Amerasia was a journal of Far Eastern affairs, founded by "millionaire Communist" Frederick Vanderbilt Field (who was also Editorial Board Chairman) and Phillip J. Jaffe, and edited by Jaffe and Kate L. Mitchell. It is most noted for a case in which several of its staff and their contacts were suspected of espionage and charged with unauthorized possession of government documents. (more)
Genres: politics, science
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Institute of Pacific Relations:
The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was an international organization established in 1925 to provide a forum for discussion of problems and relations between nations of the Pacific Rim. IPR was governed by the "Pacific Council," with National Co
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John S. Service:
John Stewart Service (3 August 1909 - 3 February 1999) was an American diplomat who served in the Foreign Service in China prior to and during the World War II. Considered one of the State Department's "China Hands", he was an important member of the
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Joseph Milton Bernstein:
Joseph Milton Bernstein was an American accused of spying for the Soviet Union. Bernstein allegedly recruited his fellow Communist T.A. Bisson who had stopped working at the Board of Economic Warfare (BEW) and began working in the Institute of Pacifi
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Mark Gayn:
Mark Gayn was born in China. He was son of Russian parents who had migrated from Czarist Russia. He went to school in Vladivostok and was proponent of the Chinese Communists. Gayn wrote for the Colliers and the Washington Post and was arrested in the
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Frederick Vanderbilt Field:
Frederick Vanderbilt Field (April 13, 1905 - February 1, 2000) was an American millionaire and great-great-grandson of railroad tycoon Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt who claimed to have been a member of the Communist Party.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic intelligence agency. At present, the FBI has investigati
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Far East:
The Far East is a term often used by people in the Western world to refer to the countries of East Asia. It is a Eurocentric term that nevertheless retains strong popular usage. "Far East" came because from Europe the Eastern Asia is the "farthest" o
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Communist Party USA:
The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is a Marxist-Leninist political party in the United States. For approximately the first half of the 20th century it was the largest and most widely influential communist party in the country
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Grand jury:
In the common law, a grand jury is a type of jury which determines whether there is enough evidence for a trial. Grand juries carry out this duty by examining evidence presented to them by a prosecutor and issuing indictments, or by investigating all
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Office of Naval Intelligence:
The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) was established in the United States Navy in 1882. ONI was established to "seek out and report" on the advancements in other nations' navies. ONI's position as the naval intelligence arm began in earnest when th
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