In appointing our Ambassador to the United States at this important time, with the 1936 crisis ahead, such considerations as dignity, past career, equity and sentiment must be discarded and a man of ability chosen in the interests of the country. In the light of these considerations, we find Hiroshi Saito, present Minister of Holland, the right person for the post.

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

Unless you remove the weeds, a good crop will be ruined.

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.

A war minister is able to force the adoption of any measure desired by the Camp or to block any measure that meets his disapproval.

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

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