Manila Espionage is the incredible true account of Claire ÒHigh PocketsÓ Phillips, an American entertainer living in Manila in 1941 who becomes an angel of the underground after her US Army officer husband dies in a Japanese POW prison. Using her popular Tsubuki Club as the resistanceÕs headquarters, High Pockets and her staff charm information from Japanese officers downing spiked drinks and relay the intelligence via guerilla fighters to General MacArthurÕs staff. During the day, Claire and her girls smuggle contraband in their bras (Ôhigh pocketsÕ) past bribed Japanese guards paid to look the other way, into imprisoned American POWs Ð money, food and clothes Ð saving countless lives.