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In 1945 six associates of Amerasia magazine, a journal of Far Eastern affairs, came under suspicion after publishing articles that bore similarity to Office of Strategic Services reports.

The government proposed using the Espionage Act against them but later softened its approach, changing the charges to Embezzlement of Government Property ( Now ).

A Grand Jury cleared three of the associates, two associates paid small fines, and charges against the sixth man were dropped.

Senator Joseph McCarthy believed the failure to aggressively prosecute the defendants was a communist conspiracy and according to Kleht and Radosh, the case helped build his notoriety.