Toshio Miyazaki
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Toshio Miyazaki was an Imperial Navy Lieutenant
Commander in 1939-1940 operating in California under the cover of being an exchange
student at Stanford University
. He operated under the name Mr. Tanni. Immigration records
disclosed that he had entered the country on August 24, 1933.
His most significant accomplishment was the recruiting of an American spy, former
Navy yeoman Harry Thomas Thompson
in the run-up to
World War II
.
Author Alan Hynd wrote about the Miyazaki-Harry Thomas Thompson case in his 1943 book, Betrayal From the East: The Inside Story of Japanese Spies in America.
Captain Ellis M. Zacharias
, USN, also wrote of the Miyazaki-Harry Thomas Thompson case in his 1946 book, Secret Missions. Capt. Zacharias, as a Naval Intelligence officer, was personally involved in bringing the case to trial.
Commander in 1939-1940 operating in California under the cover of being an exchange
student at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. He operated under the name Mr. Tanni. Immigration records
disclosed that he had entered the country on August 24, 1933.
His most significant accomplishment was the recruiting of an American spy, former
Navy yeoman Harry Thomas Thompson
Harry Thompson (spy)
Harry Thomas Thompson was a former United States Navy yeoman who spied for Japan against the United States in 1934–35. He was the first American to be convicted of espionage since World War I....
in the run-up to
World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
Author Alan Hynd wrote about the Miyazaki-Harry Thomas Thompson case in his 1943 book, Betrayal From the East: The Inside Story of Japanese Spies in America.
Captain Ellis M. Zacharias
Ellis M. Zacharias
Ellis Mark Zacharias, Sr. was a Rear admiral and naval attaché to Japan, who served in World War I and World War II...
, USN, also wrote of the Miyazaki-Harry Thomas Thompson case in his 1946 book, Secret Missions. Capt. Zacharias, as a Naval Intelligence officer, was personally involved in bringing the case to trial.
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