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There has been nothing, which is almost certainly significant. To be an "advisor" to a foreign government in that period required official approval and also meant you would be some kind of Agent. It almost certainly meant between 1920-22 he was strenghtening Japan as Britain's ally in case of trouble with America in the Far East. As you say there are contradictions within Imperialism, and during this period there was real rivalry btween Britain and America as to who was to be top commercially in the Far East as well as infighting as to who was the be No1 Imperialist Power. Japan was Britain's key ally. There was real recriminations at the Washington Conference, and had it failed there would have been a naval race B + J v A, as well as a continuation of the Japanese Alliance. In which case war would probably, and almost certainly would have resulted a few years later around 1928. See http://www.glasnost.de/hist/usa/1935invasion.html for American reaction to British plans. Japan considered she had been done regarding battleship numbers by the Washington Conference and was being encouraged by Britain to build carriers on spare hulls in order to pacify her. It looks like he was acting on the instructions of onw part of British intelligence and being detected by another. --- STEVE KACZYNSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > 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. > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! 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