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southward, the decision was made to invade and occupy the southern half of French Indochina, which was formalized in an imperial conference on 2 July. Included in this imperial conference resolution was a statement that Japan would not flinch from war with the U.S. and Britain if necessary. Beginning on 10 July, Konoe held a series of liaison conferences to discuss the Japanese response to Hull's latest amendment to the draft of understanding. It was decided that a reply would not be given until the Japanese takeover of southern Indochina was complete, hoping that if it went peacefully, perhaps the U.S. could be convinced to tolerate the occupation without intervention. On 14 July, Matsuoka drafted a response — through illness — which said Japan would not abandon the tripartite pact. He attacked Hull's statement, which had been aimed largely at him, and the next day he sent the response to Germany for approval. Sending the draft to the Germans without the cabinet's permission was the final straw. Konoe and his cabinet resigned en masse and reformed the government without Matsuoka on 16 July, when Matsuoka did not attend due to illness.
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the heavy responsibility he felt toward the emperor and the Japanese people. Fumimaro recorded his feelings about these issues in pencil at the urging of his son. According to Michitaka, he apologized to his father for his failure to be a filial son, sensing that these may be their last moments together. His father rebuffed him, replying "What does 'to be filial' mean?", then turned away. They sat in silence until Michitaka told his father to go to sleep and asked him if he was going to leave tomorrow. Fumimaro didn't reply but Michitaka gazed at him. Fumimaro gazed back and Michitaka had never seen such a strange and distasteful expression on his father's face. For the first time he perceived the older man's intention to die. Just before dawn, Michitaka was awakened by his mother's excited voice, when he entered his father's room Fumimaro was stretched out, looking calm and serene, as if asleep. A brownish bottle, empty, lay beside his pillow. He had died by suicide by taking potassium cyanide. His grave is at the Konoe clan cemetery at the temple of
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the U.S. cut off negotiations and froze Japanese assets, the British, Dutch, and Canadian governments following suit shortly thereafter. The same day Roosevelt met with Nomura, where he told the ambassador that if Japan would agree to pull out of Indochina and agree to its being granted a status of neutrality, Japanese assets could be unfrozen. Roosevelt implied that Japanese expansion in China would be tolerated, but Indochina was a red line. He expressed how disturbed he was that Japan could not see that Hitler was bent on world domination. Konoe did not take aggressive action in implementing Roosevelt's offer, and could not restrain militarists, led by
2725:(at that time the head of the cabinet planning board) to Konoe with a message urging him to resign, stating that if he resigned Tojo would endorse prince Higashikuni as the next prime minister. Suzuki told Konoe that Tojo realized now that the navy was unwilling to admit that it could not fight the U.S. He also told Konoe that Tojo believed the current cabinet must resign and bear the responsibility of wrongfully calling for the imperial edict, and only someone of Higashikuni's imperial background could reverse it. The next day, on 15 October, Konoe's friend and advisor Hotsumi Ozaki was exposed and arrested as a Soviet spy. 2710:." Konoe responded that, while such a policy was okay for the individual, "if I think of the national polity that has lasted twenty six hundred years and of the hundred million Japanese belonging to this nation, I, as a person in the position of great responsibility, cannot do such a thing." The next day Tojo met with Oikawa and showed some doubt when he told him that it would be a betrayal of those who had already died in the war for the army to pull troops out of China, but that he was also worried about the many more who would die in an eventual war with the U.S., and that he was considering a troop withdrawal. 1919: 2694:, where he secured his commitment of cooperation in acceptance American demands, the navy being acutely aware of the long odds of victory in the event of war with the U.S. Oikawa returned to Tokyo and seemed to secure the cooperation of navy chief of staff Nagano, including Toyoda as foreign minister they formed a potential majority in the next liaison conference. On October 2, Hull delivered to Nomura a statement constituting the preconditions for a summit meeting. Hull made it clear that the Japanese army would have to demonstrate that they were going to pull troops out of French Indochina and China. 2628:
continue to seek peace with Roosevelt, but, at the same time, Japan would commit to war if a peace agreement did not materialize by mid-October. Moreover, Japan would not abandon the tripartite pact. Konoe, Saionji, and his supporters had drafted a proposal that emphasized a willingness to withdraw troops from China, but Konoe did not introduce this proposal and instead acceded to a proposal from the foreign ministry. The difference in the proposals was that the foreign ministry's was conditioned on an agreement being reached between China and Japan before troops would be withdrawn.
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meeting that followed, Tojo declared that the decision of the imperial conference had been thoroughly deliberated, that hundreds of thousands of troops were being moved south as they spoke, that if diplomacy were to continue they must be sure that it would result in success, and that the imperial edict had specifically declared that negotiations must bear fruit by early October (which meant the deadline had already been passed). After this conference Tojo went to see lord keeper of the privy seal Kido, to push for Konoe's resignation.
