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OSS/ECONIC
USA/OSS/Econic
USA/Office of Strategic Services/Economic Intelligence Correlation

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Info UEK/CIE/ICE ( deutsch français italiano english):

OSS Division, created May 1945, aufgelöst 1946

Aus der Allgemeinen Notiz des US-Teams (der UEK) zu NARA, RG 266 (1999):

Important terminology in the files:
ECONIC - Economic Intelligence Correlation: The OSS division created in May 1945 that was responsible for monitoring all Safehaven and other economic intelligence material received by the agency. Gardiner S. Platt is the SI (Strategic Intelligence) representative in the ECONIC office, and serves as its head. He is assisted by Captain Malcolm W. Callanan. Platt's code name is Jetsam (according to memo from Shepardson to Divisional Deputies and Chairman Reporting Board, SI, 19.5.1945. Copied.). ECONIC was dissolved at the end of June 1946, and most of its personnel were transferred to the newly-created financial intelligence division.

The Black List - This was the generic term used to describe the Proclaimed List of Certain Blocked Nationals maintained by the US government during the war. It was abandoned on 30.6.1946, which coincided with the closing of the ECONIC division of the OSS.

N.B.: The reason for the dissolution of ECONIC and the ending of the Black List is quite clear from the changes in the manner of reports filed by ECONIC: whereas in the summer of 1945, the vast majority of information gathered dealt with firms and individuals with Nazi connections, in the winter of 1945 ECONIC became increasingly interested in the Soviet Union's economic activities, particularly in Central Europe. By the time of ECONIC's dissolution the following summer, a rather significant part of its reports deal with Soviet economic moves. The Cold War is gaining momentum, and interest in denazification and the monitoring of Nazi assets is of decreasing interest to the US intelligence establishment. Yet despite the increasing attention paid to Soviet economic affairs, ECONIC continued to devote a large amount of its resources and attention to the latter subject. One can surmise that the OSS's director, General Donovan, decided to reorganize the OSS's economic intelligence branch in June 1946 in order to create a division that more closely fit the agency's new mission of spying on the Soviets, rather than devoting energy to a war by then a year in the past. The summer of 1946 marks the effective end of any OSS/CIA systematic effort to gain information on Nazi assets and economic activities.
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Persons linked to this organisation (1 records found)
DateFunctionPersonComments
1945-1946ChefPlatt, Gardiner S.Info UEK/CIE: Vgl. Allgemeine Notiz zu NARA, RG226.

Relations to other organizations (1)
USA/Office of Strategic Servicesfounds OSS/ECONIC en mai 1945 et dissout en 1946. Info UEK/CIE/ICE ( deutsch français italiano english):

OSS Division, created May 1945, aufgelöst 1946

Mentioned in the documents (1 records found)
DateNrTypeSubjectSummaryL
1942-194623407pdfInformation Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland-Second World War (ICE)10 - ICE: Foreign trade and payments / Economic policy Info UEK/CIE/ICE ( deutsch français italiano english):

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