Disposition Authorities for Individual Classification for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 114. Alien Property Custodian Matter.

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Disposition Authorities for Individual Classification for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 114. Alien Property Custodian Matter.

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In 1945 the Department of Justice directed the FBI to investigate cases brought against the Alien Property Custodian under the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 and the first War powers Act of 1941. Most investigations examined the ownership and control of unvested property and of vested property that was subject to claims and litigation. Additionally the FBI investigated suspected misuse of misapplication by private citizens of property under the jurisdiction of the Office of Alien Property. The Office of Alien Property became part of the Civil Division, Department of Justice in 1946. That division initiated FBI investigations into this area and received the results of such investigations. By 1960 investigative activity in this classification was very low. It was declared obsolete in 1972; subsequent Alien Property investigations were to be opened under classification 63 - Miscellaneous Civil Suits.

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