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The Fujiwara kikan, or the F-Kikan, was an Japanese Army intelligence unit set up in Bangkok in late 1941. Headed by the Major Fujiwara Iwaichi, chief of intelligence of the 15th army, the F-Kikan was tasked to contact the Indian independence movement, the overseas Chinese and the Malayan Sultan with the aim of encouraging friendship and cooperation with Japan.[1]
Fujiwara's staff included five commissioned officers and two hindi-speaking interpreters. The Fujiwara Kikan was instrumental in establishing contact with Giani Pritam Singh, and after the outbreak of the war and the Malayan invasion, with Capt. Mohan Singh that ultimately led to the establishment of the Indian National Army.[2] The F-Kikan was also instrumental in establishing relations with Indonesians resistance, especially in, Aceh that formed the backdrop of Japanese occupation of Indonesia.[3] The F-Kikan was replaced by the Iwakuro Kikan in 1942.
References
- ^ Lebra 1977, p. 23
- ^ Lebra 1977, p. 24
- ^ Indonesian Volunteers in the Japanese Army.
