Cirque du Cheville 1.cdc.001001 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire

Synopsis

The boys attend the last American performance of Cirque du Cheville, and are entranced by the Vladchik Contorting Romanian Quintuplets. They try to make their own version of the circus, but Kenny’s vocal limitations keep their vision from being realized. Meanwhile, the quintuplets run away from the tour with their grandmother, who does not want to go back to impoverished Romania. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire They stay at Stan’s house, and after a night of passion between his grandfather and the Romanian grandmother, she dies. The Romanian government tries to get the girls to return in the custody of their estranged father, and Janet Reno sends the national guard in to help retrieve them. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire

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The boys’ parents’ force them to see “Cirque du Cheville” and they are bored until they see the 8-year-old Vladchick Contorting Quintuplets from Romania. When they see how much money the circus makes, the boys start getting ideas. The quintuplets and their grandmother defect from Romania. The boys start staging their own performance, although they blame their inability to contort on Kenny’s inability to sing. Stan’s grandfather tries to keep his grandson from being gay. The quintuplets and their grandmother wind up staying at the Marsh’s home. Kenny starts taking singing lessons from a record. The quintuplet’s grandmother contorts on Grandpa Marsh in a night of passion.
The next morning Randy discovers what Grandpa did. Meanwhile the boys start practicing contorting with the quintuplets. Randy tells the quintuplets about their grandmother. Stan asks his parent if the quintuplets can stay, mainly to help them with their own version of “Cirque du Cheville.” The now guardian-less quintuplets start becoming a media sensation, but the Romanian government decides to take action. Kenny starts taking singing lessons from an instructor who suggests that if he wants to really good he will need to go to a conservatory in Europe. The Romanian government has the quintuplets’ father issue a video demand for the return of his daughters. Kenny starts singing on the street to raise money for his trip to Europe. The Romanian government works with Janet Reno to get the quintuplets back. Outside the Marsh home, the protesters and the government have the place surrounded. The government (ours and theirs) want the quintuplets to return home.
On Easter Sunday, Janet Reno goes undercover as the Easter Bunny to liberate the quintuplets. Meanwhile, in Romania Kenny auditions for a conservatory that accepts him. Janet Reno with big gun drawn throws a tear gas Easter egg into the living causing confusion and mayhem. She then liberates the quintuplets, leaving the Marsh home in ruins. In Romania, Kenny is a hit. Janet Reno and company reunite the quintuplets with their father, although the girls are sad. In Romania, Romanian TV shows a tape of Kenny’s father pleading for the return of his son. The boys demand to see the quintuplets and with the angry mob they storm the base. Left with no alternative, one of the quintuplets makes a phone call to the only person who can help them…
The girls tell everyone what they think of them all and then they get into a limousine marked with the name Oprah on the side. The boys wonder what happened to Kenny. In Romania, the US government swarms in to take Kenny back.
Kenny dies when the American government accidentally shoots him when trying to extricate him from Romania.

Kenny 6.ken.002002 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire

Synopsis

The adults are concerned for Cartman’s health, so they arrange for him to go to fat camp. Once he’s there, he arranges for another kid to stand in for him and sneak food into the camp from the school. At the same time, the kid shows that Cartman has been losing weight, but Kyle gets suspicious, as he knows no one gets skinny as quickly as Cartman seems to have done. Meanwhile, Cartman is found out and banned from the camp. The kid is sent in to replace Kenny in the Krazy Kenny show, as Kenny himself seems to have been arrested for … indecent behavior with Howard Stern.  Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire

