<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - U-Applegate wasungula amasu achazwe encwadini ngesikhathi esebenza noWilliam E. Fairbairn, owayeseke wasungula amasu akhe ngenkathi esebenzela Amaphoyisa Omasipala waseShanghai kusukela ngo-1907 kuya ku-1940. UFairbairn wasebenzisa kakhulu ubuciko bokulwa baseChina, abenza lula futhi bavumelana nezidingo zokuqeqeshwa kwamaphoyisa kwelinye lamadolobha aphethwe ubugebengu kakhulu emhlabeni, ngenxa yomlando walo wobugebengu obuhlobene nokuhweba nge-opium, ukuvukela  <response>: , kanye nemisebenzi yamaqembu ezigelekeqe e-Triad. Umphumela wakhe kwaba ukuthuthukiswa kweDefendu, okubhekwa kabanzi njengokuqala kwalokho okwaziwa ngokuthi ama-combatives anamuhla. Amasu ka-Applegate asekelwe kakhulu ku-Defendu ka-Fairbairn, athuthukiswe ngempendulo evela kubasebenzi be-OSS ababeka amasu akhe ekusebenzeni phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. 