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Perhaps. There are contradictions within imperialism. Has there been any mention of this in the British media? I certainly haven't seen any, and it is a rather embarrassing story from the establishment point of view in the UK. There is a lot of rubbish on the internet, but occasionally you get nuggets of info that don't make it into the mainstream media, for whatever reason. Steve K. ___________________________________ >From: Richard Roper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: British WWI air force officer spied for Japan, files show >[WWW.STOPNATO.ORG. >Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 06:32:26 -0800 (PST) > >HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK >--------------------------- > >This may not entirely be as clear cut as it seems, as >many in Britain did not want to abandon the japanese >alliance after the 1921 Washington Treaty and were >concerned about britian's position in the Far East. > >--- Steve Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > > --------------------------- > > > > from > > http://www.japantoday.com/ > > __________ > > > > British WWI air force officer spied for Japan, files > > show > > > > Will Hollingworth > > > > Friday, January 4, 2002 at 09:30 JST > > > > LONDON - A pillar of the British establishment was > > passing secret > > information about aviation design to Japan during > > the 1920s, > > according to secret government files declassified > > Thursday. > > > > The Foreign Office files from 1926 show that Lord > > Sempill, reputedly > > one of the founders of the Royal Flying Corps in > > World War I, passed > > details of British "aeronautical construction" to > > the Japanese naval > > attache in London, Capt Teijiro Toyoda. > > > > The records, which have remained classified for > > the last 75 years, > > indicate that the espionage took place roughly > > between 1922 and early > > 1926. > > > > Sempill, who died in 1965, had worked in Japan as > > part of the British > > air mission and served as an adviser to the Japanese > > naval air > > service. From the files, it would appear that > > Sempill was stationed > > in Japan between 1920 and 1922. > > > > Sempill was apparently well respected within > > Japanese circles and > > received a personal letter from the then Japanese > > Prime Minister > > Tomosaburo Kato (1922-1923) who thanked Sempill for > > his work with the > > Japanese Navy which he described as "almost epoch > > making." > > > > The files show that after his return to Britain, > > intelligence > > services in Britain became suspicious about his > > activities and > > obtained a warrant from the Home Secretary to search > > Sempill's home. > > > > They found correspondence between the Japanese > > naval attache and > > Sempill. In addition, there was evidence that > > Sempill had been paid > > for his services. > > > > According to the files, Sempill also tried to get > > details of a secret > > seaplane, codenamed Iris, which was being built by a > > British company > > where he also acted as an adviser. > > > > Sempill allegedly tried to get information by > > getting into the > > plane's hangar and then talking to the staff. > > > > It is unclear from the documents if any secret > > information was > > gleaned and whether it was passed on to Japan. > > > > The Foreign Office became involved in the Sempill > > case after learning > > that he was on the verge of being appointed Greece's > > aeronautical > > adviser in March 1926. > > > > The Security Services advised the Foreign Office > > and the British > > Embassy in Athens that Britain could not be seen to > > endorse Sempill's > > appointment because of his past activities. > > > > However, public prosecutors decided not to press > > charges against > > Sempill as the evidence against him involved > > photographic copies of > > letters written by Sempill to the attache and the > > government would > > have to reveal how it got this information and > > disclose its sources. > > > > Regarding the flying boat incident, prosecutors > > believed it would be > > hard to take action against Sempill as he served as > > an occasional > > adviser to the company, and the employees he talked > > to might not have > > actually considered the project as being top secret. > > > > Sempill, who was frustrated by what he regarded > > was a whispering > > campaign designed to stop him from getting the > > appointment in Greece, > > demanded to see security chiefs. > > > > At the meeting they told him that they knew of his > > links to the > > Japanese attache. The documents say Sempill then > > realized that he had > > been lucky to get away without any charges and > > stopped his complaints. > > > > The Daily Telegraph on Thursday described Sempill > > as a "pillar of the > > British establishment" and called him one of the > > founders of the > > Royal Flying Corps in World War I and that his > > father was an aide to > > King George V. > > > > Sempill was chairman of the Royal Aeronautical > > Society in 1926 and > > served as a member of the Royal Naval Air Service > > between 1939 and > > 1941, the newspaper said. > > > > Japan awarded Sempill the Order of the Rising Sun > > in 1961, it said. > > > > (Kyodo News) > > ____________________ > > > > Click the link below to view this article and > > related discussions on > > Japan Today > > http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=189487 > > ____________________ > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Send your FREE holiday greetings online! >http://greetings.yahoo.com > > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
