Cried the Tokyo radio: Marshal Pietro Badoglio committed "a glowing act of treason against the tripartite pact," but Japan and Germany were prepared for just such an incident. And so, said an official government statement, Japan "has taken measures considered necessary after consideration of all eventualities." The "measures": all Italian interests in the Far East, specifically:
The Italian Concession in Tientsin.
The Italian Bank for China.
Italy's place on the Shanghai Municipal Council.
Italian ships caught in Jap harbors and seas. (Probably fewer than 30 were in Far Eastern waters and, by Jap reports, the Italians must have...
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