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...pieces were on the board for a new game of Empire, and Japan was pleased. In Tokyo, Prince Fumimaro Konoye sat with his new and venturesome military Cabinet, without the embarrassing presence of Yosuke Matsuoka, who had guessed wrong about German-Soviet relations. In Russia the bulk of the Red Army was anchored a comfortable 4,500 miles away from the Amur River and Vladivostok. Hitler's public-address system in Vichy had been tested, echoed his every word with admirable fidelity. Steaming south, somewhere in the China Sea, were warships of Japan's Fleet, transports of Japan...
When noses were counted it was observed that the new Cabinet contained three fewer noses than the old. Conspicuously missing was the slightly bulbous nose of Yosuke Matsuoka, who as Foreign Minister had promoted the Triple Alliance with Germany and Italy and the Neutrality Pact with Russia. It was evident that one object of the Cabinet change was to squeeze out Mr. Matsuoka...
...elimination of Mr. Matsuoka enabled Japan to pursue a foreign policy more free of the influence of Germany and Russia. .Several of Foreign Minister Matsuoka's pro-Axis appointees, including Axis Stooge Toshio Shiratori, resigned from the Foreign Office. This freedom will be most useful in the case of Russia, since it will allow Japan to worsen relations against the time when she may attack eastern Siberia...
Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka, who had little to do now that Japan's policy was definitely decided, took to his bed with a minor, or political, illness. There Russian Ambassador Constantin Smetanin tracked him down, spent a nervous hour and a half trying to get an assurance that Japan would not stick a knife in his country's back...
This was a "super-emergency," said Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka...