Frank A. Schuler Jr. Papers, 1932-1991 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

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Collection Overview

Title: Frank A. Schuler Jr. Papers, 1932-1991

Primary Creator: Schuler, Frank A. (1908-1996)

Extent: -1.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: This collection is composed of subject files arranged alphabetically within four containers.

Date Acquired: 03/16/1998

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The papers of Frank A. Schuler relate to the aftermath and review of the circumstances surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, collected for Schuler's research. Found within the collection is Schuler's narrative "Pearl Harbor: A Tangled Web of Lies." Additionally included are the memoirs, testimonies and reports given by various diplomats and naval officers; Joseph Grew, Admiral Thomas C. Hart, and Admiral H.K. Hewitt among others. The collection is also comprised of official reports on foreign relations with Japan between 1932 and 1941, Japanese Intelligence, the "MAGIC" decryption of messages intercepted from Japanese officials between 1938 and 1941, Congressional hearings, and FBI correspondence.

Collection Historical Note

Between 1930 and 1941 Frank A. Schuler was a foreign service officer with a specialty in Japanese language and affairs. On September 13, 1941 Schuler sent a memorandum to the State Department calling for a re-evaluation of U.S. policy toward Japan and warned of that nation's hostility. The chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs reprimanded the authors of the document on November 7.

Thereafter, Schuler was transferred to the Caribbean to establish a consulate on the island of Antigua where he remained until 1943. Schuler was told in 1944 that he would be sent to Noumea, New Caledonia, in the South Pacific, to work with the Office of War Information when in fact he was to replace the American Consul there. Schuler prefered to resign, thus ending his diplomatic service.

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Access Restrictions: This collection is available for use by the general public.

Use Restrictions: This material is subject to copyright restrictions under Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

Acquisition Source: Olive Schuler

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Army Pearl Harbor Board
Briggs, Ralph
Clarke Investigation
Clausen Investigation
FBI Documents re: Pearl Harbor
Grew, Joseph
Hart Inquiry
Hewitt Inquiry
Hull, Cordell
Internment of Diplomats after Pearl Harbor
Japan - Foreign Relations, 1932-1937
Japan - Foreign Relations, 1938-1941
Japan - Newspaper Clippings

Box 2

Japan - Newspaper Clippings
Japanese Spies
Japanese War Crimes
Joint Committee - Pearl Harbor - Majority and Minority Reports
Joint Congressional Hearings - Joseph Grew Testimony
McCloy, John
McCormack, Alfred

Box 3

"MAGIC" Background of Pearl Harbor
"MAGIC" Intercepts, November 3, 1938-July 2, 1941
"MAGIC" Intercepts, July 14, 1941-December 16, 1941
"MAGIC" Summary #609
Navy Court of Inquiry
Pearl Harbor, A Tangled Web of Lies by Frank Schuler
Pearl Harbor, A Tangled Web of Lies - Exhibits
Pearl Harbor - Clippings, Articles
Power and Culture: The Japanese American War, 1941-1945

Box 4

Roberts Commission
Role of Radio Intelligence in the American Japanese Naval War (W. Friedman), August 1941-June 1942
Salisbury, Laurence
Schreiber, Teresa
Shaffer, Helen
Schuler, Frank and Olive
Solution of the "B" Machine
Study of Pearl Harbor Hearings
Tachibana, Itaru
Terasaki, Hidenari
US - Japanese Relations

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