Letter from Secretary of State Cordell Hull to the American Legation in Bern, Switzerland asking them to request the Swiss Government pass along a message to the Japanese Government stating their intentions to apply the Geneva Red Cross and Geneva Prisoner of War Conventions and requesting Japan do the same.

Letter from Chargé D’Affaires Huddle to Secretary of State Cordell Hull informing him that the Japanese Government intends on observing the Geneva Red Cross Convention as a signatory state and will apply mutatis mutandis provisions of the Geneva Prisoners of War Convention despite not being bound by it.

Souvenir edition of a magazine providing news and information to occupation forces in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Also included in this edition are Christmas messages from service members and information about Christmas celebrations in Japan and Korea.

Invitation from Lieutenant General K. N. Derevyanko to Colonel Oliver Trechter to a reception for the 28th anniversary of the Red Army on February 23, 1946 at the Soviet Embassy in Tokyo.

Extract of a letter from Naoyoshi Kuchinaka to Colonel Oliver Trechter originally written on behalf of a Japanese Army soldier, Tatsuo Tsuchiya. The unnamed writer of the letter says that Tsuchiya should not be found guilty as he was only following the orders of his superior officers. He goes on to say that newspapers and journalists aided in polluting the minds of the people through propaganda. He asks that Tsuchiya be given thorough consideration. The original letter in Japanese and its envelope are attached.