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meant more than just non-recognition of Chiang's regime but "rejected it" and would "eradicate it". The American historian Gerhard Weinberg wrote about Konoe's escalation of the war: "The one time in the decade between 1931 and 1941 that the civilian authorities in Tokyo mustered the energy, courage and ingenuity to overrule the military on a major peace issue they did so with fatal results — fatal for Japan, fatal for China, and for Konoe himself."
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said that as long as Japan was allied to Hitler an agreement would be next to impossible to achieve. He did not specifically mention Matsuoka, but it was implied that he would have to be removed, as the foreign minister was now advocating an immediate attack on the Soviet Union, and did so directly to the emperor. Konoe was forced to apologize to the emperor and assure him that Japan was not about to go to war with the Soviet Union.
2141: 47: 2474:. In a press conference on 4 October, Konoe said the U.S. should not misunderstand the intentions of the tripartite powers and should help them to build a new world order. Additionally he said that if the U.S. did not end its provocative actions and deliberately chose to misunderstand the actions of the tripartite powers, there would be no option left but war. In November 1940, Japan signed the Sino-Japanese treaty with 2393: 2366:, allowed the central government to control all manpower and material, and rationed the flow of raw materials into the Japanese market. Japanese victories continued at Xuzhou, Hankow, Canton, Wuchang, and Hanyang, but Chinese resistance nonetheless continued. Konoe resigned in January 1939, leaving the war that he had a large part in making to be finished by someone else, and was appointed chairman of the 2698:
negotiation, further postponing a final decision. The army and the navy were in opposition to each other and held separate high-level meetings, each respectively confirming their resolve to either go to war or pull back from the brink. But Nagano continued to oppose open confrontation of the army, while Oikawa did not want to take the lead as the only member of the liaison conference to oppose war.
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home ministry, which had seen great turnover mirroring the political upheaval occurring in the Diet. Konoe's association with the youth hall began two months after the publication of an article in July 1921, where he stressed education of the electorate's political wisdom and morality, and lamented that education only taught youth to accept ideas passively from their superiors. The Youth Corps (
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take the lead in demanding that the army agree to taking the war option off the table. Toyoda was the only member willing to declare that the imperial conference of 6 September was a mistake, implying that the war option should be taken off the table, while Tojo forcefully argued that an imperial resolution could not be violated.
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concessions at the summit but could not commit beforehand due to the influence of the militarists and the risk that any conciliation beforehand would be leaked to the Germans in an effort to bring down the Konoe cabinet. Grew argued in favour of the summit to Roosevelt in a communication on 29 September.
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so much.' Thus, gradually he began to lead to war. And the next time I met him, he leaned even more to war. I felt the Emperor was telling me: 'My prime minister does not understand military matters. I know much more.' In short, the Emperor had absorbed the view of the army and the navy high commands."
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and army minister Tojo, which was an attempt to bring the war hawk in line with Konoe. Higashikuni told Tojo that since the Emperor and Konoe favoured negotiation over war, the army minister should too, and that he should quit if he could not follow a policy of non-confrontation. Tojo replied that if
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On 6 August, Konoe's government announced that it would only pull out of Indochina when the war in China was concluded, rejected Roosevelt's neutralization proposal, but promised not to expand further and asked for US mediation in ending the war in China. On 8 August, Konoe requested, through Nomura,
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wrote Konoe a letter telling him that he should not have let the military occupy southern Indochina while negotiations with the U.S. were still ongoing. Konoe responded that the ships were already dispatched and could not turn back in time, and that all he could do was pray for "divine intervention."
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When Matsuoka returned to Tokyo, a liaison conference was held, during which he voiced his opposition to the draft of understanding, believing it would betray their Nazi allies. After arguing that Japan should let Germany see this draft, he left the meeting, citing exhaustion, Konoe also retreated to
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political bosses as a threat to Japan's political stability. Universal suffrage had opened the vote to the undereducated peasantry, but local bosses, using pork-barrel politics, manipulated their influence on the government. These officials also shared Konoe's concern about party influence within the
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On 14 October, one day before the deadline, Konoe and Tojo met one last time, where Konoe attempted to impress upon Tojo the need to stand down from war and accede to U.S. demands for a military withdrawal from China and Indochina. Tojo ruled a troop withdrawal as out of the question. In the cabinet
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Konoe held a meeting on 12 October with military ministers Tojo and Oikawa and foreign minister Toyoda, which became known as the Tekigaiso conference. Konoe began by saying that he had no confidence in the war they were about to wage and would not lead it, but neither Oikawa or Konoe was willing to
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Konoe met privately with Tojo twice in a failed attempt to convince him to a troop withdrawal and to take the war option off the table on 5 and 7 October. In the 7 October meeting, Konoe told Tojo that "military men take wars too lightly." Tojo's response was, "occasionally one must gather up enough
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administration hoped that Matsuoka's dismissal would mean Japan was standing down from continued aggressive action; these hopes were dashed when the French government, after being threatened with military action, allowed the Japanese army to occupy all of French Indochina on 22 July. Two days later,
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was doubtful about its ability to advance up the Yangtze river valley, and favoured taking up a German offer of mediation to end the war with China. Konoe, by contrast, was not interested in peace, and instead chose to escalate the war by suggesting deliberately humiliating terms that he knew Chiang
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Konoe preferred death to the humiliation of a war crimes trial. The night before he was to leave to Sugamo prison on 15 December 1945, his son Michitaka searched his room for weapons and poison. Konoe and his son talked at length that night about the invasion of China, negotiations with the US, and
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Konoe justified his demission to his secretary Kenji Tomita. "Of course His Imperial Majesty is a pacifist and he wished to avoid war. When I told him that to initiate war was a mistake, he agreed. But the next day, he would tell me: 'You were worried about it yesterday but you do not have to worry
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to a political office must be considered very carefully. Above all, in time of peace this is fine, but when there is a fear that there may even be a war, then more importantly, considering the welfare of the imperial house, I wonder about the wisdom of a member of the imperial family serving ." Six
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On 6 September, the Emperor approved the cabinet's decision at an imperial conference after being given assurance by the two chiefs of staff that diplomacy was the primary emphasis, with war only as a fall-back option in the event of diplomatic failure. That same evening, Konoe arranged a dinner in
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On 29 November 1941, at a luncheon with the Emperor with all living former prime ministers in attendance, Konoe voiced his objection to war. Upon hearing of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Konoe said regarding Japan's military success, "What on earth? I really feel a miserable defeat coming; this will
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and Admiral Osami Nagano to inform him of the cabinet's decision to commit to war in the absence of a diplomatic breakthrough. Alarmed, the emperor asked what had happened to the negotiations with Roosevelt. He asked Konoe to change the emphasis from war to negotiation; Konoe replied that would be
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delivered another amendment of the draft on understanding to the Japanese, but this time there was no recognition of the Japanese right to control of Manchukuo. The new draft also completely rejected the Japanese right of military expansion in the Pacific. Hull included a statement that in summary
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and began to openly criticise Konoe and his cabinet, leading to suspicions that he wanted to replace Konoe as prime minister. Matsuoka changed the U.S. draft into a counteroffer that essentially gutted most of the Japanese concessions in regard to China and expansion in the Pacific and had Nomura
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that Kuomintang aggression had not ceased despite its defeat, that it was "subjecting its people to great misery", and that Japan would no longer deal with Chiang. Six days later, he gave a speech where he blamed China for the continued conflict. When later asked for clarifications, Konoe said he
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would diminish the imperial prestige, undermine the unifying power of the throne, expose the emperor to criticism, and potentially undermine domestic tranquillity. His greatest fear in this period of rapid industrialization would become the threat of left-wing revolution, facilitated by the petty
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about these military preparations. The emperor then questioned Sugiyama about the chances of success of an open war with the West. After Sugiyama answered positively, Hirohito scolded him, remembering that the Army had predicted that the invasion of China would be completed in only three months.
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Nomura met with Roosevelt and told him about Konoe's summit proposal. After condemning Japanese aggression in Indochina, Roosevelt said he was open to the meeting, and suggested they could meet in Juneau, Alaska. On 3 September, a liaison conference was held where it was decided that Konoe would
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would be a quick German victory, and he was now opposed to attacking Singapore because he believed it would provoke war with the western allies. After a series of liaison conferences where Matsuoka argued forcefully in favour of an attack against the Soviet Union and against further expansion
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that he was going to resign, but Kido talked him out of it. Konoe then secluded himself in a villa at Kamakura until 2 October, leaving foreign minister Toyoda to take charge of negotiations in his absence. Toyoda asked ambassador Grew to tell Roosevelt that Konoe would only be able to grant
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Konoe assumed the vice presidency of the House of Peers in 1931. In 1932, political parties lost control of the cabinet. Thenceforth, cabinets were formed by alliances of political elites and military factions. As Japan mobilized its resources for war, the government increased suppression of
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conditions for a withdrawal from China. At the liaison conference of September 25, sensing that summit negotiations were stalling, Tojo and the militarists pressed the cabinet to commit to an actual deadline for war of October 15. After this meeting, Konoe told lord keeper of the privy seal
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At the 4 October liaison conference, Hull's response was still being processed and could not be fully discussed; Nagano changed his position and now agreed with the army and advocated a deadline for war. Konoe and Oikawa were largely silent and did not try to bring him back to the side of
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Is It Konoe or Konoye? The name of the new Premier of Japan, pronounced with the stress on the second syllable and a definite sounding of the letter 'e' as in 'let', is spelled in English as Konoe, according to the officially recognized Japan Yearbook. The full name is Prince Ayamaro
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On 10 September, Nomura met with Hull, who told him that the latest Japanese offer was a non-starter and that Japan would have to make concessions in regard to China before the summit meeting could take place. On 20 September, a liaison meeting passed a revised proposal that actually
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factionalism of Taishō democracy's political factions. He saw the peerage as a bulwark of stability committed to tranquillity, harmony, and the maintenance of the status quo. Its function was to restrain the excesses of the elected government, but its power had to be used sparingly.
