"In witness whereof, the undersigned, duly authorized by their respective governments, have signed this Protocol and affixed their seals thereon. "Drawn up in quadruplicate in Hsinking on the 24th day of February in the 14th year of Showa, or 1939, corresponding to the 24th day of February in the XVIIth year of the Fascist Era, and the 24th day of February of the 6th year of Kangte. UEDA KENKICHI (SEAL) LINGI CORTESE (SEAL) DR. WILHSLM WAGNER (SEAL) CHANG CHING-HUI (SEAL) "ACCORD AGAINST THE COMMUNIST-INTERNATIONALE "THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT and THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT, recognizing that the aim of the Communist- Internationale {so-called 1 Comintern1) lies in the destruction and oppression of the existing states by all possible means, firmly believing that to overlook the interference of the Communist-Internationale in the domestic affairs of the various countries would not only endanger the domestic tranquility and their social well- being, but also threaten the general peace of the world, have, in their wish to cooperate with each other in de¬fending themselves against the ravages of communism, entered into the following accord: