The Archive · 1941

Clarification

Matsuoka, however, added th in the event that imagination stretched, then his memorandum might possibly be interpreted as a proposal for mediation in the European war, Mr, Matsuoka made ments in reply to Fukuda at a session these state-

Mr. Sekijiro of the House Accounts Committee.

Mr, Fukuda asked for clarification ed misunderstanding of the report-over the Foreign Minister's m sage to Mr, Eden, The Foreign Minister said, "It always has been my pet theory that Oceania, which is 1200 miles north and south and 1,000 miles east and west, must be made a place for the Asiatic peoples to migrate.

"This region s sufficient natural resources to support 600.000.000 to 809.000.000 peoples. I believe that we have a natural right to migrate there,

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