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Telegram to Ribbentrop, on Ott's efforts to prompt Japan to join the war against the USSR
IMT
Authors
Ott (general, German ambassador to Japan (1941))
Eugen Ott
German general, ambassador (1889-1977)
- Born: 1889-04-08 (Rottenburg am Neckar)
- Died: 1977-01-22 (Tutzing)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; military officer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Military rank: generalmajor
- Military branch: German Army
- Position held: ambassador
Date: 14 July 1941
Literal Title: Telegram . . . Answer to telegram 10, #108 Reichminister for Foreign Affairs
Defendant: Joachim Ribbentrop, von
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2897
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 156
Document Book No: Prosecution Q: Aggression: USA
Citation: IMT (page 1240)
HLSL Item No.: 450948
Notes:This document replies to Ribbentrop's telegram of 10 July 1941, document PS 2896.
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) IMT count 2: crimes against peace (wars of aggression) (IMT) Wars of aggression
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-2897: Telegram from German Ambassador to Japan: Liberation Report
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-2897: Code telegram from the German ambassador in Tokyo to Ribbentrop, 14 July 1941, in reply to Ribbentrop’s telegram of 10 July 1941: relationship Japan-america strained, secret agreement on the occupation of Iceland unlikely; German ambassador is making strenuous efforts to bring Japan into the war against the Soviet union