Newly released Amelia Earhart documents reveal vivid details of Japan’s role in search for doomed aviator

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The National Archives recently released thesecond batch of recordsrelated to famed American aviator Amelia Earhart — offering an in-depth look into her mysterious 1937 disappearance.

Over 3,700 pages were published on Nov.25, with 56 PDF files providing information to the public.

Among the documents was a memo detailing a conversation between then-Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Saito on July 13, 1937.

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Though it was public information that Japan participated in the search effort, the memo details the resources shared and highlights the specific cooperation between the two countries.

“Japan hadtwo shipstaking part in the search for Amelia Earhart … Their officials at Hawaii and other points had been instructed to keep closely posted on the search in the hope of being of some help,” the document says, in part.

Amelia Earhart standing in front of plane

The National Archives has released a second batch of Amelia Earhart documents.The famed aviator vanished in 1937 and has been a topic of curiosity and fascination ever since.(U.S.National Archives)

Also included in the document drop is a press transcript betweenPresident Franklin D.Rooseveltand a reporter.

The specific exchange from July 20, 1937, adds context to the justification of the investigation’s costs.

Navy planeswere required to log a certain number of hours per year and that the search counted toward it.

Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary Hull and the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Hiroshi Saito

Memorandum of the conversation between Secretary Cordell Hull and Japanese Ambassador Mr.Hiroshi Saito regarding Earhart’s missing flight.(U.S.National Archives)

“There is no additional cost … whether they were [handling] a search problem of this kind or whether they were doing a maneuver,” said Roosevelt.

First lady Eleanor Roosevelt was also involved in details related to the search for Earhart, helping to request an important radio log forpilot Paul Mantz.

Pilot Amelia Earhart poses for a portrait in and airplane in circa 1936.

Pilot Earhart is pictured posing for a portrait, circa 1936.(Library of Congress/Getty Images)

Amy Earthart stated that she believedher daughter“died in Japan” on “a United States government mission, probably on verbal orders” — and “not in the Pacific Ocean.”

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Many of the conspiracy theories that are floated to this day regarding Earhart’s story cite Japan as playing a role in her disappearance.

“I am equally sure she did not make a forced landing in the sea,” Amy Earhart added.

Herbert Hoover at White House with Amelia Earhart

Earthart is shown strolling with then-President Herbert Hoover at the White House in Washington, D.C., in June 1932.(Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Many researchers also hypothesize that aviation trailblazer Earhart did not crash her planeat sea, but instead landed and was stranded on Nikumaroro Island, later perishing there.

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Purdue Universityrecently delayed an expedition to search for Earhart’s missing plane in Nikumaroro to next year, due to issues with permits, as well as hurricane season concerns.

Earhart was the first woman to fly nonstop solo across the U.S.on Aug.24, 1932.

Ashley J.