"Drawn up In triplicate, in Rome on the 6th of November in the 12th year of Showa, or 19379 * corresponding to XVIth year of the Fascist Era. MASAKI HATTA CIANO JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP" (d) Document 1452, (Exhibit No. ): "PROTOCOL "The Japanese Imperial Government, the Italian Government, the German Government, on the one side, and the Spanish Government, on the other, enter into an agreement through the undersigned plenipotentiaries as follows: ARTICLE I "Spain will join in the pact against the Communist Internationale consisting of the Accord and the Supple¬mentary Annexed Protocol of November 25» 1936, and the Protocol of November 6, 1937. ARTICLE II "The form which will facilitate, as provided in tfee above-mentioned Supplementary Protocol, the cooperation of the competent authorities of the participating states shall be decided by future agreement among the authorities concerned.