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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 August 1940Vol. XI, No. 1

Did Nazi Spy Visit Pacific?

p. 34 · Read in the full issue

APIA, July 6. fITHE announcement broadcast by an 1. American radio station a few days ago stating that a German secret agent named Voigt was removed by G men from a Jananese liner at Balboa (entrance to the Panama Canal), aroused speculation here, as residents wonder if he is the same man who visited Samoa Fiji and Tonga in 1937. A Mr. Voigt spent two months in Apia allegedly as travel ling agent for a Maori health remedy. He spoke Japanese fluently and had a pass port made out by the German Embassy at Tokio.