Count Ciano, who signed for Italy, arrived at Berlin's Tempelhof aerodrome at 12.30 p.m., two and a half hours later than expected. He was accompanied by a group of treaty experts from the Italian Foreign Office.
At the aerodrome, Count Ciano was met by Herr von Ribbentrop and later was received by Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Before meeting Chancellor Hitler, the Italian Foreign Minister visited Castle Bellevue where he and his party will stay while in Berlin.
Hundreds of thousands of Germans gathered in the streets of the capital to welcome the Italian Foreign Minister. All streets from Tempelhof aerodrome to Belleyue Castle, and along the Wilhelmstrasse and Unter den Linden, were crowded with Germans waving Nazi, Italian and Japanese flags.
Wilhelm's square in front of the Chancellery, where Count Ciano was received by Herr Hitler, was packed Solid with cheering Germans.
On Brandenburg Gate was a large Japanese flag, hung apart from the German and Italian flags. This flag, and small Japanese flags handed to German school children on the streets, were the only advance indications the German people had that Japan was participating in the meeting here E Here is what each of the signatories of the new Alliance hopes to gain:
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