"He was the strangest man ever to play baseball," said Casey Stengel of the mysterious Morris "Moe" Berg, a Major Leaguer who worked during World War II for the Office of Strategic Services (the OSS), the forerunner of the CIA. Offered are three items from Moe Berg's estate: two very interesting documents regarding his work for the OSS, dated 1944 and 1945, as well as a photo of Berg from an original negative, but as a later print. Berg was highly educated; he was a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Princeton University who was a modern language major who could speak at least seven languages. He also received a law degree from Columbia University and studied at the Sorbonne. Berg was originally a shortstop and third baseman who switched to catcher. Mostly a backup or third-string catcher, he was occasionally a regular during his 15-year career: Brooklyn Robins (1923), Chicago White Sox (1926-30), Cleveland Indians (1931 & 1934), Washington Senators (1932-34), Boston Red Sox (1935-39). A superior defensive catcher, in 1928 Berg threw out an amazing 61% of the runners who attempted to steal against him. Berg batted a career .243. After his playing career, he became a coach. In 1934, Berg, although only a backup catcher at the time, was strangely named to an American League All-Star team that toured Japan. Berg, under the guise of visiting the daughter of an American ambassador, carried flowers as if he were really visiting a patient, and entered St. Luke's Hospital in Tokyo, the tallest building in the area, and secretly took movies from the hospital roof, of the harbor, military installations and munitions factories. The films were reportedly later used for study by pilots of Jimmy Doolittle's air unit to prepare for raids on Tokyo in 1942. Some research speculates that Berg was already working for the OSS at the time of the '34 All-Star Tour, but Berg said he did the movie filming on his own and later turned the films over to the OSS. The first included document (on beige paper, measuring 10.9x8"), is dated "15 Dec 1944." It is classified as "RESTRICTED." In part, it reads, "HEADQUARTERS/EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS/UNITED STATES ARMY/Subject: Orders/To: Morris Berg, Civilian," and it authorized Berg's travel by "The first available air transportation from Paris, France, to Berne, Switzerland.... By command of General EISENHOWER" and signed by Donald C. Gallup, Major, AGD. This mission could have been when Berg, who spoke fluent German, was reportedly sent to Switzerland as a spy to assess a lecture by Germany's Werner Heisenberg that could reveal the progress that Nazi Germany was making for an atomic bomb. Some reports speculate that Berg was part of an assassination plot against Heisenberg if the Germans were close to having an atomic weapon at that time. This document exhibits some fading from the passage of years, and it shows folds from being placed in an envelope, and a tiny, partial tear (of less than 0.5") at the top edge. The second included document is an 8x10.4" copy, on yellow paper, dated "7 August 1945." It reads, in part, "OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES/OFFICIAL DISPATCH/PARIS, FRANCE/DISTRIBUTION/DIRECTOR, F. SECTION, MAGRUDER, x-2, MAYER/RECEIVED IN CODE OR CIPHER/CONFIDENTIAL/#2408: BERG, WASHINGTON FROM SECRETARIAT FOR DEFENSE/REFERENCE YOUR #24024 (OUT 19167). YES." This second document has a very small hole, of less than a half inch near the top left corner. This second document also has creases from folding. Also included is the aforementioned 8x10" black & white photo of Berg, in his catching regalia. Attached to the back of the photo is a photocopy of an unspecified notation that reads, "BOSTON RED SOX/MORRIS "MOE" BERG--CATCHER--IN ACTION SARASOTA, FLORIDA. 3/29/38/PA/Keep." Considering the age of the three items, they are in overall nice condition. Moe Berg spent most of his life shrouded in mystery. After World War II, when the OSS became the CIA, Berg did occasional work for the CIA as well. Berg passed away on May 29, 1972. Reportedly, his final words, to his nurse, were: "How did the Mets do today?" Berg was mysterious to the end, and many of his secrets went with him to eternity. The offered items, especially since they came from the Berg estate, are fascinating items from baseball's most secretive man.