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Parent | Japanese - German - Italian Collaboration |
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Date | |
Language | English |
Collection | Tavenner Papers & IMTFE Official Records |
Box | Box 14 |
Folder | Japan, Germany, Italy Collaboration and Introduction |
Repository | University of Virginia Law Library |
without reservations on the part of -Japan, they refused to follow
the advice of the Ito Commission and refused to communicate the
compromise proposal through official channels. They threatened
.. to cause the fall of the Cabinet by resigning from their posts
unless the government reconsidered its stand.87 This is the first occasion on which Ambassadors OSHIM and SHIRATORI refused to comply with the directions of the Foreign Minister and endeavored to impose their convictions upon the Japanese Govern
ment
In the beginning of March, 1939, Ambassadors OSKIMA and
SHIRATORI received instructions from the Japanese Government in
which it agreed with the general idea of the Pact but desired to
limit mutual obligations of assistance to the case of a war with
Russia. The Ambassadors confidentially advised Ribbentrop and
Count Ciano regarding this proposal but advised the Japanese
Government on their own initiative of their refusal to present
such a fundamental change of the German-Italian draft of the
. proposed treaty. The Ambassadors declared that they would have
to resign from their posts in the event of a different decision
of the Japanese Cabinet.88 This is the second occasion on which
Ambassadors CSBIMA and SHIRATORI refused to comply with the instructions of their home government and endeavored to influence the course of Japanese foreign policy.
87 Exhibit 501, TP 6,096.
88Exhibit 502, TP 6,100.