Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, General, Volume I

740.0011 European War 1939/10–244

The Director of the Office of Strategic Services (Donovan) to the Director of the Office of European Affairs, Department of State (Dunn)

Washington, October 2, 1944.

Dear Mr. Dunn: I should appreciate it if you would place the attached memorandum before the Secretary.

Ambassador Murphy¹⁹ is also interested in this matter, and I enclose an extra copy of the memorandum to be brought to his attention.

Sincerely,

Bill

[Enclosure]

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Washington, October 2, 1944.

Under date of 9 September and 10 September we sent Ambassador Murphy two reports²⁰ from our Bari office referring to statements of Starker of Neubacher’s staff. Copies of these statements were sent to Ambassador Harriman²¹ and General Deane,²² who in turn showed them to the Russians.

You may find of significance that in a message from General Deane to us today, he states that General Fitin²³ is grateful for the information which was sent to him and requests that more information be forwarded as it becomes available.

Donovan

19. Robert D. Murphy, formerly United States Representative on the Advisory Council for Italy, had become, after September 15, 1944, United States Adviser on German Affairs.
20. Neither printed, but for the substance of these two reports, see telegrams 313, September 7, 1 p.m., and 324, September 7, midnight, from Caserta, p. 549.
21. W. Averell Harriman, American Ambassador in the Soviet Union.
22. Maj. Gen. John R. Deane, Head of the United States Military Mission in the Soviet Union.
23. Lt. Gen. Pavel Mikhailovich Fitin, Head of Soviet External Intelligence Services.