Contains among other things: Economic war objectives towards Italy including the colonial question and strategic aspects in the Mediterranean region (elaboration of General Ludendorff), 1918 Future relations with Italy with comments on the character of the population (elaborations of the German Consul in Innsbruck), (Sept. 1917) 1918 Economic relations between Austria-Hungary and Italy after the war (investigations of the German Ambassador in Vienna), Feb. 1918 War economic significance of the conquered Upper Italian region (elaboration of the deputy general staff), Feb. 1918 Situation of the paint, pharmaceutical and photographic industries in Italy (general report by Carl Duisberg, Leverkusen), Apr. 1918 Future and present economic development of Italy and its relationship to the Allies (reports of the German representations in Switzerland), 1918 - 1919