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→The ''Amerasia'' Affair: more detail
==The ''Amerasia'' Affair==
==The ''Amerasia'' Affair==
The '''Amerasia Papers''' consist of documents seized by [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) agents on June 6, 1945, in connection with the arrests of six persons, including three U.S. government officials, [[Andrew Roth]], [[Emmanuel Larsen]], [[John S. Service]], on conspiracy and espionage charges related to the possession of roughly 1,000 stolen classified Government documents. This resulted in the so-called '''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, in connection with the arrests of six persons, including three U.S. government officials, [[Andrew Roth]], [[Emmanuel Larsen]], [[John S. Service]], on conspiracy and espionage charges related to the possession of roughly 1,000 stolen classified Government documents. Among them were documents from Military Intelligence, [[Naval Intelligence]], [[Bureau of Censorship]], [[British Intelligence]], Office of Strategic Services and the [[U.S. State Department]].
This resulted in the so-called '''Amerasia Affair'''.
Because the FBI had burglarized the office of ''Amerasia'' and the homes of several individuals, the evidence was deemed tainted and charges were reduced or dropped. Other names connected with the Amerasia affair include:
Because the FBI had burglarized the office of ''Amerasia'' and the homes of several individuals, the evidence was deemed tainted and charges were reduced or dropped. Other names connected with the Amerasia affair include: