MSS 93-4
Inventory of the Papers of Roy L. Morgan
Overview
Professional and personal papers that document Roy L. Morgan's service as Chief Interrogator for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. There are orders, minutes, trial briefs, statements related to the IMTFE. Also lists of foreign legations, internal security and investigative reports on German and Japanese detainees, related to The Greenbrier Hotel Mission where he worked as Special Agent of the FBI.
Dates |
1941-1966 [Inclusive] |
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Extents |
6 Cubic Feet (12 archival boxes) |
Scope & Contents
International Military Tribunal for the Far East --International Prosecution Papers. This collection consists of government and personal documents concerning Morgan's role as the Chief Interrogator for the preparation of the prosecution in the IMTFE. These papers contain investigative documents on the political situation of Japan, and on individuals including Prime Minister Hideki Tojo; Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo; and Ai-Hsin-Lo Pu Yi, former emperor of Manchuko, last emperor of the former Ch'ing Dynasty. In addition, there are general orders, minutes of the executive committee, trial briefs, the opening statement of the prosecution, and an incomplete set of the records of the proceedings of the IMTFE. Finally, there are clippings from newspapers published and distributed in Japan.
The Greenbrier Hotel Mission. These papers document Morgan's work as special agent for the FBI from December 1941 to June 1942, when he was in charge of Japanese, German, Italian, and Hungarian diplomats from North and South America. These diplomats, as well as civilians, were detained and confined at The Homestead and The Greenbrier, as prisoners of war, while waiting for their repatriation and exchange for Americans being held abroad. The files contain lists of the foreign legations; internal security reports; investigative reports on detainees and employees at both resorts; and newspaper clippings.
Dr. P.O. Shallert Manuscript. Dr. Shallert was a physician from North Carolina who wrote a series of essays after a ten-week visit to the USSR in April and May of 1935. He was part of a 12-person American Delegation and was accepted by the USSR to travel as delegate representing the Socialist Party of North Carolina.
Collection Description
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Physical Description
This collection contains 12 boxes.<extent>1 arbitrary_unit</extent>
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Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions.
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Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions.
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Preferred Citation
Inventory of the Papers of Roy L. Morgan, 1941-1966, MSS 93-4, Box Number, Special Collections, University of Virginia Law Library.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers of Roy L. Morgan (Class of 1933) were donated to the University of Virginia Law Library by his widow, Rosamond, in September of 1993.
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Biographical / Historical
Roy L. Morgan was born 14 November 1908 in Morgantown, West Virginia. He attended Duke University (1926-1927) and the University of Virginia (1927-1933), where he received his B.S. degree, continuing his studies at the Law School from which he graduated in 1933.
From 1933 to 1934, he was an attorney with Jerome N. Frank, head of the legal division of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. In 1934, he began ten years of service at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in various parts of the U.S., but maintained residence in Greensboro, N.C., where he practiced law as an associate with the firm Brooks, Lendon, and Holderness. While he was a special agent for the FBI, he represented the U.S. government during the 1942 detention of 1200 Japanese, German, and Italian diplomats from North and South America at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia, and The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. In 1946, he went to Tokyo for the War Department to serve as Associate Counsel and Chief of the Investigative Division of the International Prosecution Section (IPS) of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE).
After the war, Morgan returned to his law practice in Greensboro, N.C., and was engaged in many civic activities, including the Greensboro City Council, of which he was a long-time member. In 1950, he went back to Japan to work for John Bugas, vice-president of Ford Motor Company, handling legal and other matters for the company in the Far East.
In 1954, he applied for a Federal Employment Position in Military Intelligence in Germany, and was eligible as a Military Intelligence Resident Analyst for six to twelve months, stationed in Rhein Main, Germany, from April to December of the same year. For the next fifteen years, Morgan served in various capacities for the U.S. and Japanese governments. In 1955-1956, he was one of the American advisors to the Prime Minister of Japan, and Chief Justice of the U.S. Civil Administration, Appellate Court for the Far East, until 1960. From 1960 to 1967 he was Special Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce, and consultant of the U.S. government, advisor on international trade with Japan, and in 1962 and 1968, he served as Head of the U.S. Trade Missions to Japan.
