13 Feb. 1946 publications? A. On the whole I refused all offers from publications, but I have written two or three articles. Q. And where were they published? A. The only ones I recall are the one for the Bungei Shunju and one for the Yomiuri newspaper - Tokyo. Q. General, what was the subject of these articles you have just mentioned? A. I believe it was on the overall conditions in Germany and I have no recollection of it being on any specific matters. Q. Would it be possible for us to obtain copies of those articles? A. Yes, I believe so. Q. Can you help us by telling us how we might find them? A. You should be able to obtain them through the Central Liaison Office. Q. Can you tell us about the dates these articles appeared? A. The first one in the Bungei Shunju was around the beginning of the year 1940, I believe, and the Yomiuri article sometime during the summer of the same year, I think. Q. General, did you ever contribute any articles to any newspapers or magazine publishers in Osaka? A. I do not believe so - there might have been some write-up of something I said, but I do not recall writing any articles. Q. General, did you ever contribute any writings to the Osaka Mainichi? A. I do not believe so, although I am not absolutely certain. Q. Will you think about that and let me know next time I come back? A. Yes, I shall, but right now, thinking of it, I have no recollection. The only ones I remember are the aforementioned two. Q. General, if I understood right yesterday, Mr. SHIRATORI returned to Japan around somewhere at the same time you did, and that Mr. SHIRATORI continued to work in the Foreign Office as an advisor and was there in that capacity while you were experiencing this period of unemployment you told us about? A. That is correct. Q. During the period of time between the date you returned to Tokyo and the date that you thereafter again proceeded to Berlin as the Japanese Ambassador, did you ever meet with Mr. SHIRATORI in a friendly capacity, or any other capacity? A. Yes. Q. Inasmuch as you were personally very much interested in the proposed Tripartite Pact and since also with the collapse of negotiations in 1939, at the time the Russian and German Non-Aggression Pact was signed, you saw fit to resign, it would seem that your interest in this proposed pact must have carried on in your own mind even after you returned to Tokyo, and I am wondering if you now can tell us in so far as you know, what happened with respect to the proposed Tripartite Pact, after 73