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fear that by cabling,
something might leak out. If necessary, he would send a courier.
"The
Führer agreed and assured, after all, that he could rest entirely
assured of German reticence.
"Matsuoka replied he
believed indeed in German reticence, but unfortunately could not say
the same for Japan.
"The discussion was terminated
after the exchange of some personal parting words.
"Berlin,
the 4th of April 1941. (Signed) Schmidt." This
completes the presentation of what I have called the "handful of
selected documents," offered not as a detailed treatment of any of
these wars of aggression, but merely to prove the deliberate planning,
the deliberate premeditation with which each of these aggressions was
carried out.
I turn to a more detailed and more or less
chronological presentation of the various stages of the aggression.
THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal will now adjourn until 10 o'clock
tomorrow.
[The Tribunal
adjourned until 27 November 1945 at 1000 hours.]
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