The OSS Society (osssociety.org) maintains the research gateway to Office of Strategic Services records held at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. The OSS (1942-1945) was the direct predecessor of the CIA. OSS records are in National Archives Record Group 226. RELEVANCE TO MAGENTA RETRIEVAL: Grusch testified the Magenta craft was retrieved by OSS with Vatican and Five Eyes assistance in 1944-1945. The OSS ran extensive covert operations in Northern Italy throughout this exact period. The craft was stored at Vergiate (Lombardy) — and OSS had a full field station network covering northern Italy from 1943-45. OSS NORTHERN ITALY 1945 — MISSION ROSSIGNOL: National Archives Entry 213, Box 1 contains: “Report from SCI Unit Z in Genova, Italy on Mission Rossignol, November 30, 1945 — approximately 12 pages. The report describes the activities of Commander Cheyron and personnel who operated in Northern Italy between July and September 1945. The report complains that despite repeated verbal and written requests to HQ for information, the Mission’s true purpose was still unknown.” A classified OSS mission operating in Northern Italy between July and September 1945, with “unknown purpose” even to its own unit, correlates directly with the Magenta craft retrieval timeline. The OSS terminated September 20, 1945 — just as Mission Rossignol was concluding. AVAILABLE RECORDS: 23,973 OSS personnel files covering 1941-1945 are searchable at NARA. 400,000+ pages declassified in 2000 under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act. OSS Italy operations records include: intelligence reports 1942-46, field operations reports, financial records, and correspondence. The collection is in College Park, Maryland. Researchers seeking the Magenta documentation in the US record would begin at NARA RG 226. Source: osssociety.org/national_archives_oss.html / archives.gov/research/military/ww2/oss / NARA RG 226 Entry 213