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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mouthpiece of Japan's claims is the great Japanese Liberal, Count Michimasa Soyejima, insurance man and onetime Imperial Chamberlain, who claims that Benito Mussolini told him last February that Italy would withdraw in Japan's favor. A month later, at the Oslo, Norway meeting of the International Olympic Committee, the Italian delegates denied this, reasserted Italy's claim. Last week, with a war and the possibility of a League of Nations boycott on his hands, Benito Mussolini heard with dismay that nonLeague Member Japan might cooperate in a League boycott. Japanese goods looked far better last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: 1940 Olympics | 10/14/1935 | See Source »

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