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Donald Nichols (18 February 1923〔Nichols, p. 9.〕 – 2 June 1992) was a United States Air Force officer who worked in military intelligence. He commanded the U.S. Air Force's first active military intelligence unit, the 6004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron (6004th AISS), which he founded in 1950 during the Korean War. Although he began his military career in the motor pool, he eventually sparked the infiltration of espionage teams behind communist lines, as well as personally gathering the first data on the communist MiG-15 fighter. A trusted and reliable intelligence officer who had predicted the start date of the Korean War, he enjoyed 24 hour access to South Korean President Syngman Rhee and his own commanding officer, U.S. Air Force General Earle Partridge. Under his leadership, the 6004th AISS served as the principal source of intelligence for Far East Air Force during the fighting. Donald Nichols retired from the military in 1962. After his death in 1992, reports of his exploits were declassified. He was inducted into the Air Commando Hall of Fame in 1995. ==Early life and service== Nichols only completed elementary school before joining the military. He grew up poor in a welfare family, and occasionally had to resort to theft of neighbors' farm equipment to survive.〔Harden, unpaginated ebook.〕 Nichols served in Burma and China early in his military career.〔Haas (2000), p. 91.〕 He was a sergeant assigned to the motor pool before being detailed to Sub-detachment K, 607th Counter Intelligence Corps in South Korea in 1946. As a master sergeant, he rose to command the unit. He spoke Korean fluently. Nichols was burly in build, casual in dress, often out of uniform, and seldom displayed his rank. He was noted for his gruffness. He formed an extensive net of 600 plus civilian spies throughout Korea, and established a relationship with South Korean President Syngman Rhee that allowed 24 hour access. In time, Rhee entrusted Nichols with South Korean airmen and coast guardsmen under his command. In return, there was an assassination attempt on him by communists in 1948. Nichols survived; the would-be assassins did not.〔〔Haas (2002), pp. 54–55, 64.〕〔Haas (2000), pp. 78–79.〕 In 1948, Nichols moved beyond the passivity of counter-intelligence and "invented" the concept of Positive Intelligence. He began active collection of military intelligence; for the next two years, he briefed General Earle Partridge on possible North Korean communist actions.〔Haas (2000), pp. 78–80.〕 In 1950, Nichols once again survived an assassination attempt while the assailants did not. In May 1950, Nichols enticed a communist pilot into defecting to the south, along with his IL-10 strike aircraft. As this was the first airplane of its kind to fall into American hands, Nichols disassembled it for removal to the U.S. In the meantime, he was warning of an impending attack by the North Koreans. Sergeant Nichols predicted the beginning date of the Korean War within a three day span of its actual occurrence in his last report on the subject and was dead on, but his forecast was ignored.〔〔Haas (2000), p. 80.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald Nichols (spy)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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