23 Feb. 1946 Germany after the last World War when he visited there. Kamimura was on the Control Commission in Germany after the last war and in his official position probably met Haushofer at this time. Q. What is the subject of the book, the title of which I just gave you? A. I do not know. Q. Is it entirely the usual thing for an author to give you a book and then you not read it? A. I was entirely too busy to read most of the books that were given me in Germany. Q. But you had an unusual interest in this book, did you not? A. I do not know what the book is about and further I did not think too much of what Haushofer wrote about Japan. Q. General, this book was dedicated to you and those other two gentlemen I just asked you about. A. I did not know it was dedicated to me. He probably gave me the book, but I have no clear recollection of it. Q. It seems most amazing to me that a man dedicate a book to you and you not know it. A. I honestly do not know about it. I am sure he gave me the book, just as he gave me copies of his other books, but about the dedication I do not know. Q. Did Karl Haushofer have a great many Japanese friends? A. Beyond the Japanese students at the University of Munich and some people that he met, such as Kamimura and Kikuchi following the last World War, I do not believe his circle of Japanese acquaintances was very wide. Q. Of all of his Japanese acquaintances in this book that I have just referred to he calls Kikuchi and Kamimura and yourself the most faithful among his Japanese friends. Inasmuch as he saw fit to dedicate the book to you and to classify you as one of his most faithful Japanese friends, I am wondering if you do not know him a little better than you have indicated to us. A. I actually did not know him any better than I have said. I believe he was very grateful for a very little service that I rendered him in 1922, when I carried his bags for him to the station when he was returning to Munich. There is no point of my hiding the truth had I read his books or know him better than I have said. Q. That is exactly what I think. There is nothing here to hide, General. It seems unusual though that 19 years later a man would dedicate a book to you because you once carried his bags to the station. A. I am sure that he felt grateful to me for the many times that I asked him to receptions when I was in Munich and further, following Hess’ flight when he was in the bad graces of the Nazis, I asked him to a reception in Munich. For things like this I am sure that the old gentleman felt very friendly towards me. You may investigate the matter as much as you wish, but I am sure that you will not find that I ever had any dealings with him other than in a strictly social fashion. Q. General, at or about the time the Tripartite Pact came into being Karl Haushofer stated that he had been working for this sort of thing for half a century. Now, will you tell us everything you know relative to what he did with a view to bringing the Tripartite Pact into being? A. I do not believe that he had any actual connection with working towards such a pact. Of course, his activities in trying to bring the two nations closer together might have been what he meant. If 136