Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.

In order to have enough of the raw materials...which will be lacking in wartime, we should plan to acquire and use foreign resources existing in our expected sphere of influence, such as Sakhalim, China, and the Southern Pacific.

Now the opportunity to destroy the USSR has arrived.

Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.

The spirit of the Japanese nation is, by its nature, a thing that must be propagated over the seven seas and extended over the five continents. Anything that may hinder its progress must be abolished, even by force.

We have no hesitation in declaring that we are a military nation- in the cause of Kodo and the highest morality.

Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.