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  1. "Chauncey Departs from La Guardia,"
    Business Machines,
    October 31, 1940, IBM Files.
  2. "Chauncey Departs from La Guardia,"
    Business Machines,
    October 31, 1940, IBM Files; "Hadassah Backs Fight of Britain,"
    NYT
    , October 31, 1940; "50,000 French Jews Hit by New Decree,"
    NYT,
    October 8, 1940; "Vichy Drafts Plan to Deal with Jews,"
    NYT,
    October 2, 1940; "Beating of Aliens Laid to Iron Guard,"
    NYT,
    October 22, 1940; "The International Situation,"
    NYT
    , October 28, 1940.
  3. "Chauncey Departs from La Guardia,"
    Business Machines,
    October 31, 1940, IBM Files; H.K. Chauncey, "Program," October 20, 1940, p. 10, IBM Files; Transcript, Telephone Conversation between H.K. Chauncey and J.G. Phillips, January 31, 1940, p. 4, IBM Files.
  4. "Chauncey Departs from La Guardia,"
    Business Machines,
    October 31, 1940, IBM Files; Connally, p. 44.
  5. H.K. Chauncey, Potential Memorandum for Dr. Albert and Dr. Kiep, January 1, 1941, IBM Files; Letter, H.K. Chauncey to Thomas J. Watson, December 13, 1940, pp. 1, 2, IBM Files.
  6. H.K. Chauncey, Potential Memorandum for Dr. Albert and Dr. Kiep, January 1, 1941, IBM Files.
  7. H.K. Chauncey, Typed Running Notes, January 1, 1941, IBM Files.
  8. H.K. Chauncey, Typed Running Notes, circa November 1, 1941, IBM Files.
  9. Transcript, H.K. Chauncey Interview with K. Hummel, circa November 1940, pp. 1, 2, IBM Files.
  10. Transcript, H.K. Chauncey Interview with K. Hummel, circa November 1940, pp. 2, 3, IBM Files.
  11. Transcript, H.K. Chauncey Interview with K. Hummel, circa November 1940, pp. 2, 3-4, IBM Files.
  12. Transcript, H.K. Chauncey Interview with K. Hummel, circa November 1940, pp. 4, 6, IBM Files.
  13. Cablegram, Thomas J. Watson to J.E. Holt, March 31, 1939, IBM Files; H.K. Chauncey, "Program," October 20, 1940, pp. 3, 4, 6-7, IBM Files.
  14. Transcript, H.K. Chauncey Interview with K. Hummel, circa November 1940, pp. 4-8, IBM Files.
  15. H.K. Chauncey, Typed Running Notes, December 17, 1940, p. 4, IBM Files; Memorandum, H. Albert to H.K. Chauncey, circa 1941, p. 2, IBM Files; William L. Shirer,
    The Rise
    and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
    (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960), p. 259; Notes, H.K. Chauncey to W. Heidinger, p. 1, IBM Files; H.K. Chauncey, Notes on Conversation with Dr. Kimlich, January 30, 1941, IBM Files; Cablegram, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, pp. 1-2, IBM Files.
  16. H. Albert, Memorandum and Handwritten Notes, circa December 1941, pp. 4-5, IBM Files; H.K. Chauncey, "Memorandum of Conversation with Dr. Veesenmayer," circa December 1940, IBM Files.
  17. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, pp. 4-5, IBM Files.
  18. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, p. 1, IBM Files.
  19. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, p. 3, IBM Files.
  20. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, pp. 1-2, IBM Files.
  21. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, p. 2, IBM Files.
  22. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, p. 3, IBM Files.
  23. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, p. 3, IBM Files; H.K. Chauncey, Typed Running Notes, December 17, 1940, p. 6, IBM Files.
  24. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, p. 4, IBM Files.
  25. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, p. 5, IBM Files.
  26. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, p. 5, IBM Files.
  27. SS Personnel Identity Card of E. Veesenmayer, NA RG242 A3343-SSO; Lichterfelde Map, NA RG169, entry 128; H.K. Chauncey, "Memorandum of Conversation with Dr. Veesenmayer," circa 1940, IBM Files; Letter, H.K. Chauncey to IBM NY, November 29, 1940, pp. 4-5, IBM Files; State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, p. 16, NA RG165, 390/35/15/07, entry 179; also see Gerald Reitlinger,
    The Final Solution: The Attempt to Exterminate the Jews of Europe,
    1939-1945
    (Beechhurst Press, Inc., 1953; New York: Perpetua, 1961), pp. 417, 419; Raul Hilberg,
    The Destruction of the European Jews
    (New York: Quadrangle Books, Inc., 1961; Harper Colophon Books, 1979), pp. 436-437, 453, 458, 471, 513, 526-528, 530-533, 541, 543, 547-554; Memorandum, H. Albert to H.K. Chauncey, circa December 1940, p. 18, IBM Files; Letter, E. Veesenmayer to Chief of SS-Personnel Main Office, December 18, 1944, NA RG242 A3343-SSO; see Letter, E. Veesenmayer to Reichsfuhrer SS, November 1, 1940, NA RG242 A3343-SSO; also see Letter, E. Veesenmayer to Reichsfuhrer SS, July 1935, NA RG242 A3343-SSO; also see Letter, SS-Obersturmfuhrer to E. Veesenmayer, May 13, 1942, NA RG242 A3343-SSO.
