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Parent Japanese - German - Italian Collaboration
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
truth and in fact it was directed specifically against the S.S.H. 2 an(j un(jer the construction given it by the participat- o powers it was aimed also at all democratic nations. 13 The Anti-Comintern Pact was designed and intended to erate as a check against the Soviet Union," to strengthen the Exhibit 484, TP 5,960. In the "Report of the Investi¬gation Concerning the Conclusion of the Japanese-German Pact," dated 20 November 1936, it is stateds "This pact has as its object the protection of the common interests of both Japan and Germany against the armed pressure asserted by the - Soviet Union." (a)Exhibit 503, TP 6,104. On 4 May 1939 when Germany and many circles in Japan were striving for an all-out military alliance against the world, the accused HIRANUMA, then Prime iiinister, in his famous declaration recognized the part that the Anti-Comintern Pact played in advancing the common Axis plans, as shown from the following language! "In this splendid hour it is a confirmed joy to me how effective the anti-Comintern agreement between our two countries proves itself in the execution of the tasks placed before them.* * *" (b)Exhibit 484, TP 5,966. In the "Report of the Investi¬gation Concerning the Conclusion of the Japanese-German Pact," dated 20 November 1936, it was stateds "Accordingly it is the earnest desire of this committee that following the conclusion of this Pact, the Imperial Government will, in joint cooperation with the German Government in accord¬ance with the provisions of Article II, endeavor to induce as many third powers as circumstances permit to join the said Pact or take defensive measures in accordance with the purport of the said Pact, in order to achieve the desired object." See Note 13(b).