Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression [Page 840]
In the course of two years, the swastika had been carried
forward by force of arms from a tightly controlled and
remilitarized Germany to the four corners of Europe. The
conspirators then projected the Nazi plan upon a universal
screen, involving the old World of Asia and the New World of
the United States of America. As a result, the wars of
aggression that were planned in Berlin and launched across
the frontiers of Poland ended some six years later, almost
to the day, in surrender ceremonies aboard a United States
battleship riding at anchor in the Bay of Tokyo.
A. Formal German -- Japanese -- Italian Alliances.
The first formal alliance between Hitler's Germany and the
Japanese Government was the Anti-Comintern Pact signed in
Berlin on 125 January 1936 (2508-PS). This agreement, on its
face, was directed against the activities of the Communist
International. It was subsequently adhered to by Italy on 6
November 1937 (2506-PS).
It is an interesting fact -- specially in light of the
evidence to be presented regarding Ribbentrop's active
participation in collaboration with the Japanese -- that
Ribbentrop signed the Anti-Comintern Pact for Germany, at
Berlin, even though at that time, November 1936, Ribbentrop
was not the German Foreign Minister, but simply Hitler's
Special Ambassador Plenipotentiary.
On 27 September 1940, some four years after the Anti-
Comintern Pact was signed and one year after the initiation
of war in Europe, the German, Italian, and Japanese
Governments signed another pact at Berlin -- a ten-year
military-economic alliance (264-PS). Again Ribbentrop signed
for Germany, this time in his capacity as Foreign Minister:
This Tripartite Pact pledged
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Germany, Italy, and Japan to support of, and collaboration
with each other in the establishment of a "new order" in
Europe and East Asia. The agreement stated, in part:
"The Governments of Germany, Italy, and Japan consider it as
a condition precedent of a lasting peace, that each nation
of the world be given its own proper place. They have
therefore decided to stand together and to cooperate with
one another in their efforts in Greater East Asia and in the
regions of Europe, wherein it is their prime purpose to
establish and maintain a new order of things calculated to
promote the prosperity and welfare of the peoples there.
Furthermore, it is the desire of the three Governments to
extend this cooperation to such nations in other parts of
the world as are inclined to give to their endeavors a
direction similar to their own, in order that their
aspirations towards world peace as the ultimate goal may
thus be realized. Accordingly, the Governments of Germany,
Italy, and Japan have agreed as follows:
"Article 1: Japan recognizes and respects the
leadership of Germany and Italy in the establishment of
a new order in Europe.
"Article 2: Germany and Italy recognize and respect the
leadership of Japan in the establishment of a new order
in Greater East Asia.
"Article 3: Germany, Italy, and Japan agree to
cooperate in their efforts on the aforesaid basis. They
further undertake to assist one another with all
political, economic and military means, if one of the
three Contracting Parties is attacked by a Power at
present not involved in the European war or in the
Chinese-Japanese conflict."
*******
"Article 6: The present Pact shall come into force
immediately upon signature and shall remain in force
for ten years from the date of its coming into force."
(2643-PS)
The Tripartite Pact of 27 September 1940 thus was a bold
announcement to the world that the leaders of Germany,
Japan, and Italy had cemented a full military alliance to
achieve world domination and to establish the "new order"
presaged by the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, the
Italian conquest of Ethiopia in 1935, and the Nazi overflow
into Austria early in 1938.
A statement by Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the
United States at the time of the signing of the Tripartite
Pact, is relevant in this connection. Mr. Hull declared:
"The reported agreement of alliance does not, in the
view of
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the Government of the United States, substantially
alter a situation which has existed for several years.
Announcement of the alliance merely makes clear to all
a relationship which has long existed in effect and to
which this Government has repeatedly called attention.
That such an agreement has been in process of
conclusion has been well known for some time, and that
fact has been fully taken into account by the
Government of United States in the determining of this
country's policies." (2944-PS)
No attempt is made here to trace the relationships and
negotiations leading up to the Tripartite Pact of 27
September 1940. Nevertheless, one example of the type of
German-Japanese relationship existing before the
formalization of the Tripartite Pact is noteworthy -- the
record of a conversation of 31 January 1939 between Himmler
and General Oshima, Japanese Ambassador at Berlin. This
record, which is signed by Himmler in crayon, reads: "File
Memorandum:
"Today I visited General Oshima. The conversation
ranged over the following subjects:
"1. The Fuehrer speech, which pleased him very much,
especially because it had been spiritually warranted in
all its features.
"2. We discussed conclusion of a treaty to consolidate
the triangle Germany/Italy/Japan into an even firmer
mold. He also told me that, together with German
counter-espionage (Abwehr), he was undertaking long-
range projects aimed at the disintegration of Russia
and emanating from the Caucasus and the Ukraine.
However, this organization was to become effective only
in case of war.
"3. Furthermore he had succeeded up to now to send 10
Russians with bombs across the Caucasian frontier.
These Russians had the mission to kill Stalin. A number
of additional Russians, whom he had also sent across,
had been shot at the frontier." (2195-PS)
The
original plaintext version
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Volume
I Chapter IX
Collaboration with Italy & Japan
Aggressive War Against the United States
November 1936 to December
1941
(Part 1 of 12)