Ralph Townsend
Ralph Townsend (November 27, 1900–January 25, 1976) of Oakland, California was a former American diplomat and served in China as US consul in 1933. He was indicted for sedition in 1942 during World War II although he never stood trial. In 1942 he pleaded guilty to charges of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act acting on behalf of Japan. He was sentenced eight months to two years in prison.[1]
Ralph Townsend was hired by the Japanese as a propagandist to convince Americans that Japan was 'fighting the white man's battle' against Chinese nationalism.[2] From 1939 till 1942 he worked on the staff of the isolationist publication Scribner's Commentator and was an editor of its sister publication The Herald.
Works
- Ways that are Dark - Forward by Willis Carto[3]
Notes
- ↑ The Air-raid Warden was a Spy: and other tales from home-front America, by William B. Breuer, page 89
- ↑ Race war: white supremacy and the Japanese attack on the British Empire, By Gerald Horne
- ↑ Foreword to Ways that are Dark
