KUEHN, BERNHARD OTTO (1894–1956). An Abwehr spy work-
ing for the Japanese in Hawaii, Bernhard Otto Kuehn served as a
naval officer in World War I and joined the Nazi Party in 1930.
After an arrangement was reached with the Japanese naval attaché in
Berlin, Kuehn (code name jimmy) and his family moved to Hawaii
in 1936, ostensibly to study Japanese at the University of Honolulu.
Even though the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation had learned of
his true identity by 1939 and monitored his close contact with Takeo
Yoshikawa, the chief Japanese operative in Hawaii, no action was
taken until the attack on Pearl Harbor. Arrested the following day and
tried in secret on 19 February 1942, Kuehn was sentenced to death
but later received a commutation to 50 years of hard labor. Given the
very low appraisal of his abilities by a Japanese intelligence officer,
it appears most unlikely that he contributed anything of substance to
the planning and execution of the air strike. In 1948, upon his release
from prison, Kuehn and his family returned to Germany.
KUJAU, KONRAD. See HITLER DIARIES FORGERY.
KUNDSCHAFTER. A quasi-heroic term employed by the Ministe-
rium für Staatssicherheit, a Kundschafter (scout) referred to com-
munist intelligence operatives fighting on the “invisible front.” By
contrast, individuals working for Western services were consistenly
designated as common spies. See also TRADITIONSPFLEGE.
KUNZE, ROSALIE (1930– ). A well-placed Illegaler in the Defense
Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany, Rosalie Kunze agreed
in Dresden to work for the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit to
avoid disclosure of her recent illegal abortion. In 1955, following
a year of extensive training in East Berlin, Kunze (code name in-
grid) arrived in Bonn posing as Roberta König and soon obtained a
position as secretary to the deputy chief of the West German navy.
Her delivery of highly confidential documents continued until her
arrest in 1960. Sentenced to four years in prison, Kunze declined
to return to the German Democratic Republic afterward. Also ap-
prehended were Horst and Evelyn Schötzki, her Führungsoffizier
and his wife, who received sentences of five years and one year
respectively.
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