Roy Morgan retired in Florida around 1971 and died on October 3, 1985. He is buried at Low Gap, N.C.
| file[International Military Trial of the Far East (IMFTE)]. International Prosecution Section (IPS) Civil Censorship Detachment., 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 1 |
| file[International Military Trial of the Far East (IMFTE)]. International Prosecution Section (IPS) Civil Censorship Detachment. Confidential documents., 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 1 |
| file[IMFTE] (IPS) Evidence and Defendants Committee. Memoranda, 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 1 |
| file[IMFTE] (IPS) Executive Committee Meetings Minutes, 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 1 |
| file[IMFTE] (IPS) General Orders. Memoranda, 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 1 |
| file[IMFTE} (IPS) Interrogations of Japanese Officials, 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 1 |
| file[IMFTE] Interrogation: Ai-Hsin-Cho Lo Pu Yi (Henry Pu Yi)., 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 1 |
| file[IMFTE] Interrogation: Shigenori Togo, 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 1 |
| file[IMFTE] Interrogation: Hideki Tojo., 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 1 |
| file[IMFTE] (IPS) Investigative Information. Miscellaneous individuals. (Index included), 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 1 |
| file[IMFTE] (IPS) Investigation Division Papers, 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 2 |
| file[IMFTE] (IPS) Japan. Lists of government officials. Constitution, 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 2 |
| file[IMFTE] Kido's Diary. Extracts, 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 2 |
| file[IMFTE] (IPS) Lists of suspected criminals, 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 2 |
| file[IMFTE] Newspaper clippings., 1945-1946, 1948 | MSS 93-4, Box 2 |
| file[IMFTE] (IPS) Numbered reports of Japanese Officials. Docs. # 7501-7527. Missing: #7526., 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 3 |
| file[IMFTE] (IPS) Reports on world political situation. Lists of key incidents, 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 3 |
| file[IMFTE] (IPS) Translations of interrogations., 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 3 |
| file[IMFTE] (IPS) Trial Brief. Opening statement of the prosecution, 1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 3 |
| fileChronology of the Occupation. Booklet, 1945-1946 | MSS 93-4, Box 3 |
| fileRecords of the Proceedings. [Incomplete], 1946 April 29-August 27 | MSS 93-4, Box 4 |
| seriesThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission | |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Employees. Investigation documents, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 9 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Foreign Legations. Lists of aliens in custody, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 9 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Germans in custody, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 9 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Immigration Border Patrol Permits, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 9 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Internal Security Reports. Activities, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 9 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Internal Security Reports. Activities, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 9 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Internal Security Reports. Germans in custody, 1941-1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 9 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Internal Security Reports. Japanese in custody, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 9 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Italian, Hungarian, Bulgarian Legations in custody., 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 9 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Japanese Legation in custody., 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 9 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Lists of outgoing mail., 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 9 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Memoranda of the FBI. German and Japanese Diplomatic Corps, 1941-1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 10 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Memoranda. German and Japanese Diplomatic Corps, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 10 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Newspaper clippings, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 10 |
| fileThe Greenbrier Hotel Mission. Duplicated documents, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 10 |
| fileThe Homestead Hotel. Internal Security Reports. Japanese Diplomatic Corps, 1941-1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 10 |
| fileThe Homestead Hotel. Internal Security Reports. Memoranda, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 10 |
| fileThe Homestead Hotel. Lists of employees. [Japanese Diplomatic Corps], 1941-1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 10 |
| fileThe Homestead Hotel. Lists of Japanese citizens, 1942 | MSS 93-4, Box 10 |
| filePersonal documents, 1946-1955 | MSS 93-4, Box 11 |
| filePersonal correspondence, 1946-1966 | MSS 93-4, Box 11 |
| fileJapan. Business-related documents, 1949, 1955-1957 | MSS 93-4, Box 11 |
| filePetitions on behalf of Japanese war criminals, 1946-1957 | MSS 93-4, Box 11 |
| fileMiscellaneous documents, 1946, 1954 | MSS 93-4, Box 11 |
| fileNewspaper clippings, 1964 | MSS 93-4, Box 11 |
| fileSchallert, P.O.: Russia; Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (manuscript), 1935-1938 | MSS 93-4, Box 12 |