The Large-scale Money Laundering for the Nazis by President Bush's Grandfather
and Maternal Great-Grandfather

All documents provided here are in PDF format and consist of: copies of National Archive documents (declassified in September 2003), supporting articles, excerpts from books, and other materials compiled by independent journalist, John Buchanan, as well as introductory commentaries authored by him.

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INTRODUCTION, COMMENTARIES, AND OTHER WRITINGS BY JOHN BUCHANAN ARE LICENSED UNDER THE CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSING STRUCTURE

Buchanan's Introduction, plus the New York Herald Tribune, July 31, 1941 newspaper article triggering investigation of Prescott Bush and associates (1-3)
        Introduction   (1) 
        Commentary - Document 1   (2)
        New York Herald Tribune, July 31, 1941  (3)

Excerpts from I PAID HITLER, by Fritz Thyssen (4-6)
Pages:    4, 5, 6

Misrepresentation of the facts in Prescott Bush biography (7-8)
        Commentary - Document 2   (7)
        Biography advertisement (8)
        Excerpts from DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY (9-13)
        Pages: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Polish edition of Newsweek (March 5, 2003) breaks the Bush-Nazi story (14-26)
        Commentary - Document 3   (14)
        Translation of the Polish Newsweek article (24-25)
        Proof of Harriman's 1942 part ownership of Newsweek (26)
        Pages:    15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

Counterattack by the right-wing magazine, National Review (27-32)
        Commentary - Document 4 (27)
        Sept. 1, 2003, National Review article (28-32)
        Pages:    28, 29, 30, 31, 32

Post WWII refusal to divest Nazi financial ties even after U.S. charges (33-36)
    Commentary - Document 5 (33)
    Proof of post-WWII Nazi financial ties (34-36)
    Pages:    34, 35, 36

U.S. Seizure of the Nazi related Hamburg-American Line (37-40)
    Commentary - Document 6 (37)
    Office of Alien Property Custodian paperwork (38-40)
    Pages:    38, 39, 40


18-Year Chronology of Union Banking Corp.'s business w/ Nazi entities (41-90)
    Commentary - Document 7 (41)
    Union Banking Corporation documents (1924-1942) (42-90)
    Pages:    42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90

Holland-American Trading Corp., investigation and seizure (91-99)
    Commentary - Document 8 (91)
    October 28, 1942, Vesting Order #261 (92-99)
    Pages:    92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99


Seamless Steel Equipment Corp., investigation and seizure (100-114)
    Commentary - Document 9 (100)
    October 28, 1942, Vesting Order #259 (101-114)
    Pages: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114

Seizure of assets held by August Thyssen, Fritz Thyssen's father (115-117)
    Commentary - Document 10 (115)
    March 28, 1946, Vesting Order #6117 (116-117)
    Pages:    116, 117

Good Hope Steel & Iron Works, investigation and seizure (118-120)
    Commentary - Document 11 (118)
    July 31, 1946, Vesting Order #7338 (119-120)
    Pages:    119, 120

Debt Owing to City of Hanover, Germany, confirmation of seizure (121-124)
    Commentary - Document 12 (121)
    October 14, 1946, Vesting Order #7876 (122-124)
    Pages:    122. 123. 124

Assets of and Debts Owing to August Thyssen, Jr., confirmation of seizure (125-129)
    Commentary - Document 13 (125)
    March 20, 1947, Vesting Order #8494 (126-129)
    Pages:    126, 127, 128, 129

Bank voor Handel en Scheepvaart N.V., investigation and seizure (130-143)
    Commentary - Document 14 (130)
    May 29, 1947, Vesting Order #9201 (131-143)
    Pages:    131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143

Stock and American Share Certificate from Martha Obermeyer, confirmation of seizure (144-145)
    Commentary - Document 16 (144)
    July 14, 1947, Vesting Order #9396 (145)
    Pages:    145

Stocks and Debts Owned by Genossenschaft Keramik, confirmation of seizure (146-152)
    Commentary - Document 17 (146)
    February 24, 1948, Vesting Order #10742 (147-152)
    Pages:    147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152

Securities and Debts Owned by Aramo-Stiftung, confirmation of seizure (153-160)
    Commentary - Document 18 (153)
    August 3, 1948, Vesting Order #10746 (154-160)
    Pages:    154, 155, 156, 157, 157, 159, 160

Securities and Debt Owned by Mueller and Schniewind, confirmation of seizure (161-166)
    Commentary - Document 19 (161)
    1948-1949, Vesting Orders #11871 and #13996 (162-166)
    Pages:    162, 163, 164, 165, 166

Stocks and Bonds and Debts Owned by Willibald Bohm, confirmation of seizure (167-169)
    Commentary - Document 20 (167)
    March 9, 1950, Vesting Order #14432 (168-169)
    Pages:    168, 169

Securities and Debt Owned by Kati Krause, confirmation of seizure (170-171)
    Commentary - Document 21 (170)
    August 29, 1950, Vesting Order #15071 (171)
    Pages:    171

Compania Argentina de Mandatos-Sociedad Anonima, investigation and seizure (172-176)
    Commentary - Document 22 (172)
    August 30, 1950, Vesting Order #15096 (173-176)
    Pages:    173, 174, 175, 176

Securities and Debt Owned by Theresia Maria von Schwarzenberg, confirmation of seizure (177-187)
    Commentary - Document 23 (177)
    October 30, 1950, Vesting Order #15464 (178-187)
    Pages:    178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187

Treasury Department Memo and Related Newspaper Article (188-190)
    Commentary - Document 25 (188)
    October 20, 1943, Treasury Dept. press release (189)
    April 29, 1942, New York City Herald Tribune newspaper article, "Sales to Agents of Axis Laid to U.S. Concerns" (190)
    Pages:    189, 190

Newspaper Article and Letter from Prescott Bush (191-193)
    Commentary - Document 26 (191)
    July 7, 1942, New York Journal American newspaper article about W. A. Harriman one month before the seizure of Hamburg-American Line (192)
    July 8, 1942, Prescott Bush letter to the editor the next day (193)
    Pages:    192, 193

Memo of Conversation between W. Averell Harriman and Field Marshall (194-196)
    Commentary - Document 27 (194)
    October 28, 1942, Harriman-Smuts memo (195-196)
    Pages:    195, 196


Relationship of Bush and Harrimans to Warburg family (197-202)
    Commentary - Document 28 (197)
    1923-1929, assorted letters and telegrams (198-202)
    Pages:    198, 199, 200, 201, 202

Harriman Fifteen Corporation Investments (203-204)
    Commentary - Document 29 (203)
    February 28, 1931, Harriman Fifteen Corporation Securities Position (204)
    Pages:    204

Letter Regarding Patriotic Activities of Brown Brothers Harriman (205-207)
    Commentary - Document 30 (205)
    August 12, 1924, letter written to Harriman (206-207)
    Pages:    206, 207

Stock Values of Bush and Harriman Shares in Union Banking Corporation (208-209)
    Commentary - Document 31 (208)
    August 24, 1942, securities statement (209)
    Pages:    209

Sullivan & Cromwell Reference in Letter (210-212)
    Commentary - Document 32 (210)
    January 20, 1933, reference letter (211-212)
    Pages:    211, 212