MESSAGES TO BE OBTAINED 1. In April 1935, OSHIMA, then Military Attache at the Japanese Embassy in Berlin, wired the General Staff Headquarters in Tokyo regarding a proposed pact with Germany. 2. In October 1935, OSHIMA sent a second wire to General Headquarters in Tokyo, to ascertain how the Japanese Military would feel about the proposed pact referred to in Paragraph No. 1 hereof. 3. OSHIMA received a reply from General Headquarters to the wire mentioned in Paragraph 2 hereof. In this wire, he was informed that Lt. Col. Wakamatsu was being sent to Berlin. 4. Towards the end of April 1936, OSHIMA received instructions from the War Ministry to the effect that the matter of these negotiations from then on would be handled by the Ambassador, instructing OSHIMA to render necessary assistance. The War Minister was General Terauchi. 5. Between July 1936 and October 1936, several communications came from the Foreign Office in Tokyo to Ambassador Mushakoji, in Berlin, requesting certain changes and additions to the proposed treaties. 6. Between July 1937 and January 1938, OSHIMA received instructions from the General Staff in Tokyo to ask the German Military leaders to approach the German Military advisers to Chiang Kai-Shek with a view to bringing the China Incident to a close. 7. In January 1938, OSHIMA sent a dispatch to General Staff Headquarters in Tokyo, to the effect that Ribbentrop was interested in a pact that would bring Germany and Japan closer together. 8. In January 1938, OSHIMA received a message by courier from the Division of the General Staff concerned (not the General Staff, as such), SHUNINBU, informing him the Division approved the furtherance of Japanese-German cooperation. 9. In July 1938, OSHIMA asked the General Staff for permission to send a courier to Japan with a message. 10. In August 1938, OSHIMA received a telegram from the General Staff saying they were more or less in accord on the German proposal and that the Committee of the Cabinet was agreeable to the suggestion. 11. OSHIMA sent a dispatch to General Staff Headquarters, apparently in August 1938, inquiring about the unprecedented speed with which events had moved forward. 12. In August 1938, OSHIMA received a reply from the General Staff Headquarters to the last mentioned dispatch, advising that the General Staff was in a hurry. 216