The German Secret Service in America 1914-1918Jones, John Price
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The German Secret Service in America 1914-1918
Jones, John Price
World War, 1914-1918 -- Secret service -- Germany
"Dr. Chakravarty will return to the United States and form a
working committee of only five members, one of whom should be
himself and another, Ram Chandra. In addition to sending more
Indians home the new American committee will undertake the
following:
"1--An agent will be sent to the West India islands, where there
are nearly 100,000 Indians, and will organize the sending home of
as many as possible.
"They have not yet been approached by us and there are no such
difficulties in the way of their going to India as are encountered
by our countrymen from the United States.
"2--An agent will be sent to British Guiana with the same object.
"3--A very reliable man will be sent to Java and Sumatra.
"4--It is proposed to have pamphlets printed and circulated in
and from America. The literature will be printed secretly and
propaganda will be carried on with great vigor.
"5--An effort will be made to carry out the plan of the secret
Oriental mission to Japan. Dr. Chakravarty is in a position to get
letters of introduction to important persons in Japan, as well as
a safe-conduct for himself and other members of mission."
After conferring with Dyal, Zimmermann, and Under-secretary Wesendonk
of the Foreign Office, he was given money and sent back to the United
States, arriving in February, 1916. He at once sent H. A. Chen to
China to purchase arms and ship them to India. He then reported to
Wolf von Igel, who paid him $40,000 for the purchase of a house in
120th Street and one in 17th Street. There he held forth for more than
a year, working in conjunction with von Igel, and the latter with
the Embassy in Washington. His activities may be indicated, and the
complicity of the German Government again established, in the following
communications:
_From von Igel to von Bernstorff_
"New York, April 7, 1916--A report has been received here that
Dr. Chakravarty was taken Monday, the 3d of April, to the
Providence Hospital with concussion of the brain in consequence
of an automobile accident. His convalescence is making good
progress. A certain Ernest J. Euphrat has been here and he came
from the Foreign Office and had orders with respect to the India
propaganda. He could not identify himself, but made a very good
impression. He told us Herr von Wesendonk told him to say that
Ram Chandra's activity in San Francisco was not satisfactory.
This person should for the time being suspend his propaganda
activities."
"In re No. 303: Euphrat was sent by me to India in October of
last year, and is so far as known here reliable. He was, indeed,
recommended at the time by Marcus Braun. Please intimate to him
cautiously that he should not speak too much about his orders he
received in Berlin. San Francisco is being informed."
"For Prince Hatzfeld."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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