Quoted in "British Relations with China" - Page 138 - by Irving Sigmund Friedman - History - 1940.
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Other powers will continue to enjoy an equal right to trade in and develop the natural resources of the occupied territory, for the economic development of which the investment of foreign capital is very desirable.
— Kōki Hirota
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About Kōki Hirota
Kōki Hirota (February 14, 1878 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. In terms of foreign policy, the Anti-Comintern Pact with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy was signed during his premiership. This treaty was the predecessor to the Tripartite Pact of 1940. He was executed for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials.
About Kōki Hirota
Kōki Hirota (February 14, 1878 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. In terms of foreign policy, the Anti-Comintern Pact with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy was signed during his premiership. This treaty was the predecessor to the Tripartite Pact of 1940. He was executed for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials.
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