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Konoe's views were thus a recapitulation of those he had expressed at Versailles almost 20 years earlier. He still believed that Japan was the equal and the rival of the western powers, that Japan had a right to expansion in China, that such expansion was
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the western encirclement of Japan were to be accepted, Japan would cease to exist. Tojo believed that even if there was only a small chance of winning a war with the U.S., Japan must prepare for it and wage it rather than be encircled and destroyed.
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a meeting with Roosevelt. The suggestion came from Kinkazu Saionji, the grandson of his deceased mentor Saionji Kinmochi. Kinkazu advised Konoe through a monthly informal breakfast club, where Konoe consulted with civilian elites about policy.
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political parties and what remained of the left wing. Konoe ascended to the presidency of the House of Peers in 1933 and spent the next few years mediating between elite political factions, elite policy consensus, and national unity.
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resigned and Konoe was appointed prime minister again. Konoe did set out to end the war in with China. But Konoe also deemed political parties as too liberal and divisive, thereby aiding the pro-war factions in the military.
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Prime Minister Kiichirō Hiranuma (1867–1952, in office January–August 1939, center, front row) and the members of his cabinet, including Minister-without-Portfolio Fumimaro Konoe (to the right of Hiranuma), Interior Minister
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in the event of war with Japan. On April 18, 1941, word arrived from Nomura of a diplomatic breakthrough, a draft of understanding between the US and Japan. The basis of this agreement had been drafted by two American
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Although – in accordance with the system adopted by the Japanese imperial government from the Meiji period through the end of WWII – the official English translation of Konoe's title was "prince", the title of
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and pushed through the State General Mobilization Law, placing the country on war-time footing. Konoe resigned as prime minister in 1939 as Chinese resistance continued and the war dragged on.
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Kōichi Kido's advice. In 1946, Hirohito explained this decision: "I actually thought Prince Higashikuni suitable as chief of staff of the Army; but I think the appointment of a member of the
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in 1918. Konoe believed the House of Peers should stay neutral in factional party politics, lest a partisan-seeming peerage have their privileges restricted. He therefore supported Takashi's
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treaty, and there was agreement between the great powers over the establishment of an independent Chinese state. A flourishing party system controlled the cabinet in alliance with industry.
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overturned the vote, declaring that the clause needed unanimous support. Konoe took the rejection of the Racial Equality Clause very badly, seeing it as a humiliation of Japan.
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exports to Japan, surprising Konoe's cabinet. Finding a replacement source of petroleum was paramount, as the U.S. supplied 93% of Japan's oil in 1940. Navy chief of staff
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had planned to assassinate Konoe if peace had occurred with the United States in order for Japan to attack the Soviet Union, which was at war with Japan's ally Germany.
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resigned and the army refused to nominate a replacement. Konoe was recalled after Saionji — for the last time before his death later that year — again endorsed him.
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Upon his return to Japan he published a booklet where he described his travels to France, Britain and the U.S. Konoe noted how he was angered by rising
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until 1940 when he was again appointed prime minister. The Imperial Rule Assistance Association was founded later that year, while Japan concluded the
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took place a month after his appointment and escalated into full-scale warfare. Konoe oversaw Japanese victories during the early phase of the
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and became his protégé. After graduation, Fumimaro turned to Saionji for advice about starting a political career, and worked briefly in the
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later that year, the Japanese Army demanded Konoe's return. Yonai had refused to align Japan with the Nazis; in response, the army minister
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for the Covenant of the League of Nations. When the Racial Equality Clause came up before the committee, it received the support of Japan,
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in "Operation Blacklist", which aimed to exonerate Emperor Hirohito and the imperial family of criminal responsibility for the war.
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had split into two factions and could no longer control the government. During the premiership of Kato Komei and his party, the
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Like his position in regard to the nobility, he believed that the emperor should not take political positions. In his eyes, a
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lovers in his life, he fathered an illegitimate child. And in December 1918, he also published an essay entitled "Reject the
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armies, put the Japanese military in a strategic location to threaten more territory, and would hopefully intimidate the
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In November 1937, Konoe instituted a new system of joint conference between the civil government and the military called
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on 27 September 1940, over the objection of some of Konoe's advisors, including former Japanese ambassador to the U.S.
