

Description of items 

June 7,1944 

October 9, 1944 

November 9, 1944 

March 13, 1945 

April 13, 1945 

April 14, 1945 

May 2, 1945 

May 8, 1945 

New York Herald Tribune (Continental Edition): 

December 28, 1944 

February 13, 1945 

March 2, 1945 

April 13, 1945 

April 14, 1945 

The London Times: 

November 2, 1943 


Apri 1 26, 1945 

Apri1 27, 1945 

May 1, 1945 (2 copies) 

May 3, 1945 

May 9, 1945 

June 7,1944 

June 10, 1946 

Daily Mail (Continental Edition): 


Evening Standard: 

June 6, 1944 

Sunday Times: 

June 11, 1944 

The Observer: 

June 11, 1944 

Sunday Chronicle: 

\July 29, 1945 

January 7, 1945 

Location 

GCMRL - Newspaper file

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