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part iii
Textual Records Relating to the
Mauthausen Complex
RECORD GROUP 59, GENERAL RECORDS
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
III.1 The Department of State advises the President in the formulation and
execution of foreign policy and conducts the foreign relations of the United
States.
III.2 Decimal File Source Cards, 1945–1949 for Bern, Switzerland, February–
June 1945 (Entry 198D, boxes 124–125 and 134, decimals 740.00114 and
840.48, location: 250/17/12/09)
The source cards describe general correspondence between the American
Legation, Bern; the Secretary of State, Washington; the War Refugee Board;
SHAEF; and a constellation of Swiss, German, French, and Swedish officials
as well as concerned agencies—the American Red Cross, International
Committee of the Red Cross, and World Jewish Congress—regarding pris­
oner exchanges and other early releases of inmates from German concen­
tration camps, including Mauthausen. The cards refer the researcher to the
Department of State Central File, Decimal File 1945–49. Note: Doc­
umentation filed under 840.48 (Refugees) is reproduced on NARA Microfilm
Publication M1284, described below.
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