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Ms. Choksondik has the children dissect endangered manatees, which were en route to the Denver Zoo, but accidentally delivered to South Park Elementary. Meanwhile, Cartman is at home, where his mother holds an intervention for his weight problem. She and the others are sending him to “fat camp.” For a total of $41, Kenny is challenged by the other children to eat the spleen of one of the manatees. Later when he pukes it up, he is offered even more money to eat his own puke, which he does. Cartman tries to escape from fat camp, but is caught and faced with the prospect that he will not be able to escape.
Cartman returns from “fat camp,” 40 pounds lighter and he appears on “Jesus and Pals.” Kenny also appears and eats dog crap. Jesus calls him a prostitute. The children wonder what that means, so they ask Chef, who with James Taylor, tells them in song and he gets in trouble. Meanwhile, the “slim” Cartman steals food and candy from the cafeteria and elsewhere and brings it to himself at fat camp; where the real Eric Cartman is still located and is as fat as ever. The real Cartman is selling it to the other children at camp. A videotape of some of Kenny’s stunts starts getting distributed.
From the popularity of the videotape, Kenny popularity is rising as he gets his own television show, “The Krazy Kenny Show.” He gives a sensual full body massage to his own grandfather.  Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire  At fat camp, the counselors are confused since the kids aren’t losing any weight. Up next for Kenny’s show is a pay-per-view event where he plans to get inside Ms. Crabtree’s uterus for six hours. At fat camp, one of the kid’s parents comes to take him away, since he isn’t losing any weight. The kid almost gives the real Cartman up. Unfortunately the pay-per-view event may have to be postponed when Kenny is arrested in New York City for prostitution when he gives Howard Stern a “hummer” for $10 on the air. In response to that situation the fake Cartman says something out of character and Kyle and Stan discover the truth about Cartman’s weight loss.
Kyle and Stan use their knowledge about fake Cartman to have him pose as Kenny for their pay-per-view event. Back at fat camp, the other parents come to collect their children, but one of them  Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire  exposes real Cartman’s scheme. The children are welcomed back to fat camp, but not Eric Cartman, who finds solace in a donut. After 6 hours fake Kenny and another unidentified boy are expelled from Ms. Crabtree’s uterus. Both are dead.
Fake Kenny dies when the pressure inside Ms. Crabtree’s uterus was too much. Meanwhile the real Kenny must have survived this episode that is if he could survive in a New York City prison.

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When the Catholic Church scandal negatively impacts church attendance in South Park, Priest Maxi travels to Rome to confront religious leaders about a solution. After intensive counseling about the issue, the boys try to understand why anyone would want to put something up their butts.  Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire

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Father Maxi announces that some of the parish’s boys will be able to participate on weekend boat trip with bishops and priests from around the country. Given the very idea of it causes Randy Marsh to hallucinate about “The Catholic Boat” and causes him to recommend that their boys shouldn’t participate in such a trip, given all that has been going on in the news about priests molesting young boys. The parents decide that their boys shouldn’t participate in this trip, at least until after they discover if Father Maxi has been hiding anything from them. To that end they bring in an outside counselor who begins to question the boys about Father Maxi. Before the results are in, the parents decide to become atheists, after all why would God allow