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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 56, 8 March 1941, Page 9

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JAPANESE MINISTER. Proposal For Visit To Berlin And Moscow. CnHed Pfvss Cn^rritiil.. (Rocd. noon.) TOKYO, Mmr. 7. The Cabinet Information Bureau spokesman, Viscount Ishii, questioned repsrdin;: reports (hat Mr. Ma+snoka, roreign Minister, is considering going <o Rprlin and MdFcor, said: "I have heard Mich ninwnrs. However, I eannot confirm tbem."' It is reliably staled that Mr. Matsuolca was originally scheduled I#t leave on February but * final derision was )<ostponed due I*, "rowing opposition on the jrronnd that snrh a move. might ba particularly harmful to .TapaneseAmerican relations at present when there is some hope that Admiral Nomura. Japanese Ambassador to the Lnited Slalcs, may he able to improve relations. The rumours that Mr. MatMioka will !-hort ly -v i!-it llcrlin, with a stop at Moscow en route, although still officially unconfirmed, have acquired greater solidity from the imminent conclusion of Japan's mediation in the Indo-China. dispute, and the departure for Berlin of the '.erman Ambassador, Ott, «aid an earlier message. It is suggested that the Japanese people halo l<econte conscious that. the •la pa new -< rfrma n alliance, at it stands, is one-sided. It pla'-os *n obiiga 1 >«>n on .Japan to come to iiermanv's assislanee if Ccrmanv is attacked, but (JrrTtiany l la . nfi undertaken a onr reminding obligation 1« .Japan. This arrangement m-hs criticised in the l)iet, :i»d Mr. Malf u"ki replied: 'Treaties ate not c*<T_«lhin™. The situation mu-t be constantly valthed and situation?- met as thry ari«-c. It is sugye?-tcd in some quarters tlu<t Mr. Mat suoka wi>br* to have this onesided c»iid it )'*n rert if,rd. jn "which ca*e the <r<*riiiHT»#» a3l is miphi want t*« have Japau's j<»n?> cned