"(c) In order to facilitate the cooperation mentioned in (a) above between the competent authorities of the Two High Contracting States, a permanent commission shall be established. The commission shall study and dis¬cuss further measures necessary to prevent the destruc¬tive activities of the Communist-Internationale. "In Berlin, the 2?th of November in the 11th year of Showa, corresponding to the 2?th of November, 1936. "Viscount Kintomo MUSHAKOJI (signed and sealed) Envoy Extraordinary and Ambassador Plenipotentiary of the Imperial Japanese Government "Joachim von RIBBENTROP (signed and sealed) Envoy Extraordinary and Ambassador Plenipotentiary of the German Government. PROTOCOL "The IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, the ITALIAN GOVERN¬MENT, the GERMAN GOVERNMENT, Considering the fact that the Communist-Internationale constantly threatens the civilized world in the Occident and the Orient, disturbing and destroying its peace and order, firmly believing that / only close cooperation among all the states who are interested in maintaining peace and order will be able to reduce and remove this peril, considering that Italy, which since the advent of the Fascist Regime has combatted with indomitable determination such peril and has driven out the Communist- Internationale from her territory, has decided to fight