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Report from the German ambassador in Tokyo on Japan's expectation of a conflict with the United States, and a consquent German-Japanese "community of fate" in the Three Power Pact
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: 30 November 1941
Literal Title: Telegram
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-2898
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 163
Document Book No: Prosecution Q: Aggression: USA
Citation: IMT (page 1254)
HLSL Item No.: 450949
Notes:The report was presumably sent to the Foreign Office (Ribbentrop).
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-2898: Telegram from German Ambassador in jap: Situation - report
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-2898: Code telegraphic report by the German ambassador in Tokyo, 30 November 1941: discussion with the Japanese Minister of foreign affairs on the war situation; great tension between Japan and the united states; Japan hopes for support from Germany and Italy
Doc Book Tables of Contents
PS-2898: Cable from the German Ambassador to Tokyo, Ott, of November 3, 1941, to the Foreign Office. Advance copies sent to Reich Foreign Minister, to the State Secretary (Weizsaecker), to the Under State Secretary for Political Affairs (Woermann).