Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Class 61 (Treason) Recordings of Foreign Radio Broadcasts , 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984.

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Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Class 61 (Treason) Recordings of Foreign Radio Broadcasts , 3/22/1935 - 4/9/1984.

1935-1984

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This series consists of audio recordings made of foreign broadcasts during World War II, collected by several Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field offices during the course of investigations into possible treasonous offenses committed by Americans living abroad or held captive during the war. Of note in this series are complete broadcasts of the Radio Tokyo program "Humanity Calls," which was written by and aired under the direction of Radio Tokyo employees and prominently featured American prisoners of war from Camp Bunka, including John David Provoo and many others. In some cases, these broadcasts were obtained by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents from former Radio Tokyo employees, and as such may be of higher aural quality than U.S. government monitored broadcasts. Also included are home recordings made of broadcasts of American prisoner of war Fred E. Hahn by the War Prisoners Recording Board and the B.O. South Company, which distributed instantaneous recordings made of broadcasts to the families of the prisoners.

108 audio disks

eng, Latn

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Provoo, John David, 1917-2001

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Tokyo Rose, 1916-2006

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