F.B.I. 61-6580-20. The Amerasia case centered on the discovery by government agents in March, 1945, of classified (O.S.S.) documents in the offices of the allegedly pro-Communist Amerasia monthly. In June six people, including Gayn, were arrested under the Espionage Act; eventually three were indicted, two of whom were found guilty and fined. Historically the case is important as one of the first internal subversion or spy cases leading to the House Un-American Activities Committee and McCarthy-McCarran hearings of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

F.B.I. 100-68282-464 and 61-6580-127, p. 137

F.B.I. 61-6580-127, p. 134

F.B.I. 61-6580-5, 9, and 100-9125-5

F.B.I. 61-6580-7

Smedley to A. Taylor, March 7, 1943

New York Times, January 28, 1945; Smedley to A. Taylor, January 24, 1945. Sun Fo was the son of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's first wife and a favorite alternative to Chiang Kai-shek

F.B.I. 100-9125-12 and 61-6580-222, p. 4; clippings in Smedley papers, files V-72-10 and VI-73D-82; Smedley to A. Taylor, January 8, 1944

F.B.I. 61-6580—9, pp. 32-34, and clippings in Smedley papers, file V-73D-79

F.B.I. 61-6580-9, p. 38; Smedley to A. Taylor, December 11, 1944