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The US Army Files
document count: 35

 

These files cover the United States Army's surveillance, contacts with and, to some degree, complicity with Ustase war criminals concealed in Austria and Italy in the years after World War II, largely through the vehicle of the army's Counter-Intelligence Corps (CIC). For a general overview of the US Army files, please see Top Secret: The Pavelic Army File.

Documents

US Army File: Supreme Allied HQ to 12th and 6th Army (Austria)
June 5, 1945: "Ante Pavelic... may be in your area"

US Army File: Rome Area Allied Command to CIC
August 8, 1945: "Is Pavelic in Rome? Is San Gerolamo Monostery used as a haven..."

US Army File: Judge Advocate General to Army Counter-Intelligence
November 5, 1945: Form Inquiring after Pavelic's Whereabouts

US Army File: Rome Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) Memorandum
August 25, 1945: On News Reports of Pavelic's Arrest in Austria

US Army File: Dr. DRAGANOVIC' Krunoslav
Unknown: Information on Draganovic, Austria, Pavelic, the Vatican and the Krizari

US Army File: Background Material on Krunoslav Draganovic
October 10, 1946: One of the first and most crucial extant files tracing Krunoslav Draganovic's role in the Ratline

US Army File: Unidentified Document (Index Card)
October 12, 1946: Possibly Sent to Confirm that Pavelic Had Been in U.S. Custody in Austria

US Army File: CIC Memorandum from Agent William Gowen
January 17, 1947: Re: article about Pavelic in the Swiss Press

US Army File: CIC Memorandum from Agent Gowen
January 22, 1947: Investigation of Pavelic's Vatican Sanctuary; First Appearance of Krunoslav Draganovic in the Army Dossier

US Army File: CIC Summary from Special Agent Robert Clayton Mudd
January 30, 1947: Overview of Pavelic's Biography to Date; First Allusion to the "Ratline" in the CIC Files

CIA File: Background Report on Krunoslav Draganovic
February 12, 1947: Agent Robert Clayton Mudd's report on Draganovic's past and present activity vis-a-vis the Ustase and Pavelic

US Army File: Cover Letter by Ass. Chief of Staff G-2 Robert Stuart
February 25, 1947: A moment of equivocation as to the subject's whereabouts when forwarding Agent Gowen's latest report.

US Army File: CIC Memorandum from Agents Caniglia and Zappala
March 15, 1947: "In Rome Pavelic took refuge in a religious institution..."

US Army File: Unknown Document (Index Card)
April 14, 1947: An index card pulled from an unknown source. Interesting that Pavelic is classified in this one in a catagory of "Yugoslav Anti-Communists."

US Army File: Investigation by Capt. Marion Scott
April 18, 1947: Long investigation report on Pavelic and other Ustasa in Italy

US Army File: CIC Cover Letter to Scott Report
April 21, 1947: Note included with Scott report which casts doubt on the key informant's usefulness

US Army File: Information Sheet
May 19, 1947: What appears to be information acquired from OZNA, the Yugoslav secret police, on Pavelic in Italy

US Army File: Unknown Document (Index Card)
May 25, 1947: Two sentence card, quoting Belgrade Radio as saying the British let Pavelic escape, presumably from their custody in Austria

US Army File: Summary of Information from Agents Gowen and Caniglia
June 9, 1947: Report confirming Pavelic has not, as others have reported, left Rome at all

US Army File: "Ante Pavelic and other Ustasha Personalities"
c.July, 1947: Dated by other researchers in early July, this document appears to have been obtained in final preparation for Pavelic's arrest

US Army File: "Hands Off"
July 7 and 14, 1947: One of the most crucial documents in the archive: a two word, handwritten note appended to the bottom of this otherwise ordinary memo

US Army File: Memorandum from the Political Adviser to Supreme Allied Commander
July 29, 1947: "...military authorities should cooperate with the Italian authorities to the extent necessary and possible..."

US Army File: Memorandum from the British Political Adviser
August 2, 1947: Response to the American Political Adviser listed above

US Army File: G-2 Brief on Pavelic's Background to Allied Headquarters
August 7, 1947: In response to their request

US Army File: Memorandum by Agent William Gowen
August 29, 1947: In just 45 days, Pavelic has gone from a criminal to be captured to a potential collaborator whose chief victims - the Serbs - want him to be free as well

CIA File: Documentary Evidence of Krunoslav Draganovic's Ustase Activity
September 5, 1947: CIC Agent Mudd's report citing evidence of Draganovic's role in the Ratline, sent without results to his superiors

US Army File: Memorandum by Agent William Gowen
September 12, 1947: "...any extradition of Subject would deal a staggering blow to the Roman Catholic Church"

US Army File: Unknown Document
October 17, 1947: Small index card-type file with a few misc claims

US Army File: Telegram Received by G-2
January 7, 1948?: Telegram regarding departure of Ante Pavelic from Rome

US Army File: Unknown Document
February 16, 1948?: Another index card-type file with a quote about the "new" principles of the Ustase

US Army File: Rat Line from Austria to South America
July 12, 1948: Crucial memo from the CIC in Austria, written by the man who formed the Ratline with Krunoslav Draganovic's assistance

US Army File: History of the Italian Rat Line
April 10, 1950: Comprehensive history of the Nazi smuggling program and Krunoslav Draganovic's role

US Army File: Unknown Document
December 4, 1950: Index card-type file with contact information for the "Croatian Catholic Union"

US Army File: Unknown Document
1950s: Index card-type file, undated, from some larger file on the Croatian Resistance Movement

US Army File: Ustasha Resurgence in Europe
December 11, 1951: This document has been pulled by the CIA. The first page is a series of references to the file, but the next two pages are still classified, 51 years later.

US Army File: Unknown Document
June 24, 1953: An index card-type file referring to another report alleging Ustase using Caritas (Catholic refugee service) offices in Austria as an "information collecting agency"

 

Features

Exhibition: Top Secret
A Guide to Ante Pavelic's Army File.

 

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