Nagai Kita

Nagai Kita

Nagao Kita (喜多 長雄 Kita Nagao?) was a Japanese Consul [1] stationed in Hawaii. He received instructions on March 22, 1941 to gather information about the schedule of the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, by bribery, if necessary.[2](p163) These instructions were intercepted by U.S. intelligence but did not raise alarms.

He received further instructions on September 24, 1941 to report the locations of American aircraft in bases in Hawaii. These instructions were also intercepted but did not raise alarms.[2](p2) The intercepted message was sent to Washington by sea, not by air, and when eventually decoded, was not thought by American intelligence to be useful.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Project 60 - "The First Fight Against Fascism" - Archives September, 1941". http://www.bartcop.com/arc4109.htm. Retrieved 6 June 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Martin Gilbert (June 2004). The Second World War: A Complete History. Macmillan. ISBN 9780805076233. http://books.google.com/books?id=tFN7BR1HSIsC&pg=PA163. Retrieved 6 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Events, deaths, births, of Sep 24". http://www.safran-arts.com/42day/history/h4sep/h4sep24.html. Retrieved 6 June 2011. 
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