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Nagao Kita (喜多 長雄, Kita Nagao, November 14, 1912 - January 25, 2000) was a Japanese Consul[1] stationed in Hawaii. He received instructions on March 22, 1941, to gather information about the schedule of the American fleet at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, by bribery, if necessary.[2]: 163 These instructions were intercepted by U.S. intelligence but did not raise alarms.
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He received further instructions on September 24, 1941, to report the locations of American aircraft in bases in Hawaii. These instructions were also intercepted but did not raise alarms.[2]: 2 The intercepted message was sent to Washington, DC by sea, not by air, and when eventually decoded, was not thought by American intelligence to be useful.
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