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On 28 July, the Japanese began to formally occupy southern Indochina. In response, on August 1, the U.S. embargoed
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Konoe Fumimaro and the Failure of Peace in Japan, 1937–1941: A Critical Appraisal of the Three-time Prime Minister
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informed Emperor Hirohito that Japan's oil stockpiles would be completely depleted in two years. The same day,
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his villa, also claiming a fever, instead of forcing the issue. Matsuoka pushed for an immediate attack on
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As the house of peers became allied with different political factions in the lower house, Konoe left the
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Berger, Gordon M. (1974). "Japan's Young Prince. Konoe Fumimaro's Early Political Career, 1916–1931".
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On 23 June, Konoe resigned his position as Chairman of the Privy Council, and on 16 July 1940, the
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Upon his father's death in 1912, Fumimaro not only inherited his father's aristocratic title of
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Annotated bibliography for Fumimaro Konoe from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
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to the Emperor as his successor. Two days later, Hirohito appointed war minister, General
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In the 1920s Japanese foreign policy was largely in line with Anglo-American policy, the
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before accompanying his mentor to Versailles as part of the Japanese peace delegation.
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and generally opposed to democratic reform. In September 1922, he joined them.
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on 13 April 1941, which made it clear that the Soviets would not help the
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as a wartime mobilization organization, ironically in alliance with local
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Kai-shek would never accept in order to win a "total victory" over China.
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as an effort to institutionalize the status quo: colonial hegemony by the
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The day after the imperial conference, Konoe arranged a meeting between
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succeeded him as prime minister. Konoe was awarded the 1st class of the
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In 1925, Konoe and these officials formed the Alliance for a New Japan (
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Konoe reading imperial rescript as president of the House of Peers, 1936
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and James M. Drought, who had met Roosevelt through Postmaster General
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The Emperor's Advisor: Saionji Kinmochi and Pre-War Japanese Politics
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At Kyoto Imperial University, Fumimaro studied socialism, translating
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The Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany: Starting World War II 1937–39
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and increased aid to Chiang. Despite this response, foreign minister
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attempting to secure pardons for the ultranationalist leaders of the
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In 1916, while at university, Fumimaro took his father's seat in the
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Konoe resigned on 16 October 1941, one day after having recommended
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politically impossible, and the emperor then asked why he had been
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On 5 September, Konoe met the emperor with chiefs of staff General
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Even before Konoe had been recalled, the army had already planned
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that the war was an endless series of victories, was bewildered.
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military power in the east, further insistence on limitations to
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League of Diet Members Supporting the Prosecution of the Holy War
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Third government and attempt to avoid war with the United States
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Konoe with his second cabinet ministers, including War Minister
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But first, Konoe completed two tasks. With Kiku, one of several
