| | 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]]. | | 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]]. |
| | Because the FBI had burglarized the office of ''Amerasia'' and the homes of several individuals, the evidence was deemed tainted. [[T.A. Bisson]] of the [[Board of Economic Warfare]] was also involved in ''Amerasia''. | | Because the FBI had burglarized the office of ''Amerasia'' and the homes of several individuals, the evidence was deemed tainted. [[T.A. Bisson]] of the [[Board of Economic Warfare]] was also involved in ''Amerasia''. |