their children to be molested. Because of a question the counselor has asked them, the boys try to figure out what a priest would have ever wanted to put in their butts. They try to ask Chef, but he just leaves, avoiding the topic. Cartman has a theory that maybe if you stuck food in your butt, you would crap out of your mouth. Kyle, who’s just joined the boys, tells Cartman that’s impossible and he agrees to a $20 bet that Cartman is wrong. The parents tell their children that they are atheists now. In the meantime, Father Maxi has convened a meeting of fellow priests to figure out how their can bring their church attendance figures back up and more importantly, how to keep the boys mouths shut. When those statements are made, Father Maxi is shocked to find out his fellow priests have regularly been engaging in sexual activity with boys. It’s their “way of life.”   Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire  He decides he needs to go to the Vatican for help. Cartman is trying crap something out of his mouth and to Kyle’s amazement he is successful.
In Vatican City, Father Maxi meets with the Pope and an assemblage of priests, bishops and cardinals from around the world. Father Maxi is further shocked to discover that having sex with young boys is a “way of life” for priests around the world. His suggestion that they change their “holy document of Vatican law” to forbid sex with young boys is met with numerous protests. Cartman asks Kyle what he can buy with the $20 he won. At the Marsh home, atheist life is shown to have its advantages. Stan tells them about Cartman’s achievement with food. Randy doesn’t believe it, so he tries it for himself and is surprised with the result. Father Maxi suggests that sex with women be allowed instead. He is eventually told that the reason that the “holy document of Vatican law” cannot be changed is because no one knows where it is, other than it is somewhere in the basement of St. Peters and that several trials must be overcome to retrieve it. Cartman is still relishing in have Kyle’s $20, when the boys see a news report with the surgeon general who says that ingesting food backwards is healthier for you. People all over the country are changing their eating habits. For his discovery of this new method of healthy eating, Cartman is going to be given a medal from the mayor. Kyle is beside himself at this news.
Despite being interrupted to answer a few questions about other matters, on Martha Stewart’s Living program she gives advice on preparing foods that are easy to insert up the ass. She demonstrates it on a whole turkey. Meanwhile, under St. Peter’s Father Maxi prepares himself for the trials he will encounter on his quest to retrieve the “holy document.” After a “Pitfall” videogame set of trials, he finds the document. Back in South Park at a meeting of the Atheists club the parents decide that they must combat the religious right to get the phrase under God removed from “The Pledge of Allegiance” and any reference to God removed from currency.
Father Maxi returns with the document and he asks for changes to be made. The Pope pipes up and requests that they consult a higher authority. “The Great Queen Spider” is summoned and she says that the rules cannot be changed. Outraged at all this, Father Maxi tears up the holy document and St. Peter’s begins to crumble all around them. Cartman is still delighting in Kyle’s $20, when Kyle finally tells Cartman that he was totally 100% right all along and that he should have never doubted him and he is proud to have him as a friend. This really pisses Cartman off. The boy’s parents are delighted to hear that the Vatican is burning down. In watching the television coverage, they are all moved back into the option of having religion back in their lives, when they hear Father Maxi tell his fellow Catholics that they need to change and get in touch with the real world. After all, without religion in their lives they’ll just go around spewing a bunch of crap out of their mouths.

