Almost all employees Wilson CenterA distinguished non -partisan research tank of Washington’s foreign policy, on Thursday he was on leave and blocked from his accounts of E -State because the Elona Musk Working Group quickly closed most of the center.

About 130 employees received orders that told them they did not return to the office after the end of the day, according to the UE -Student, examined by the New York Times and people with direct knowledge of the action.

Employees will be paid while on leave, but will soon be discharged, in accordance with what happened in other institutions that have been dismantled by Mr. Musk workers in recent weeks.

Only five employees remain – president, two federal employees and two scholarship researchers. These positions are mandate in the Congress Charter of the Center. The cuts are aligned with Trump Executive Command Signed in March.

Private donations to the Center will be returned to donors, familiar with the center that spoke about the state of anonymity to avoid retaliation. It was not clear what would be done with the center.

On Thursday afternoon, dozens of employees wore boxes and bags filled with papers, plants and posters from the office of the Center in the Ronald Reagan building, which houses several offices of government agencies.

Tears shone on the face of a woman as she left. Workers pulled out a wheelchair full of documents.

It was not clear on Thursday how the offices would be used, but Center charter Requires the space to be part of Woodrow Wilson Memorial.

On Monday, four members of the Musk team entered the Center offices and started taking over their systems. The next day, the President of the Center, Mark Green, resigned.

Trump’s White House has released the members of the Center Committee in recent weeks, one person who met events said. Mr. Green, a former Republican Congressman and Ambassador, has been said to be released this week if he does not resign, said the other person. The White House refused to comment.

Mr. Musk workers who prevailed the Government have pulled out several other institutions in Washington, including the US Agency for International Development.

They excluded centers receiving federal funding, but who have done independent research for decades with the aim of giving nonideological professional assessments to policy makers, legislators and people outside the Government.

Wilson Center, created in 1968 as a working memorial in honor of 28 President, Woodrow Wilson, receives about 30 percent of his financing from Congress; The rest comes from private donations.

The center was governed by former democratic and Republican officials appointed by the Committee. Before Mr. Green, who led the USAID in the first Trump administration, became the president and executive director of the Center 2021, Jane Harman, a former Democratic Congress Woman from California, led the research center.

The center was a gathering for scientists in all fields of foreign policy over the decade. It houses the personal library of George F. Kennan, diplomat and creator of politics who studied the Soviet Union. On Thursday, director of the Kennan Institute of Wilson Center, Michael Kimmage, Posted photos From the library online and compared it to the Library of ancient Alexandria, which “became a victim of political spells and war,” he wrote.

One question is what will happen to these materials and extensive digital archives composed by Wilson Center. Researchers from all over the world have used archives for projects, and scientists are particularly appreciated by the Center’s records on documents from the Cold War.

The person familiar with the center said that he also placed historical records from Wilson’s campaign and the Presidency.

More than 50 scholars were expected to be paid by the end of their program, but those who are foreign citizens expect to cancel their visas. Two scholarships are in the center through a program for scientists whose work endangered them in their home countries, to the person familiar with the center.

Each class of scholarships usually consists of academic researchers and one or more journalists working on book projects. New York Times journalists received scholarships.

Trump’s administration official said Natasha Jacome, a senior advisor to Mr. Green, a new president of the center.