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==The ''Amerasia'' Affair==
==The ''Amerasia'' Affair==
[[Frederick Vanderbilt Field]] testified that he had discussed with associates in the [[Institue of Pacific Relations]] (IPR) the project of starting ''Amerasia'' in 1937. ''Amerasia'' was established with the full approval of the Institute leaders. This property belonged to Fredrick Field and [[Philip Jaffe]], with Field holding the controlling interest. Field testified that he owned 50 per cent of the stock, while Jaffe owned 49 per cent. A good many of Field's associates in IPR were on the editorial board of ''Amerasia''. Field named [[Owen Lattimore]], [[Kate Mitchell]], Harriet Moore, [[T. A. Bisson]], Benjamin Kizer, a trustee of the Institute, and Philip Jaffe, who also was a member of the Institute and a contributor to its periodical.
When Field made his effort to get into Army Intelligence, it was in writing on the letterhead of ''Amerasia'', showing Field as chairman of the editorial board with Owen Lattimore and William T. Stone as members of the board. There was no change in ownership of this magazine from 1937 to 1943, when Field resigned and Jaffe took over.<ref>United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security Hearings, July 25 and 26, 1951.</ref>
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.