Memorandum from Arthur T. Cooper to Paul H Gantt, September 26, 1947 - Page 1

090-017101 мниошюм WuC-U^ua^T 2b September 1947 SUBJBCfi Ikinich trip TO I Hr. Gantt. 492 1. At the linance Division, OMGB, absolutely nothing ми known about the removal of DB filet to Munich. 2. I therefore went ожег to the Munich branch of the JB (Prone- nade plate j) and talked to еетега1 people there, principally Herr Alfred A. KUSSLUH, who it - and hat been tince the middle thirties - the branch manager. 5he story 1 got from bin it the following! lo filet were removed fron Berlin to Munich for storage, nor wat any department of the central Berlin office moved to Munich. How¬ ever. towards the end of 1943, when air raids on Berlin beoane more mater out and intense, the Tors tend - for the purpose of checking and approving credit applications - was split up into four so-called ▼ore tends gruppen ( Tor stand Groups) lorth, South, Jett and tfett. Tor stan a Group South, the seat of which wat Munioh, actually consisted only of Zinsser. 8ince Goets spent nost of his tine in or near Munich, he was the one to supply the second signature for credit approvals. A Dr. leaner was the non-Yorstand head of the Tors tend Group South. Hus slain assumed that this may have been the cause for our assumption that some of the central files had been removed to Munich. This suggestion was borne out by statenents of two employees who had been working in the office of the Yorstand Group South and moreover by several documents, which are among those seised, and which relate to the or^nlsatlon. operation etc. of these Yorstand Groups. 2 selsea whatever files were available in this connection, vis.! 5 folders containing mostly reports on credits checked and approved by the four Yorstand Groups. On very cursory examination they appear to be of little value to us. 1 file "baenderben* Credits" 1 file "Credit Applications and Oorespondenee" 1 file "Syndicate Dept. , Yorstand Group South A General Matters" 1 did not get a chance to screen any of the above files. 3. It on the conversation with Herr Hussleln it developed that, when Goets was either in Munich or at his country house (hit Meilenberg near Volf- ratshausen, he frequently availed himself of the presonnel and the facilities of the Munich branch for his business and personal transactions. Also, when comnuni cations with his country place deteriorated, he frequently ueed the Munich branch for relaying information. All of Goets 'e correspondence which was handled in thie manner was filed in three folders which I also obtained