![]() ![]() Typical of the reports sent from London to Madrid was a cable dated July 12, 1942, which gave detailed descriptions and destinations of British warships setting out to sea. An August 1942 cable suggests that the Japanese embassy in Madrid could draw on a revolving fund of at least $500,000 in Swiss francs. Through Spanish Foreign Minister Serrano Suner, the messages were turned over to the Japanese embassy in Madrid "free of charge."Īlthough Japan paid bonuses when the Spanish agents did "fine work," just how much Japan paid for the services of the London network is not clear. ![]() The decoded cables show that the Spanish embassy in London organized its spy ring at the start of the war between Germany and Britain in 1939. The inked messages were sent along to Berlin to be read since neither the Japanese embassy nor the Spanish Foreign Ministry in Madrid was given the chemicals to bring out the invisible words. Germany financed the enterprise and supplied the agents with shortwave sets, and with secret inks to insert information between the lines of Spanish diplomatic messages sent out of London by courier to Madrid. The Spanish embassy in London eventually had in its network "5 Welshmen, 2 Irishmen, 11 Scotchmen, 2 Spaniards and possibly one other man." None of the agents is identified, but the two Spaniards were additional to the ambassador and his aide. They passed the data and weather reports to the German submarine command. The documents show that the Spanish ambassador to Britain, along with one of his key aides, put together a network of spies whose main target was movements of ship convoys. The documents are the translated versions of Japanese diplomatic cables whose codes had been broken by the United States. spy ring was running, both networks of agents were given the code name of "TO," which has two meanings in Japanese - "door" and "east." Japan financed the Spanish ring in the United States, Germany financed the counterpart ring in Britain with Japan paying bonuses to the Spanish diplomats in London when "they did fine work."īoth spy networks were at least partly controlled from the Japanese embassy in Madrid, according to documents turned over to the National Archives by the National Security Agency. - Elk Grove and Las Vegas Residents Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Violate the U.S.While Japan was setting up a World War II spy ring in the United States made up of Spain's diplomatic delegation, Germany was operating a similar ring in Great Britain headed up by Spanish diplomats in London.- Florida Man Guilty of Violating International Economic Powers Act.Businessman Arrested for Sanctions Evasion Benefitting Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska Sentenced to Pay $140,000 on 14 Felony Counts of Failure to File Export Information on Shipments of Lab Equipment to Russia and Ukraine Laws for Their Attempt to Export a Dual-Use High-Precision Jig Grinder to Russia - European Nationals and Entities Indicted on Charges of Violating U.S.Government Employee and Steal Documents Related to the Federal Prosecution of a PRC-Based Company - Two Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Obstruction of Justice in Scheme to Bribe U.S. ![]() ![]()
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