This series consists of memorandums, cables, correspondence, maps, reports, press clippings, intelligence reports, army regulations, bulletins, minutes of meetings, directives, laws, photographs, currency, and organization charts relating to military government. There are records relating to civil matters under decimal 014. There are requests for permission to visit occupation zones under decimal 371. Many of these are requests from businessmen for permission to visit Germany or Japan. There are also documents relating to the apparently successful attempt by Alma Mahler-Werfel to visit Vienna, Austria in 1947 filed under decimal 371 section 12. There are records relating to war crimes under decimal 250.401. There are records relating to the restoration of trade under decimal 091.31. There are records relating to the Civil Affairs Holding and Staging Area under decimal 354.1. There are records relating to the restoration and preservation of art and archives under decimal 000.4. There are records relating to prisoners of war under decimal 383.6. There are records relating to refugees, displaced persons, and repatriation under decimal 383.7. There are records relating to reparations under decimal 387.6. There are records relating to captured property under decimal 386.3. There are records relating to subversive activities, including those of Ezra Pound, under decimal 000.5.
The artifacts consist of 51 specimen copies of currency. These include Dutch currency, Norwegian currency, Allied Military Mark currency, French invasion currency, supplemental French Franc currency, and Italian Allied Military currency.