Correspondence and Other Records of Brigadier General Charles K. Gailey, 1944–1948

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Correspondence and Other Records of Brigadier General Charles K. Gailey, 1944–1948

1944-1948

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This series includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, cables, blueprints and briefs. The documents include those submitted for comment or for information purposes, as well as copies of correspondence with various Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) (OMGUS) authorities. Among the topics covered are policy considerations towards and implementation of multilateral agreements; office administration, including personnel, quarters, and accounts; official visits; travel policies; personnel and other investigations, including irregularities in the operation of the Military Payment Office in Denmark; imports and exports; transportation, including shipping; elections and other political activities; problems of prisoners-of-war and displaced persons; censorship; prohibited and restricted industries; war crimes, especially the trials held by the U.S. Army at the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau; and international conferences, including the 1947 Moscow conference of the Council of Foreign Ministers. Also included are correspondence with Soviet occupation authorities and records regarding occupation planning, especially Operation "Talisman"; a plan drawn up in August through September 1944, which dealt with preparations for operations in Europe in the event of a German surrender.

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