Kilsoo Haan
Kilsoo Kenneth Haan (Korean: 한길수, Hanja: 韓吉洙, May 31, 1900 – July 1, 1976) was a Korean Nationalist, intelligence operative, anti-Japanese agitator, and both the source and translator of Kinoaki Matsuo’s contested and controversial book, "The Three-Power Alliance and a United States-Japanese War" (English: "How Japan Plans to Win"). Biography. Early life. Haan was born in Korea on May 31, 1900. He was five years old when his family joined the Korean immigration to Hawaii as plantation laborers. Despite his father leaving for Korea in 1910, he and his mother remained in Hawaii, where Haan  continued his education. He attended the Korean Compound School and the Ka'iulani School until the 8th grade. In August 1920, Haan left Hawaii to spend a year preparing for the ministry at the Salvation Army Training School in San Francisco, California. Upon his return, he began his service as a Salvation Army representative on the island of Kaua’i. Haan rose through the ranks over the following six years to make Captain. Haan's religious career ostensibly came to an end in 1926 when he married a Korean woman from Honolulu named Stella Yoon and resigned from the Salvation Army, reportedly  because his new wife's religious beliefs were in conflict with his service in the Salvation Army. After resigning, the couple returned to Honolulu. Pearl Harbor controversy. On May 5, 1943, Haan appeared before Chairperson Samuel Dickstein’s House Immigration Committee on the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Law. He gave testimony that his network of spies in East Asia had discovered evidence of the Japanese government's plan to end the war in China and re-deploy its naval assets to convoy a force of over 100,000 seasoned troops to invade Crescent City, California, "before Christmas". Later life. Haan 's personal papers can be found in the University of California, Santa Cruz archives. They contain correspondence, clippings, commentaries, and other writings such as texts for the Korean underground report, written by Haan in his role as Sino-Korean Peoples' League representative. Section::::"Haan" (film). The South Korean spy thriller film "Haan" was released in 2005 based on Haan's experience as Korea's first notable double agent. The film follows Haan as he learns of Japan's impending attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and tries to warn the United States, but is ignored. Bibliography. Books translated Articles by other  authors Reviews by other authors Archival material Further reading. Articles Books