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Julian Schuman

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
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Biography

Julian Schuman was a U.S. correspondent and staff writer for the China Monthly Review — the last American reporter to leave China — indicted with the Powells in 1956 for sedition over the magazine's coverage of the Korean War. He was the author of 'Assignment China.'

Case

Charges: Sedition (Espionage Act of 1917)
Sentence: Free on bail awaiting trial Verdict as recorded: Indicted April 1956; awaiting trial Charges as recorded: Sedition (Espionage Act of 1917) — over the China Monthly Review's reporting
Convicted: No — pending trial