Ex.730-772. Japanese actions in Siberia. German-Japanese relations
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creator: Conde, David W.
issued: 2015-04-21
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note: Doc. No. 11a(6) Berlin, iNJovember 17, 19-4-1 Telegram Code - Sender To the Foreign minister of the Reich Via "bli3 Office of the Ministry of Foreign affairs. In accordance vith instructions I conferred today with the Japanese Ambassador in regard to the possibility of Japanese action in a northern or a Southern direction. General Oshima remarked that he h-d no information what- ever concerning the intentions and deliberations of his Government and therefore could givu oniy his personal opinion: he is of the opinion that in view of tne time of year, military operations against the Soviet TJiiiou could taxes place only on a li lited scale. It prooably would not prove too difficult to occupy tna northern (Eussian) part of the island of Sakhalin. In vie-.*- of the severe losses which the Soviet troops have suffered at the hands of the German troops, they could also probably be driven away from the border, however, any attack on Vladivostok, or even any advance toward Laite i3aikal at this time of year was scarcely possible and v/ould under present circumstances have to be vost... oned till spring. In view of the grievous economic losses which Japan had suffered in the long war with China, as '-cell us in view of the economic boycott of the Anglo-Saxon powers, an advance by Japan toward the South Was in the opinion of the .-embassador unavoidable, especially because of the. pressing need for petroleum. To my cuostion as to what in particular was to be understood by an advance toward the South, lir. oshi.ua made the following reply: For the securing of petroleum, tne seizure oi tne island of Borneo was above all necessary. Japan gets her petroleum principally from the ports ot Tarakan and Balki-Papan in Dutch Borneo. According to his knowledge there were aloO petroleum resources in British Borneo. .»e deter-jined on the .lap that Borneo was 100 kilometers distant from the part of Indo-China occupied >• Japanese troops. It was or cours© L Doc. No. 11a(6) theoretically pos…
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