| U.S. and Allied Efforts To Recover and Restore Gold and Other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany During World War II |
Abbreviations
Acc., Accession
ACC, Allied Control Council
AHC, Allied High Commission
AJC, American Jewish Congress
ASA, American Security Agency
Benelux, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
BEW, Board of Economic Warfare (U.S.)
BIS, Bank for International Settlements
CID, Criminal Investigation Division (USA)
CIG, Central Intelligence Group
Del, delegation
DP, displaced person
EUCOM, European Command (U.S.)
FEA, Foreign Economic Administration (U.S.)
ERP, European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan)
ETO, European Theater of Operations
EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
FED, Foreign Exchange Depository
FFC, Foreign Funds Control, Treasury Department
GEPC, German External Property Commission
Ger, German, Germany
IARA, Inter-Allied Reparations Agency
IGCR, Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees
IRO, International Refugee Organization
JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
MEW, Ministry of Economic Warfare (U.K.)
MG 53, Military Government Law No. 53
NARA, National Archives and Records Administration
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NSC, National Security Council (U.S.)
OE, Division of Economic Security Controls, Department of State
OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State
OMGUS, Office of Military Government of Germany (U.S.)
OSS, Office of Strategic Services
PCIRO, Preparatory Commission of International Refugee Organization
R&A, Research and Analysis Branch
RG, Record Group
SF, Swiss francs
SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces
SI, Secret Intelligence Branch, Office of Strategic Services
SS, Schutzstaffel
SSU, Strategic Services Unit
TGC, Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold
U.K., United Kingdom
UN, United Nations
USA, U.S. Army
USFET, United States Forces European Theater
V-E Day, Victory in Europe, May 7, 1945
WDSCA, War Department Chief of Staff Army
X-2, counter-intelligence branch, Office of Strategic Services