Rome Area Allied Command to the CIC
From the US Army file on Ante Pavelic: an internal document from Rome Area Allied Command to the Counter Intelligence Corps. This is so far as we can tell the first mention of the Vatican's Institute of San Girolamo, headed by Father Krunoslav Draganovic, which would become the center of the conspiracy to shield Pavelic and the Ustase from capture. We have not yet been able to obtain the response mentioned by Gono Morena below.

 

P/4615     1st Ind.     JWF/jar

Hq. ROME AREA ALLIED COMMAND, AC of S, G-2, APO 794, US ARMY

8 August 1945

TO: Commanding Officer, Rome Zone CIC Detachment.

1. Referred to for investigation, specifically,

  a. Is PAVELIC in Rome? b) if so, where, c) is the San Gerolamo Monostery [sic] used as a haven.

2. If PAVELIC is actually in Rome, he should be apprehended and arrested if possible.

3. Please contact SCI Unit "Z" for further details.

 

J.W. FISCHER
Colonel, GSC
AC of S [Assistant Chief of Staff], G-2

 

:: filing information ::
Title: Rome Area Allied Command to the CIC
Source: US Army, declassified.
Date: August 8, 1945 Added: October 2002