Louis Fiset
Using postal documentation as primary evidence, this monograph tells a story of the two diplomatic exchanges between the US and Japan involving the Swedish liner, MS Gripsholm, a vessel that returned 6,000 diplomats, businessmen, missionaries, and internees, including women and children, to their home countries following internment in enemy territories. The 56 illustrations of postal history cover the time period from December 1941 through December 1943. To provide historical context for them, contemporaneous sources were consulted -- cable communications between the State Department and Japan’s Foreign Ministry, press coverage, and biographical sketches of repatriates.
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