Following President Roosevelt's fireside chat, in which he made no reference to Japan, observers in the United States and throughout ti he world speculated on whether or not Orient problems had not been mentioned in order to woo a ready Japan from the Axis fold. All such hopes, however, were dampened on Friday when Mr. Matsuoka; Jo: pan's Foreign Minister, who had maintained a surprising silence since his return from Berlin, Rome and Moscow once again reaffirmed that Japan's policy was bound to that of Germany and Italy under the terms of the tripartite pact. Top picture shows Mr. Matsuoka shaking the hand of the beaming German Führer to whom he had handed a gift, which is seen on the table, after his arrival in Berlin. Goering (right) also beams. In the lower picture a smiling Matsuoka signs a non-aggression pact with Soviet Russia on his return trip to Tokyo.
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The report coincided with an announcement by the German radio that Nazi consent had been granted
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