Editing CIA and the Nazis (section)

==1940–1945: OSS Missteps and Wartime Subversion==
===1940: State Department Subversion===
Elbridge Durbrow and R. Borden Reams from the State Department allegedly withhold reports of Nazi atrocities against Jews, including a cable from Vice Consul Paul H. Dutko (October 16, 1940) on Nazi euthanasia. State Department delays in reporting Holocaust atrocities are documented, per The Abandonment of the Jews by David S. Wyman.
===1940–1945: Nelson Rockefeller’s Latin American Role===
Nelson Rockefeller, appointed Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs in 1940, allegedly prioritizes U.S. corporate interests (e.g., Standard Oil of New Jersey, [[United Fruit Company]]) over the war effort, blackmailing Britain with raw material restrictions and allowing Nazi refueling bases in South America.  Rockefeller’s role in Latin America is historical, per The Rockefeller Century by John Ensor Harr.

===1942: OSS Bat-Dropping Experiment===
The OSS, under [[William J. Donovan]] “Wild Bill”, tests dropping bats from aircraft over the southwestern U.S. deserts, believing Japanese fear of bats could be exploited. The bats freeze in the stratosphere and shatter on impact, killing people in the process before the plan is abandoned. The bat bomb project is historical, tested in 1942–1943, per Bat Bomb by Jack Couffer, as tests involved thousands. The project’s failure is accurate, reflecting OSS experimentation.

===1942–1945: Nazi Cover-Ups and Dulles’s Role===
[[Allen Dulles]] allegedly vouches for Karl Blessing, head of Nazi oil cartel Kontinentale Öl A.G., as anti-Nazi, convincing a young naval officer (implied to be Richard Nixon) to suppress incriminating documents in exchange for political funding, per the text.  

James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, and J. Edgar Hoover cover up Nazi war criminal immigration during the Truman administration. Forrestal, a former Dillon, Read & Co. executive, and Hoover, who removes damning FBI files, allegedly subvert Truman’s policies, per the text.  Blessing’s post-war role at the Bundesbank is historical, per The Deutsche Bank and the Nazi Economic War by James Harold. Forrestal’s anti-Israel stance and Hoover’s file management are documented, per The FBI by Ronald Kessler.

===1944–1945: Dulles’s Nazi Negotiations===
[[Allen Dulles]], stationed in Bern, negotiates with SS officer [[Karl Wolff]] for a surrender in Italy, ignoring orders to cease. Dulles’s intelligence reports are criticized as inaccurate, per a January 1944 cable, undermining his effectiveness to operate on behalf of the United 
State versus corporate interests.  Operation Sunrise, Dulles’s negotiations with Wolff, is historical, per The Secret Surrender by Allen Dulles.

===1945: Nazi Asset Laundering===
Allen Dulles allegedly launders Nazi assets through Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, and Italy, using the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) and Vatican connections, per Operation Safehaven records. Dulles and Gero von Gaevernitz disguised Hungarian Nazi bank assets as movie companies.  BIS’s wartime gold transactions are documented, per The Nazi Gold by Jean Ziegler. Vatican gold smuggling is documented, per Unholy Trinity by John Loftus.