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from 1937 to 1939 and from 1940 to 1941. He presided over the
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by invading the Soviet Union. Coincident with the invasion,
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The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific
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into supplying Japan with oil. The U.S. responded with the
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Due to dissatisfaction with the policies of Prime Minister
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in 1916. He was a member of the Japanese delegation at the
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Zen terror in prewar Japan : portrait of an assassin
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after he refused to collaborate with U.S. Army officer
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Konoe's second premiership, the Matsuoka foreign policy
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For the 76th Emperor also known as Emperor Konoe, see
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Konoe remained a close advisor to Hirohito until the
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Post premiership, final years of the war and suicide
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The alliance formed a political party ( 1942:, a conservative, militaristic faction, led by 1520: 6020:Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure 2009: 1561:while dissolving all other political parties. 912:Imperial Rule Assistance Political Association 826: 5293: 3937: 3515:Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World 2649:. (This was somewhat perilous: on 15 August, 2234:Konoe and his first cabinet ministers in 1937 1481: 4037:Foreign Relations of the United States, 1940 2167:introducing citations to additional sources 2071: 1963:was able to gain the Aritomo's support, and 1904:anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States 586:30 September 1938 – 29 October 1938 534:30 September 1938 – 29 October 1938 73:introducing citations to additional sources 2686:On 1 October, Konoe summoned navy minister 1839:, Saionji wrote a rebuttal in his journal, 1035:Withdrawal from the Washington Naval Treaty 972:Japanese Committee on Trade and Information 654:12 October 1916 – 16 December 1945 5300: 5286: 5049:Konoe biography from Spartacus Educational 4983:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 4955:(First Vintage books ed.). New York. 4863:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 4752:Wetzler, ibid., p. 44; Terasaki Hidenari, 3392: 2538:On Sunday, 22 June 1941, Hitler broke the 1690:, one of the main branches of the ancient 1488: 1474: 166: 6015:Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun 2018:was extremely powerful, in charge of the 1908:discriminated against Japanese immigrants 1646:and played a key role in the fall of the 1619:in Nanjing. In 1941, Japan concluded the 5975:Japanese politicians who died by suicide 5067:Newspaper clippings about Fumimaro Konoe 4828: 3398: 2829: 2736:as the next prime minister by following 2663: 2566: 2524:Reorganized National Government of China 2399: 2391: 2294: 2237: 2229: 2157:Relevant discussion may be found on the 2103:Meanwhile, Fumimaro sent his eldest son 1917: 1770:to pursue studies in Marxian economics. 1673: 1529:was a Japanese politician who served as 1460:Korean collaborators with Imperial Japan 1445:American cover-up of Japanese war crimes 922:National Spiritual Mobilization Movement 402:17 August 1945 – 9 October 1945 63:Relevant discussion may be found on the 5206:President of the Privy Council of Japan 4804:Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan 4511:Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan 3428:『第一高等学校一覧 自大正元年至大正2年』第一高等学校、1912年、303頁。 3320:) was actually a closer equivalent to " 2769:in 1944 according to the defeat in the 2765:Konoe played a role in the fall of the 1455:Japanese history textbook controversies 192:22 July 1940 – 18 October 1941 5932: 5031:, W. W. Norton and Co, New York, 1976. 4906: 4877: 4087: 3841: 3736: 3721: 3709: 3694: 3682: 3670: 3658: 3646: 3634: 3622: 3610: 3598: 3586: 3574: 3562: 3550: 3538: 3517:, New York: Random House, 2007, p. 317 3476: 3449: 3377: 3365: 3336: 3115: 3111: 3101: 3005: 2898: 2894: 2798:cabinet of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 2645:secrecy with U.S. ambassador to Japan 2571:Konoe with his third cabinet ministers 2370:. The Japanese public, which had been 2273:spent the short time between then and 1623:. Despite Konoe's attempts to resolve 1175:Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere 288:5 January 1939 – 24 June 1940 6005:Members of the House of Peers (Japan) 5950:20th-century prime ministers of Japan 5281: 5036:Konoe Fumimaro: A Political Biography 4995:, Longman, London and New York, 1987. 