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Operation Safehaven (1944–48) was an intelligence program developed by the United States during the Second World War as a form of economic warfare against Germany and its Axis partners. The program was designed and carried out by the US partnered with Great Britain and France. The program began in 1944 with Nazi defeat looming and evidence that Germany was covertly transferring sources of capital to neutral countries to escape war reparations and potentially aid a resurgence of the regime in the post-war period.

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  • Die Operation Safehaven war ein angloamerikanisches Programm, das im Dezember 1944 ins Leben gerufen wurde, um deutsche Vermögenswerte in den neutralen Ländern zu identifizieren und sie nach dem Kriegsende westalliierten Händen zuzuführen. Das übergeordnete Ziel der Operation war es, der deutschen Volkswirtschaft die möglichen Mittel zu einer Wiederaufnahme des Krieges dauerhaft zu entziehen. Die Operation Safehaven diente der Vorbereitung der Beschlagnahme des gesamten staatlichen und privaten deutschen Vermögens im Ausland (dies umfasste ausländische Tochtergesellschaften bis zu privatem Grundbesitz im Ausland – inklusive des in neutralen Ländern). Der Wert dieses Vermögens betrug zwischen 5 und 8 Milliarden Deutsche Mark (gemessen im Wert von 1950). (de)
  • Operation Safehaven (1944–48) was an intelligence program developed by the United States during the Second World War as a form of economic warfare against Germany and its Axis partners. The program was designed and carried out by the US partnered with Great Britain and France. The program began in 1944 with Nazi defeat looming and evidence that Germany was covertly transferring sources of capital to neutral countries to escape war reparations and potentially aid a resurgence of the regime in the post-war period. The central goal of Operation Safehaven was to ensure Germany would not be able to start another war, with the specific aims of the program articulated in the Spring of 1944. The short-term aims focused on identifying and locating German assets and blocking the transfer of German assets to neutral countries, and the long-term aims involved persuading neutral countries to turn over German assets as war reparations to ensure the restoration of Europe. The overall objective of the operation was to dissipate Nazi wealth in order to render any possible post-war resurgence controllable and to make it impossible for Germany to start another war. Operation Safehaven begun with communications in May 1944 between the Foreign Economic Administration (FEA) to the Department of State and the Department of Treasury where an interagency program was put forward. Interagency conflict was present between the Foreign Economic Administration, Department of State and Department of Treasury throughout the course of the Safehaven program with respect to which agency controlled the program. The Bretton Woods Conference, which took place in New Hampshire in July 1944, assisted in building a legal base for the Safehaven program. The Bretton Woods Resolution VI was officially accepted on July 22. Resolution VI outlined aims stating that neutral nations were to take immediate action to prevent the transfer and concealment of assets from Axis locations to neutral countries Negotiations took place between the Allied forces and the neutral nations concerning the Safehaven programs objectives. Germany depended on trade with neutral nations throughout the Second World War, importing numerous goods and raw materials from Sweden, Turkey, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal Bargaining over trade with Allied nations with the neutral nations was one of the economic warfare instruments used by the Allied nations to prevent the transfer of German assets to neutral countries. (en)
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  • Allied intelligence operation conducted during and post World War II (en)
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  • Operation Safehaven (en)
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  • Die Operation Safehaven war ein angloamerikanisches Programm, das im Dezember 1944 ins Leben gerufen wurde, um deutsche Vermögenswerte in den neutralen Ländern zu identifizieren und sie nach dem Kriegsende westalliierten Händen zuzuführen. Das übergeordnete Ziel der Operation war es, der deutschen Volkswirtschaft die möglichen Mittel zu einer Wiederaufnahme des Krieges dauerhaft zu entziehen. Die Operation Safehaven diente der Vorbereitung der Beschlagnahme des gesamten staatlichen und privaten deutschen Vermögens im Ausland (dies umfasste ausländische Tochtergesellschaften bis zu privatem Grundbesitz im Ausland – inklusive des in neutralen Ländern). Der Wert dieses Vermögens betrug zwischen 5 und 8 Milliarden Deutsche Mark (gemessen im Wert von 1950). (de)
  • Operation Safehaven (1944–48) was an intelligence program developed by the United States during the Second World War as a form of economic warfare against Germany and its Axis partners. The program was designed and carried out by the US partnered with Great Britain and France. The program began in 1944 with Nazi defeat looming and evidence that Germany was covertly transferring sources of capital to neutral countries to escape war reparations and potentially aid a resurgence of the regime in the post-war period. (en)
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  • Operation Safehaven (de)
  • Operation Safehaven (1944–1948) (en)
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