Price Defends Censorship Unit Over Kellems Letter Leak
Byron Price told the Senate post office subcommittee that a leak from another agency caused the publication of parts of Vivien Kellems and Count von Zedlitz correspondence. He said his office only sent extracts to officials and pledged full cooperation in the probe. He supported criminal penalties for disclosure and identified von Zedlitz as a Metallgesellschaft envoy tied to Germany's war effort.
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Kellems
Price
Washington
Byron Price
Vivien Kellems
Connecticut
Buenos Aires
Senate Post Office
Count Frederick Karl von Zedlitz
Mettallgesellschaft
Great
Hitler
von Zedlitz
Germany
Sen. Reed
R-Kan
Senate
Pearson
Mr. Coffee
Coffee
Censorship Inference Ties Zedlitz Intercepts To Officials
Price testified that censorship infor mation likely sourced the six intercepts from the Zedlitz correspondence. He noted Pearson and Coffee quoted six intercepts, with officials extracting war info for distribution to the State Department OSS FBI OEW and Foreign Funds Control and the OIA, plus copies to British censorship.
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Price
State Department
Office of Strategic Services
FBI
Office of Economic Warfare
Foreign Funds Control
Coordinator of
Inter- American Affairs
Navy urged to keep peak strength until Japan is defeated
The war and navy departments urged the Senate postwar committee that post-German defeat may permit partial demobilization, but the navy should remain at peak strength until Japan is whipped. Estimates show 200,000 to 250,000 soldiers discharged monthly after Germany falls, with return rates tied to shipping conditions as Forrestal notes two million can be released from service.
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Washington
INS
War Department
Senate
Germany
Japan
Navy Department
Robert P. Patterson
Secretary of the Navy
James V. Forrestal
Army
Forrestal
Navy plans after Japan defeat target massive force
The document suggests a postwar navy timeline of 18 to 24 months after Japan’s defeat and contemplates maintaining a fleet of about 1,600,000 sailors.
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Japan
Citizenship Revoked On Bundist's Request
Dr Otto Albert Willumeit 47 former German American Bund chief in Chicago asked and was granted permission to surrender his American citizenship. He halted denaturalization to make the request before Judge William J Campbell. Upon surrender he faces deportation after completing two five year terms for espionage and SS act violations.
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Chicago
INS
Otto Albert Willumeit
Bund
William J. Campbell
Campbell
Willamelt
New York
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