GERMANY: Scraps of Paper

The Reichsarchiv requested that the U. S. Government return the originals of all German official documents (several hundred in number) captured by the American Army in the War. Similar American documents in German hands are offered in return. They number about a dozen.

The documents are the property of the United States and cannot be dis posed of without the consent of Congress.

American army officials are anxious to grant the favor, in view of the ready access given American army officers to the German records, war plans and orders of the German General...

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