4950: 4790: 4778: 4769:, 1991, p. 126, citing Tomita's diary 4727: 4715: 4703: 4691: 4679: 4667: 4655: 4643: 4631: 4619: 4607: 4595: 4583: 4571: 4559: 4547: 4535: 4523: 4493: 4481: 4469: 4457: 4445: 4433: 4421: 4409: 4397: 4385: 4373: 4358: 4346: 4334: 4322: 4310: 4298: 4286: 4261: 4249: 4237: 4225: 4213: 4201: 4189: 4177: 4165: 4153: 4141: 4129: 4117: 4102: 4015: 4003: 3959: 3931: 3919: 3904: 3892: 3880: 3868: 3853: 3798: 3796: 3748: 3526: 3501: 3464: 3437: 3217: 3214: 3204: 3191: 3181: 3177: 3165: 3159: 3149: 3133: 3123: 3119: 3095: 3085: 3073: 3063: 3059: 3047: 3045: 3035: 3023: 3013: 3009: 2993: 2987: 2977: 2964: 2954: 2950: 2938: 2932: 2922: 2906: 2902: 2856:Prelude to the attack on Pearl Harbor 2485:In February 1941 Konoe chose Admiral 1527:, 12 October 1891 – 16 December 1945) 1010:Withdrawal from the League of Nations 237:4 June 1937 – 5 January 1939 5059:Fumimaro Konoe and Asian Pacific War 3348: 2433:Imperial Rule Assistance Association 2134: 1559:Imperial Rule Assistance Association 907:Imperial Rule Assistance Association 730:Imperial Rule Assistance Association 482:22 July 1940 – 24 July 1940 432:18 July 1941 – 25 July 1941 40: 3271: 2362:through the Diet, which declared a 1825:racially discriminatory imperialism 391:Minister of State without portfolio 13: 5029:Roosevelt and Churchill, 1939–1941 3971:Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi (1991). " 3793: 2871:, Konoe's villa in Suginami, Tokyo 1658:. After coming under suspicion of 1535:Japanese invasion of China in 1937 339:9 June 1933 – 7 June 1937 14: 6056: 6045:Government of the Empire of Japan 5042: 2777:. According to Grand Chamberlain 2435:(IRAA) was created in 1940 under 2316:Prior to the capture of Nanjing, 2131:Prime Minister and war with China 1913: 1809:eibei-hon'i no heiwashugi o haisu 1541:, which ultimately culminated in 5916: 5915: 4953:Japan, 1941: Countdown to infamy 4871: 4822: 4809: 4796: 4759: 4746: 4733: 2262:, and in June 1937 Konoe became 2150:relies largely or entirely on a 2139: 1842:Millard's Review of the Far East 1595:Konoe served as chairman of the 1539:relations with the United States 890: 799: 56:relies largely or entirely on a 45: 5970:Japanese people of World War II 5098:President of the House of Peers 4900: 4499: 4267: 4042: 4021: 3965: 3754: 3507: 3482: 2495:Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact 2448:an invasion of French Indochina 1975:government, as did most of the 1837:Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard 1781:" into Japanese. There, he met 1779:The Soul of Man Under Socialism 1625:tensions with the United States 1621:Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact 16:Japanese politician (1891–1945) 4767:Shôwa tennô no ju-go nen sensô 4027:The U.S. Ambassador in Japan ( 3422: 3383: 3342: 3298: 2702:courage, close one's eyes and 2360:State General Mobilization Law 2349:declaration on 3 November 1938 2331:In January 1938, Konoe issued 1698:divided the Fujiwara into the 1654:, he served in the cabinet of 1555:State General Mobilization Law 1050:State General Mobilization Law 850: 1: 6025:Suicides by cyanide poisoning 5960:Government ministers of Japan 4882:. Random House. p. 874. 3264: 2781:, Shōwa, still looking for a 2738:Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal 1949:The opposing faction was the 1669: 1650:in 1944. At the start of the 5152:Minister for Foreign Affairs 5125:Minister of Colonial Affairs 2721:That same evening Tojo sent 2554:Matsuoka was convinced that 1635:broke out following Japan's 1613:invasion of French Indochina 643:Member of the House of Peers 574:Minister of Colonial Affairs 522:Minister for Foreign Affairs 38:when mentioning individuals. 7: 6030:Suicides by poison in Japan 5071:20th Century Press Archives 5003:The Making of Modern Japan. 2884:Ancestors of Fumimaro Konoe 2875: 2849: 2845:on Konoe (17 December 1945) 2788:After the beginning of the 2747:Japan attacked Pearl Harbor 2730:Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 2658:Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 2082:Washington Naval Conference 2010:Alliance with Home Ministry 1656:Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 1521: 957:National Foundation Society 413:Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 10: 6061: 3284:. 2 June 1937. p. 6. 3113: 2999: 2896: 2762:only last 2 or 3 months." 2535:deliver it to Washington. 2323:After taking Nanjing, the 2283:Marco Polo Bridge Incident 2088:of the 1930s, the rise of 1906:and how the US government 1652:Allied occupation of Japan 1586:Marco Polo Bridge Incident 1045:Marco Polo Bridge Incident 901:Organizations and factions 25: 18: 5913: 5883: 5777: 5680: 5670: 5523: 5428: 5330: 5320: 5266: 5257: 5249: 5239: 5230: 5222: 5212: 5203: 5195: 5185: 5176: 5168: 5158: 5149: 5141: 5131: 5122: 5114: 5104: 5095: 5087: 5082: 4829:Victoria, Daizen (2019). 4806:, Perennial, 2001, p. 756 4049:LaFeber, Walter. (1997). 3803:LaFeber, Walter. (1997). 3761:LaFeber, Walter. (1997). 3492:(McFarland, 2006): p. 19. 