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Spies and Secrets Drive OSS to FBI Action
In 1945 secret documents from Amerasia offices were found by OSS investigators. Bielaski testified about an envelope with a bomb project marked A and files on Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang’s spouse, and Chinese troops. Donovan briefed Stettinius as FBI moved in within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph DE Toledano
FBI
United States
Amerasia Magazine
Frank Brooks Bielaski
American Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Bielaski
Senate Foreign Relations
Red Army
Chiang Kai-shek
Mme. Chiang
China
Christian Gauss
State Department
Washington
Archbold van Beuren
Amerasia
Naval Intelligence
Navy
van Beuren
Tydings
William Donovan
Donovan
Department of State
Edward R. Stettinius
Secretary of State
Stettinius
Wardman Park
Tinius
Holmes
Julius
Alger Hiss
Laurence Duggan
Carl Aldo Marzani
Communist Party
Duggan
Hiss-Chambers
Gen
Roosevelt