Omori Gang Incident - Omori Gang Incident

...Iizuka Mitsunobu, also known as Matsumura (M), is a famous spy who infiltrated the Japanese Communist Party before the war. As a member of the Communist Party's Central Committee, Iizuka received instructions from the Special Higher Police to raid a bank in Omori, Tokyo in 1932 (the Omori Gang Incident) as part of his fundraising activities, causing many people to feel fear towards the Communist Party. He also played an important role in the incident shortly afterwards in which most of the Communist Party's executives were arrested, destroying the organization from within. ...

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…戦前の日本共産党に潜入したスパイ松村(M)こと飯塚盈延（みつのぶ）は著名である。共産党中央委員となった飯塚は特高警察の指示を受け，資金活動の一環として1932年東京大森の銀行を襲撃(大森ギャング事件)させ，多くの人々に共産党に対する恐怖心をおこさせた。さらにその直後に共産党幹部の大半が検挙された事件でも重要な役割を担うなど組織を内部から破壊したという。…

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