  28. Handwritten Biography from E. Veesenmayer's SS Personnel file, NA RG242 A3343-SSO; State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, pp. 1, 2, 16, NA RG165 Entry 179.
  29. State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Wilhelm Keppler, October 23, 1944, pp. 5-6, 7, 8, 10, NA RG165 Entry 179.
  30. State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, p. 3, NA RG165 Entry 179.
  31. State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, p. 2, NA RG165 Entry 179; also see Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European
    Jews,
    p. 436 and Reitlinger, p. 417.
  32. State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, pp. 2, 4, NA RG165 Entry 179.
  33. State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, pp. 5-6, NA RG165 Entry 179; Telegram, Seyss-Inquart to Minister Schmidt, March 11, 1939, p. 2, NA NG 5135, p. 2; Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European
    Jews,
    p. 458.
  34. State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, pp. 8, 11, NA RG165, 390/35/15/07, Entry 179.
  35. State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, p. 9, NA RG165, 390/35/15/07, Entry 179; also see SM, Library, Facts,
    srpska-mreza.com/library/facts
    ; Ruth Mitchell,
    The Serbs Choose War
    (New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1943), pp. 254, 255; also see "The Ustashi in Croatia Support Hitler," North Park University, Department of History WebChron, East Europe,
    campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron//EastEurope/Ustashe.html
    ; also see "Serbian Prelate Charges Killing of 180,000 in Nazi Invaded Croatia,"
    NYT
    , January 3, 1942.
  36. H.K. Chauncey, "Memorandum of Conversation with Dr. Veesenmayer," circa 1940, IBM Files.
  37. H. Albert, Unmarked Typed Note, circa 1940, IBM Files.
  38. Memorandum to H.K. Chauncey, January 16, 1941, IBM Files; Letter, H.K. Chauncey to Thomas J. Watson, p. 1, December 13, 1940, IBM Files.
  39. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to Thomas J. Watson, p. 3, December 13, 1940, IBM Files; Memorandum, H.K. Chauncey to H. Albert, p. 2, December 23, 1940, IBM Files.
  40. Connolly, p. 44; Jan Van den Ende,
    Knopen, kaarten en chips. De geschiedenis van der au-tomatisering bij het Centraal Bureau voon de Statistiek
    (Amsterdam: CBS, 1991), p. 53; H.B. Fellinger, General Report, August 8, 1945, p. 3, IBM Files; Letter, H. Albert to H.K. Chauncey, circa December 1940, pp. 7, 14, IBM Files; H.B. Fellinger, Enclosure 6, Supplement I, July 25, 1945, p. 4, IBM Files; H.B. Fellinger, Enclosure 5, July 30, 1945, p. 1, IBM Files; Transcript, "Resume of Telephone Conversation between W.C. Lier and W. Borel of the CEC on October 14, 1941, at 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.," pp. 1-2, IBM Files; H.K. Chauncey, Typed Running Notes, December 17, 1940, p. 2, IBM Files; Transcript, H.K. Chauncey Interview with K. Hummel, circa November 1940, p. 7, IBM Files; "Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen GmbH: Confidential Report 242," p. 1, submitted by Harold J. Carter, December 8, 1943, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; Paraphrase of Telegram Received, American Legation Stockholm to Secretary of State, April 30, 1943, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60.
  41. "List of Papers, Political Affairs-France," p. 236, 1941, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; Letter, O.E. Hoermann to James Johnson, April 30, 1942, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; Letters, Sidney Homer, Jr. to C.C. McIvor, pp. 2, 3, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; "CEC I.B.M. Subsidiary in France: Confidential Report 332," pp. 2, 12, submitted by Harold J. Carter, April 10, 1944, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; "S.A. Watson Italiana: Confidential Report 287," p. 7, submitted by Harold J. Carter, February 21, 1944, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60.
  42. Letter, J.E. Holt to F.H. Cowles, November 3, 1939, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; Transcript, Telephone Conversation between H.K. Chauncey and J.G. Phillips, January 31, 1941, p. 4, IBM Files.
