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Original Allied plans called for approximately fifteen billion AM marks to be printed. The Soviets printed more than seventy-eight billion of their own. <ref>Schecter and Schecter, ''Sacred Secrets'', p. 122.</ref>
Original Allied plans called for approximately fifteen billion AM marks to be printed. The Soviets printed more than seventy-eight billion of their own. <ref>Schecter and Schecter, ''Sacred Secrets'', p. 122.</ref>
A KGB document, dated 15 April 1944, has come to light in the last few years that may answer that question and put Bentley's accusation into a broader context. This document states "[on] 14 April that Harry Dexter White following our instructions passed through to [[Greg Silvermaster|Silvermaster]] attained the positive decision of the Treasury Department to provide the Soviet side with the plates for engraving German occupation marks...."
A KGB document, dated 15 April 1944, has come to light in the last few years and put [[Elizabeth Bentley]]'s accusation into a broader context. This document states "[on] 14 April that Harry Dexter White following our instructions passed through to [[Greg Silvermaster|Silvermaster]] attained the positive decision of the Treasury Department to provide the Soviet side with the plates for engraving German occupation marks...."
==Post war==
==Post war==