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was a Japan
ese Consul 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. 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. 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.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese Consul stationed in Hawaii. He received instructions on March 22, 1941 to gather information about the schedule of the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
fleet at Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor, known to Hawaiians as Puuloa, is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet...
, by bribery, if necessary. 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. 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.