Parallel world, parallel history
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snydershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motojiro_Akashi
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. Akashi had a discretionary budget of 1 million yen (an incredible sum of money in contemporary terms) to gather information on Russian troop movements, naval developments, and to support Russian revolutionaries, in particular Litvinoff, Orlovsky, and Lenin.[1] While based at Saint Petersburg, he recruited the famous spy Sidney Reilly and sent him to Port Arthur. It is widely believed in Japan that Akashi was behind the assassination of Russian Interior Minister Vyacheslav von Plehve (whom many in Japan held responsible for the war), as well as supporting Father George Gapon
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. Akashi had a discretionary budget of 1 million yen (an incredible sum of money in contemporary terms) to gather information on Russian troop movements, naval developments, and to support Russian revolutionaries, in particular Litvinoff, Orlovsky, and Lenin.[1] While based at Saint Petersburg, he recruited the famous spy Sidney Reilly and sent him to Port Arthur. It is widely believed in Japan that Akashi was behind the assassination of Russian Interior Minister Vyacheslav von Plehve (whom many in Japan held responsible for the war), as well as supporting Father George Gapon
