page_title: Wayne M. Collins
section_title: Iva Toguri
hierarchical_section_title: Wayne M. Collins / Biography / Legal career / Iva Toguri
caption_attribution_description: Scope and content: This document relates to the controversial trial and conviction of Japanese American Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino, identified by the U.S. Government as one of the women known as "Tokyo Rose" who were retained by the Government of Japan to make radio broadcasts of music and commentary to U.S. military personnel serving in the World War II Pacific Theater.
context_page_description: Wayne Mortimer Collins was a civil rights attorney who worked on cases related to the Japanese American evacuation and internment.
context_section_description: In 1949 Collins, with Besig and Theodore Tamba, also defended Iva Toguri D'Aquino against charges of treason.  Through the use of perjured testimony and falsified evidence, she was convicted of being "Tokyo Rose" in the most expensive trial in American history (as of that time). Following her release from prison in 1956, Collins continued his efforts to have her name cleared.
caption: Letter from Wayne M. Collins requesting that equal privileges be extended to Australian witnesses for the defense in the trial of Iva Toguri D'Aquino.
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