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SUMMARY OF INFORMATION 7 1 June 1948 Subject: Incident - Subversive Activity Preparing Office: Directorate of Intelligence, Hq Fourth Air Foroe, Hamilton Field, California : Code for Use in Individual Paragraph Evaluation: Sources usually reliable . oo, a Information; truth cannot be judged Summary of Information: Investigation was initiated by the Commanding General, this headquarters, to determine or develop any information relative to possible subversive activity of ex-Japanese prisoners of war. Investigation was predicated upon information. received from Major T. J. Hieatt regarding a communication, contents of which contained a statement that “should General MacArthur be elected, the organization would do its best to see that he never took oath of office." The above ififorma- tion wes confirmed by a letter from Sergeant Weatherford (see exhibit one.) The ex-Japanese prisoners of war, known Project "J" Club, Hamilton Field, California, were individually contacted w: réferenceto-the above correspondence as received by Sgt Weatherford. Of the 77 members of the club, 55 were contacted. None of the men contacted had received any such communication nor did they know of any such movement by any other organization. Of the 53 men contacted, one informant offered the following information: That the only prisoners of verde interested “dn-mich an‘ organizstion were two United States merchant terine seamen with whom he came in contact in a Japanese prison camp in Batavia » JAVA. These men were taken from a U. S. merchant ship which was sunk of Madagascar by a German commerce raider. They were interned at Cycle Camp, Batavia, Java. The _ only information informant could offer as description is as follows; Name NED i and middle names unknown) Height approx. 5'8" or 519" Age about 30-52, in 1943 Hair sandy b7 c) spoke with a Brooklyn or Bronx accent £79). : ‘Name per (first name and middle name fiw unknown) Height roKey approxe 5'6" Age about 2829, in 1943 Hair red ; Complexion freckled narrow shoulders, wide hips _ C8 mv io ie ADC - 6 '%. = G2, Sixth Army - 1 FBI - 1 ONI = 1 File - 1 DHE ed , . ~ : ft 7" £. war he had ever known that might be radical enough to. =.