3198: 3179: 3171: 3143: 3121: 3117: 3079: 3061: 3053: 3029: 3011: 3007: 2971: 2952: 2944: 2916: 2900: 2107:to study in the U.S., at 2072:Road to First Premiership 1768:Kyoto Imperial University 1764:Tokyo Imperial University 1746:, he went on to study at 1617:Wang Jingwei's government 1512: 1365:Use of biological weapons 1030:Military Academy Incident 869: 865: 861: 843: 838: 834: 827: 820: 815: 811: 807: 795: 790:Kyoto Imperial University 783: 778:Tokyo Imperial University 769: 757: 753:Konoe Chiyoko (1896–1980) 749: 736: 725: 714: 694: 671: 666: 662: 647: 642: 638: 634: 630: 626: 610: 600: 590: 579: 572: 560: 548: 538: 527: 520: 508: 496: 486: 475: 468: 458: 446: 436: 425: 418: 406: 395: 390: 386: 379: 375: 363: 351: 343: 332: 324: 312: 300: 292: 281: 273: 261: 249: 241: 230: 218: 206: 196: 185: 178: 174: 165: 156: 140: 6010:Political party founders 5309:Prime ministers of Japan 5007:Harvard University Press 4754:Shôwa tennô dokuhakuroku 4658:, pp. 196–197, 200. 3400:Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric 2706:off the platform of the 2058:Senkyo Shukusei Dōmeikai 1862:Racial Equality Proposal 1744:Taimei Elementary School 1708:First among the go-sekke 1615:and formally recognized 1590:Second Sino-Japanese War 1426:Ode of Showa Restoration 1398:Momotaro: Sacred Sailors 1020:League of Blood Incident 1015:Imperial Colors Incident 715:Cause of death 157: 34:. This article uses 26:The native form of this 6000:Kyoto University alumni 5233:Prime Minister of Japan 5179:Prime Minister of Japan 2540:Molotov–Ribbentrop pact 2382:Order of the Rising Sun 2113:anti-Japanese sentiment 1531:prime minister of Japan 1350:Use of chemical weapons 947:Young Officers Movement 932:Great Japan Youth Party 470:Minister of Agriculture 180:Prime Minister of Japan 6040:Politicians from Tokyo 5980:Japanese war criminals 5210:Jan 1939 – June 1940 5102:June 1933 – June 1937 4275:Tsuji Masanobu profile 3402:(2002). "Gakushū-in". 2846: 2796:, Konoe served in the 2669: 2572: 2409: 2397: 2325:Imperial Japanese Army 2313: 2269:Upon assuming office, 2243: 2235: 2117:international new deal 1982:However, by 1923, the 1923: 1858:Paris Peace Conference 1849:. Sun admired Japan's 1742:After graduating from 1737:NHK Symphony Orchestra 1682:Fumimaro Konoe (often 1679: 1637:attack on Pearl Harbor 1631:. Six weeks later the 1574:Paris Peace Conference 1391:How Japan Plans to Win 967:Cherry Blossom Society 884:Statism in Shōwa Japan 5965:Japanese nationalists 5156:Sept 1938 – Oct 1938 4878:Toland, John (1970). 4514:, 2000, pp. 411, 745. 3984:Sino-Japanese Studies 2833: 2667: 2589:Franklin D. Roosevelt 2570: 2403: 2395: 2333:a statement declaring 2298: 2241: 2233: 1930:, upper house of the 1921: 1754:. He was inspired by 1677: 1553:state by passing the 1537:and the breakdown in 1355:Human experimentation 709:Allied-occupied Japan 381:Ministerial offices 5237:Jul 1940 – Oct 1941 5183:Jun 1937 – Jan 1939 5129:Sep 1938 – Oct 1938 4730:, pp. 210, 212. 4361:, pp. 145, 147. 3513:Macmillan, Margaret 3278:"Konoe or Konoye?". 2624:'s soviet spy ring. 2437:Second Konoe Cabinet 2279:26 February incident 2163:improve this article 2094:Japanese naval power 2086:The Great Depression 2078:Treaty of Versailles 1696:Minamoto no Yoritomo 1405:Momotarō no Umiwashi 1377:Media and literature 1040:February 26 Incident 69:improve this article 5260:Minister of Justice 5108:Yorinaga Matsudaira 4951:Hotta, Eri (2013). 4909:Monumenta Nipponica 4670:, pp. 201–202. 4646:, pp. 197–198. 4622:, pp. 192–193. 4610:, pp. 188–190. 4550:, pp. 178–179. 4526:, pp. 175–176. 4424:, pp. 155–156. 4388:, pp. 151–153. 4349:, pp. 143–144. 4337:, pp. 141–142. 4325:, pp. 140–141. 4301:, pp. 135–137. 4289:, pp. 128–131. 4090:, pp. 473–474. 3844:, pp. 472–473. 3697:, pp. 471–472. 3661:, pp. 470–471. 3649:, pp. 467–469. 3637:, pp. 467–468. 3625:, pp. 466–467. 3613:, pp. 465–466. 3601:, pp. 464–467. 3589:, pp. 462–464. 3565:, pp. 459–460. 3452:, pp. 456–457. 3380:, pp. 455–456. 3192:13. 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4295: 4288: 4283: 4276: 4270: 4263: 4258: 4251: 4246: 4239: 4234: 4228:, p. 72. 4227: 4222: 4215: 4210: 4204:, p. 68. 4203: 4198: 4192:, p. 70. 4191: 4186: 4180:, p. 57. 4179: 4174: 4168:, p. 56. 4167: 4162: 4156:, p. 67. 4155: 4150: 4143: 4138: 4132:, p. 40. 4131: 4126: 4119: 4114: 4112: 4105:, p. 54. 4104: 4099: 4097: 4089: 4084: 4076: 4072: 4068: 4062: 4058: 4054: 4053: 4045: 4038: 4034: 4030: 4024: 4017: 4012: 4006:, p. 52. 4005: 4000: 3998: 3996: 3988: 3985: 3981: 3977: 3974: 3968: 3962:, p. 32. 3961: 3956: 3949: 3943: 3941: 3933: 3928: 3922:, p. 39. 3921: 3916: 3914: 3906: 3901: 3895:, p. 29. 3894: 3889: 3883:, p. 47. 3882: 3877: 3871:, p. 28. 3870: 3865: 3863: 3856:, p. 38. 3855: 3850: 3843: 3838: 3830: 3826: 3822: 3816: 3812: 3808: 3807: 3799: 3797: 3788: 3784: 3780: 3774: 3770: 3766: 3765: 3757: 3751:, p. 37. 3750: 3745: 3738: 3733: 3731: 3723: 3718: 3711: 3706: 3704: 3696: 3691: 3684: 3679: 3672: 3667: 3660: 3655: 3648: 3643: 3636: 3631: 3624: 3619: 3612: 3607: 3600: 3595: 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