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Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Declassified., 06/15/1943-10/02/1987

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 27
Identifier: 54067

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Correspondence, reports, and printed materials collected by CVHE during his service in Afghanistan from 1942 to 1945.

Dates

  • 06/15/1943-10/02/1987

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 12 Linear Feet (12 Hollinger Record Storage boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Container Summary

Miscellaneous TMss on various topics collected by Cornelius Van H. Engert during his service in Afghanistan, all found in a folder with a letter from the National Archives declassifying the material. Includes American films in Afghanistan, German agent Dr. Heinrich Northe, codes and ciphers of the U.S. Legation, P. Quaroni of the Italian Legation, postal and telegraph censorship, Skodaworks, relations with Czechoslovakia, "Freedom of Conscience in the Levant" (TMs by Canon Bridgeman), and "Detailed Recommendations in Relation to the Levant Mandated Territory but Particularly to Syria" (TMs by Apostolic Delegate, Beirut).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

"DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS..LEVANT MANDATED TERRITORY" (1941) - MSS.: Manuscript

SYRIA (1941) - VATICAN RECOMMENDATIONS ON STATUS - MSS.: Manuscript

NATIONAL ARCHIVES (1987) - DECLASSIFICATION - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter

AFGHANISTAN (1943) - AMERICAN FILMS - REPORT: Manuscript

NORTHE, HEINRICH - ACTIVITIES IN INDIA & AFGHANISTAN - REPORT: Manuscript

GERMANY (1943) - AGENTS IN INDIA & AFGHANISTAN - REPORT: Manuscript

CODES & CIPHERS - U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT (1940'S) - REPORT: Manuscript

QUARONI, P. - REPORTS: Manuscript

AFGHANISTAN (1944) - RELATIONS WITH ITALY - REPORT: Manuscript

ITALY (1944) - RELATIONS WITH AFGHANISTAN - REPORTS: Manuscript

AFGHANISTAN (1944) - POSTAL & TELEGRAPH CENSORSHIP - REPORT: Manuscript

SKODAWORKS (1944) - REPORTS: Manuscript

AFGHANISTAN (1944) - RELATIONS WITH CZECHOSLOVAKIA - REPORTS: Manuscript

CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1944) - RELATIONS WITH AFGHANISTAN - REPORT: Manuscript

"FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE IN THE LEVANT" (1941) - MSS.: Manuscript

BRIDGEMAN, CANON - MSS.: Manuscript

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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