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Master Spy on a Mission: The Untold Story of Onodera Makoto and Swedish Intelligence 1941–1945

Bert Edström

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Description:Neutral Sweden’s importance for Japanese intelligence grew during the World War II. As Japan’s military attaché posted in Sweden, Makoto Onodera was second to none in taking advantage of the opportunities offered in Stockholm, the North European hotspot for intelligence activities, spies and agents. His reports to Tokyo were based on two agent networks and extensive collaboration with agents and officials of Nazi Germany. But he also became a legend for his work in open-source intelligence as well as procured strategic commodities and provided Tokyo with Swedish-made cipher machines. What he did not know, however, was that the office he inherited from his predecessor had already been penetrated when he arrived. Swedish military intelligence lured him into an exchange that was used not only to counteract his intelligence work but also to feed him with bogus information.Bert Edström is the first to shed light on Onodera’s intelligence work based on an extensive use of declassified documents long hidden away in Swedish archives. He reveals not only the surprising scope of Onodera’s secret activities but also the ingenuity of the security agencies of his host country, whose duty it was to monitor his activities.Bert Edström is Non-resident Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), Stockholm.Certainly no one is better qualified than Bert Edström to address the subject of Onodera. ... he has dug deeply into the relevant archives in Sweden and elsewhere dealing with Onodera’s wartime intelligence activities. His careful citation of archival sources and general mastery of the literature on the subject cannot fail to impress. In short, I am happy to commend this book as an important scholarly contribution to intelligence history.From the Foreword by C.G. McKay, author of From Information to Intrigue: Studies in Secret Service based on the Swedish Experience, 1939-1945 and Emperor of Spies: Onodera’s Wartime Network in Northern Europe.This excellent book on Japanese intelligence is a must read for not only scholars, but anyone who possesses interest in intelligence history. Written by one of Sweden’s preeminent Japanologists, Dr Edstrom has thoroughly combed archives for primary documents that shed precious light on a hither obscure aspect of Japanese human intelligence activities in Europe prior to and during the Second World War.Professor Tosh Minohara, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University, and Chairman, Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Master Spy on a Mission: The Untold Story of Onodera Makoto and Swedish Intelligence 1941–1945. To get started finding Master Spy on a Mission: The Untold Story of Onodera Makoto and Swedish Intelligence 1941–1945, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Neutral Sweden’s importance for Japanese intelligence grew during the World War II. As Japan’s military attaché posted in Sweden, Makoto Onodera was second to none in taking advantage of the opportunities offered in Stockholm, the North European hotspot for intelligence activities, spies and agents. His reports to Tokyo were based on two agent networks and extensive collaboration with agents and officials of Nazi Germany. But he also became a legend for his work in open-source intelligence as well as procured strategic commodities and provided Tokyo with Swedish-made cipher machines. What he did not know, however, was that the office he inherited from his predecessor had already been penetrated when he arrived. Swedish military intelligence lured him into an exchange that was used not only to counteract his intelligence work but also to feed him with bogus information.Bert Edström is the first to shed light on Onodera’s intelligence work based on an extensive use of declassified documents long hidden away in Swedish archives. He reveals not only the surprising scope of Onodera’s secret activities but also the ingenuity of the security agencies of his host country, whose duty it was to monitor his activities.Bert Edström is Non-resident Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), Stockholm.Certainly no one is better qualified than Bert Edström to address the subject of Onodera. ... he has dug deeply into the relevant archives in Sweden and elsewhere dealing with Onodera’s wartime intelligence activities. His careful citation of archival sources and general mastery of the literature on the subject cannot fail to impress. In short, I am happy to commend this book as an important scholarly contribution to intelligence history.From the Foreword by C.G. McKay, author of From Information to Intrigue: Studies in Secret Service based on the Swedish Experience, 1939-1945 and Emperor of Spies: Onodera’s Wartime Network in Northern Europe.This excellent book on Japanese intelligence is a must read for not only scholars, but anyone who possesses interest in intelligence history. Written by one of Sweden’s preeminent Japanologists, Dr Edstrom has thoroughly combed archives for primary documents that shed precious light on a hither obscure aspect of Japanese human intelligence activities in Europe prior to and during the Second World War.Professor Tosh Minohara, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University, and Chairman, Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Master Spy on a Mission: The Untold Story of Onodera Makoto and Swedish Intelligence 1941–1945. To get started finding Master Spy on a Mission: The Untold Story of Onodera Makoto and Swedish Intelligence 1941–1945, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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