"Ambassador OTT has been informed by telegraph and asked to raise complaints in the same direction with the Japanese Government• WlEHL" (f) Document 40418, (Exhibit No. ): "Copy to W 138 g Account Concerning the situation of German Economic Interests in the parts of China occupied by Japan. I. "In view of the reactions which the Japanese-Chinese conflict inevitably exercises upon foreign economic interests in China, the Japanese Government has repeatedly declared its intention to respect these foreign interests and to maintain the principle of the Open Door and the principle of the equal possibilities. "In addition to that the Japanese Government has promised our economic interests in China a preferential treatment in consideration of the special relations existing between Germany and Japan and the great friendship which Germany has shown since the conclusion of the Anti-Comintern Agreement, through the recognition of Manchuria, the recall of military advisors and the suspension of all war material supplies to China.