  43. Letter, O.E. Hoermann to IBM Endicott, April 30, 1942, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; "CEC Quarterly Report, Fourth Quarter 1942," Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; "CEC I.B.M. Subsidiary in France: Confidential Report 332," pp. 2, 3-5, 8, 9, submitted by Harold J. Carter, April 10, 1944, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; "Card Exports from U.S.A.," circa 1942, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60.
  44. "Card Exports from U.S.A.," circa 1942, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; "S.A. Watson Italiana: Confidential Report 287," pp. 2, 6, submitted by Harold J. Carter, February 21, 1944, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60.
  45. "CEC Quarterly Report, Fourth Quarter 1942," p. 17, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60.
  46. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to Thomas J. Watson, December 13, 1940, p. 3, IBM Files.
  47. H.K. Chauncey, Typed Running Notes, December 17, 1940 and December 8, 1940, p. 3, IBM Files.
  48. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to Thomas J. Watson, pp. 2, 4, December 13, 1940, IBM Files.
  49. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to Thomas J. Watson, pp. 2, 4, December 13, 1940, IBM Files; Confidential Memorandum, H. Albert to H.K. Chauncey, circa December 1940, p. 4, IBM Files.
  50. Letter, H.K. Chauncey to Thomas J. Watson, pp. 2, 4, December 13, 1940, IBM Files; Confidential Memorandum, H. Albert to H.K. Chauncey, circa December 1940, p. 11, IBM Files.
  51. H.K. Chauncey, "Outline Submitted for the Reorganization of Dehomag," circa 1940, p. 10, IBM Files.
  52. H.K. Chauncey, "Outline Submitted for the Reorganization of Dehomag," circa 1940, p. 3, IBM Files.
  53. Confidential Memorandum, H. Albert to H.K. Chauncey, circa December 1940, p. 11, IBM Files; Transcript, Telephone Conversation between H.K. Chauncey and J.G. Phillips, January 31, 1940, p. 4, IBM Files.
  54. W. Heidinger, "Memorandum to Advisory Committee," January 18, 1943, p. 10, IBM Files.
  55. Telegram, E. Veesenmayer to Ribbentrop, April 11, 1941, NA NG 5875; also see Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European Jews,
    p. 453.
  56. Letter, E. Veesenmayer and Benzler to Foreign Office, September 10, 1941, NA NG 3354; see Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European Jews,
    p. 437; also see State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, pp. 8-9, NA RG165, 390/35/15/07, Entry 179.
  57. Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European Jews,
    pp. 437-438, 440.
  58. Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European Jews,
    p. 440; State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, p. 10, NA RG165, 390/35/15/07, Entry 179.
  59. Letter, Wagner to von Sonnleithner, July 21, 1943, NA NG 4749; Hilberg,
    Destruction of
    the European Jews,
    p. 471; Affidavit, Dieter Wisliceny, June 11, 1947, pp. 1-2, NA NG 1823; Memorandum, E. Veesenmayer, December 22, 1943, pp. 1-2, NA NG 4651.
  60. State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, p. 10, NA RG165, 390/35/15/07, Entry 179; Hilberg,
    Destruction of the
    European Jews
    , pp. 472, 530.
  61. Telegram, E. Veesenmayer to Ambassador Ritter, June 8, 1944, p. 2, NA NG 5620; Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European Jews,
    p. 513; State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, pp. 16-18, NA RG165, 390/35/15/07, Entry 179.
  62. Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European Jews,
    p. 531; also see State Department Special Interrogation Mission, Interrogation of Dr. E. Veesenmayer, October 5, 1945, pp. 16-18, NA RG165, 390/35/15/07, Entry 179.
  63. Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European Jews,
    pp. 535, 538.
  64. Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European Jews,
    pp. 547, 548-553.
  65. Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European Jews,
    p. 550.
  66. Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European Jews,
    p. 552.
  67. Hilberg,
    Destruction of the European Jews,
    pp. 552-3.
  68. Handwritten List, "1938 Card Consumption of European Countries," Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; see "Confidential Memorandum NY 249-C (Supplemental): Location, Number and Use of All Business Machines in the City of Rome," Appendix A, pp. vii, viii, submitted by H.J. Carter, January 14, 1944, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; also see "Confidential Memorandum NY 249-D: Use of Business Machines by the Italian State Railways," pp. 1-3, submitted by H.J. Carter, March 8, 1944, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60; also see H.J. Carter, "Miscellaneous Remarks Pertaining to the Installation of Business Machines and Applications of Punched Cards in the Balkan States," January 14, 1944, pp. 2, 3, 5, Department of Justice, War Division, Economic Warfare Section, NA RG60.

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