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Re: Searching for a file named “PW Mail Examining Group”for October 28, 1952
Rebecca CollierJul 3, 2018 11:43 AM (in response to Anthony Bard)
1 person found this helpfulDear Mr. Bard,
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
We searched the general correspondence decimal files of the G-2 and Adjutant General Sections of the Far East Command (FEC) in Record Group 554 but were unable to locate the exact file that you seek. We also were unable to locate records pertaining to the Security Division, FEC. Please provide us with additional information and we will gladly continue our search.
Once gleaned for intelligence information, copies made of the POW mailings (V-Mail) would not be considered permanent records. The National Postal Museum in Washington, DC has some examples of WWII V-Mail and may have some from the Korean War. Please contact the museum for more information about their collections.
We hope this is helpful.
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Re: Searching for a file named “PW Mail Examining Group”for October 28, 1952
Anthony Bard Jul 4, 2018 1:40 PM (in response to Rebecca Collier)Dear Ms Collier
Thank you so much for your very quick (if somewhat disappointing) reply. I almost expect to get a negative result from the vast majority of my searches on this topic, but I am forever the optimist.
I have just noticed that there is a note of “311.1 Classified” at the bottom of the original page referencing the report. 311.1 is quite a useful RG for postal information although somewhat thin on content. I don’t recall finding any classified files in my searches though. Do they exist? Would RG 407.6.1 Records of the Army-Air Force Postal Service Headquarters possibly hold some answers [is there a finding aid for these records?]?
Regarding microfilm/photostat copies of POW mail, a letter from Colonel Bratton [in 'RG 383.6 No. 3, Class IV Project, Army-FEC-GEN-011-52-OP' http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/8341720 ] the Deputy Assistant Chief of the General Staff, dated August 16, 1952 addressed to the Deputy for Intelligence, Far East Air Force, APO 925, ATTN: Directorate of Intelligence, Requirements, notes that:
"Microfilm copies of such letters are forwarded to Department of the Army for analysis; additional microfilm copies are not retained in FEC.... Comment sheets concerning PW mail have been prepared by the Security Division, G2 Section."
Is there a possibility that these 'comment sheets' might exist?Regards
Anthony Bard
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Re: Searching for a file named “PW Mail Examining Group”for October 28, 1952
Rebecca CollierJul 5, 2018 7:08 AM (in response to Anthony Bard)
Dear Mr. Bard,
If you have a copy of the document, please send us a copy so we can serve you better. Thank you!
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Re: Searching for a file named “PW Mail Examining Group”for October 28, 1952
Rebecca CollierJul 6, 2018 12:26 PM (in response to Anthony Bard)
Unfortunately, I cannot read the document if I try to enlarge it. Please resent it.
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Re: Searching for a file named “PW Mail Examining Group”for October 28, 1952
Anthony Bard Jul 6, 2018 1:41 PM (in response to Rebecca Collier)Is there any way that I can attach image files to a reply? I pasted them into the last message as I couldn’t work out how else to send them!
regards
Anthony
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Re: Searching for a file named “PW Mail Examining Group”for October 28, 1952
Rebecca CollierJul 6, 2018 2:23 PM (in response to Anthony Bard)
Please send it to r.historyhub@nara.gov
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Re: Searching for a file named “PW Mail Examining Group”for October 28, 1952
Rebecca CollierJul 18, 2018 2:58 PM (in response to Anthony Bard)
1 person found this helpfulDear Mr. Bard,
Thank you for posting your follow-up request on History Hub!
We searched the Records of the Far East Command, the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, and the United Nations Command, 1945-57 (Record Group 554) and located the document referred to by the Cross Reference Sheet in the series titled General Correspondence, 1947 - 1952 of the G-2 Coordination Division (RG 554, A1 16A, Box 68, File # 322). It was a request for G-2 staff members to assist with reviewing the letters for intelligence as part of the “PW Mail Examining Group.” There was no official unit called this. As stated before, once gleaned for intelligence information, copies made of the POW mailings (V-Mail) would not be considered permanent records.
We also located your other document, with the subject Prisoner of War Information dated 16 August 1952, in same series (RG 554, A1 16A, Box 69 File 383). It was misfiled with several other documents when the records were microfilmed/scanned by the Diet Library.
The series listed above are filed according to the War Decimal File System. The Decimal 311.1 was the designation for “Mails”; Decimal 322 for “Geographical Divisions” such as G-2 Coordination Division; and Decimal 383 for “Conduct of war with relation to commercial firms and persons” which included information about POWs or interned persons.
For access to these files, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.
We hope this information is helpful. Best of luck with your research!
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Re: Searching for a file named “PW Mail Examining Group”for October 28, 1952
Anthony Bard Jul 19, 2018 6:30 AM (in response to Anthony Bard)Dear Ms Collier
Thank you so much for your efforts in tracking down these documents.
I have already emailed archives2 to organise copies.
Again, many thanks for your assistance.
Regards
Anthony Bard