Now the opportunity to destroy the USSR has arrived.

I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible.

If we have a thousand bamboo spears, there's nothing to worry about a war with the Soviet Union.

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

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.

It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites.

What sort of government is it that permits so many children to go to school hungry, without even a morsel of food in their stomachs? It cannot be! It must not be!