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→The Amerasia Affair
There appeared in ''Amerasia'' a long account which was recognized in General [[William Donovan]]'s [[Office of Strategic Services]] (the OSS) as verbatim reproduction of a government top secret document. The '''Amerasia Papers''' consist of documents seized by [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) agents on June 6, 1945.
There appeared in ''Amerasia'' a long account which was recognized in General [[William Donovan]]'s [[Office of Strategic Services]] (the OSS) as verbatim reproduction of a government top secret document. The '''Amerasia Papers''' consist of documents seized by [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) agents on June 6, 1945.
Six persons, [[Philip Jaffe]], [[Mark Gayn]], [[Kate Mitchell]] and three others who were U.S. government officials, [[Andrew Roth]], [[Emmanuel Larsen]], [[John S. Service]], were arrested on conspiracy and espionage charges related to the possession of over 1,000 stolen classified Government documents. Documents from Military Intelligence, [[Naval Intelligence]], [[Bureau of Censorship]], [[British Intelligence]], Office of Strategic Services and the [[U.S. State Department]] were confiscated. Among these documents were military reports giving secret information on the position and disposition of [[Chinese Nationalist]] armies of Gen. [[Chiang Kai-shek]].
Six persons, [[Philip Jaffe]], ''[[Washington Post]]'' reporter [[Mark Gayn]], [[Kate Mitchell]] and three others who were U.S. government officials, [[Andrew Roth]], [[Emmanuel Larsen]], [[John S. Service]], were arrested on conspiracy and espionage charges related to the possession of over 1,000 stolen classified Government documents. Documents from Military Intelligence, [[Naval Intelligence]], [[Bureau of Censorship]], [[British Intelligence]], Office of Strategic Services and the [[U.S. State Department]] were confiscated. Among these documents were military reports giving secret information on the position and disposition of [[Chinese Nationalist]] armies of Gen. [[Chiang Kai-shek]].
This resulted in the so-called '''Amerasia Affair'''.
This resulted in the so-called '''Amerasia Affair'''.