The National Archives in Washington (NARA) holds all the files of the Allied Screening Commission which provided monetary rewards to Italians who had assisted escaped PoWs in any way, from providing a bit of food and clothing to keeping them hidden for up to 18 months. There are 80,000 individual files plus a lot of other administrative documentation, totalling 1.5 million documents in all. At the instigation of the Monte San Martino Trust, these files will all be digitised over the next 5 years or so. At the moment, the only search method is by Italian names. Thus if a researcher only knows the name of the escaper, it is impossible to find any relevant information. The index to the files (under the Italian name) is now online at https://catalog.archives.gov/search-within/75857261 . So if you know who helped the individual you are researching, and they made a claim for compensation to the ASC, you should be able to find their index card and follow it up by contacting NARA direct to ask for that specific file.