chef 4.che.002002 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire

Synopsis

When a famous psychic fails to help him exorcise Kenny from his body, Cartman takes other steps to achieve his goal. He and Chef travel to the moors of Scotland, where Chef’s mom tries a little of her voodoo magic on him. Meanwhile, after the boy’s encounter with the TV psychic, Kyle is paralyzed with fear at the thought of members of the spirit world watching over him. Only by debunking those who claim they can communicate with the dead can Stan save Kyle.

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Cartman is rushed to the hospital, it appears as though his possession by Kenny is putting him in a bad way, but all the doctor can say is that he is “running out of time.” Stan and Kyle go to Chef to find out whether they should care about Cartman’s health. They bring Chef up to speed on Cartman drinking Kenny’s ashes and his subsequently being possessed by Kenny’s soul. Chef accompanies the two boys to the hospital, where Chef recommends that they take Cartman to a medium to find out how they might extract Kenny’s soul. The medium Chef wants to see is in New York, John Edward, the television psychic. Cartman, his mother, Chef, Stan and Kyle fly to New York; on board the plane they are treated to a preview for a new Rob Schneider movie: ROB SCHNEIDER IS “THE STAPLER.” At John Edward’s show, the boys get Edward’s attention, but his “reading” of Cartman is brief and offers them no advice. Although Kyle gets spooked when Edwards mentions that his dead grandmother knows he isn’t doing what she asked him to do; he tells Kyle to look for four white doves. Chef is discouraged at the results of the television show and decides that they need to take Cartman to see his parent’s in Scotland. Cartman, his mother and Chef will go to Scotland, while Stan and Kyle are to go back home to South Park. Stan and Kyle are going to go to their plane, when Kyle sees a poster for Jewleeard, a private school for young Jews. The poster features 4 white birds on it, so Kyle is convinced that this is where he needs to be to fulfill his grandmother’s wishes. Skeptical Stan tries to talk him out of it, to no avail. Stan goes to the home of John Edward, to see if he can get Edward to tell Kyle that it was a trick and it was just for fun. Edward believes that what he does helps people; Stan believes tells Edward that he is a stupid douche. When Edward runs away from Stan, he takes it to the next level and nominates Edward for the Biggest Douche in the Universe award. Stan finds some of Edward’s books on how to do psychic readings and takes them with him as he leaves.
On the long flight to Scotland, Cartman, his mother and Chef are treated to another Rob Schneider movie, this one is for: ROB SCHNEIDER IS “A CARROT.” Stan tells Kyle of his visit to John Edward and what a douche he is. When John Edward’s name is mentioned, a crowd spouting the incredible things John Edward has done begins forming around Stan. Stan tries to show them  Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire how Edward’s trick is done, but the only thing that happens as a result of this demonstration is Stan gets his own “talking to the dead” show. In Scotland, Chef’s parents meet the Cartman and his mother. Chef’s father identifies that there is indeed another children in there. Chef’s mother puts on her ceremonial garments and begins a ritual that will let Kenny’s soul go free. Meanwhile, back in the US, Stan’s psychic reading show “The Other Side” premieres. Stan tries to tell his audience that it is all a trick, but they just won’t believe him, they thoroughly believe that he is psychic. In Scotland, Kenny’s spirit is about to break free from Cartman, when the potatoes are ready and Chef’s parents found out that they didn’t bring a victim child with them, the one who will receive Kenny’s spirit. Kenny’s spirit breaks free and has nowhere to go as it flies about the room.
Another Rob Schneider trailer is seen, this one is for: DA DERP DEE DERP DA TEETLEY DERPEE DERPEE DUMB STARRING ROB SCHNEIDER. At the Jeweelard School Stan continues to try to convince Kyle about John Edward’s trickery. Kyle says Stan is just jealous because Edward is a better psychic than he is. Stan gives up, but as he is leaving he encounters John Edward. Stan continues to call him a douche and John Edward responds by challenging Stan to a psychic showdown, which Stan accepts. Meantime, in Scotland, Chef’s mother tries to offer Kenny’s soul $3.50 to fly out the window. Kenny’s spirit finds a new home in the pot roast that Chef’s mother was preparing. They wrap the pot roast up for a return trip to Colorado and Cartman appears to be feeling better. The psychic showdown is about to begin, when Stan tells the audience that he’s learned something today, he realizes why they need to believe in John Edward, but he feels that they need to recognize that what John Edward does is a magic trick, and that was is really going on in the world “is much more amazing than this douche.” The audience applauds Stan, and Kyle finally sees the light. Stan tells John Edward to get over himself, when Edward claims that he is someone special. The ceiling of the TV studio breaks open and an alien space ship lands on the stage. Five aliens emerge from the ship looking for Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire  John Edward. They want to take him back into space, where he has been nominated for award of “Biggest Douche in the Universe.” Back at Denver’s airport, Chef and the Cartmans realize that they’ve left the pot roast with Kenny’s soul in baggage claim, but they are too late to retrieve it when we find out that: ROB SCHNEIDER IS “KENNY.” Out in deep space, John Edward wins the award.
Kenny dies while he was trapped in Rob Schneider’s body. He was being chased in the commercial for the Kenny movie and died while having his head pierced through a flagpole.

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No. 994

FROM: Shanghai                                                                                 November 28, 1941

TO: Tokyo                                                                                           # 2182.

It is said that there are now over ten armies in Yunnan. CHIANG KAI‑SHEK is making peace with the Central Communist party. There are supposed to be 400 American planes and more than 300 volunteer pilots on the Tenmen Route.

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No. 995

FROM: Shanghai                                                                                 November 10, 1941

TO: Net                                                                                                Circular # 970.

(Message to Tokyo # 2058.)

I received a telegram from JK today that says that CHUNGKING, through certain of its representatives is negotiating for peace with Japan in order to fool us. It seems that the object is to make us slow up our progress and to bring up stronger resistance.

Sent to Hong Kong.

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No. 996

FROM: Shanghai                                                                                 November 13, 1941

TO: Peking                                                                                           Circular # 981.

Shanghai to Tokyo # 2082.

RATIMOA [a] gave an official report from his government to Chiang Kai‑Shek as follows: The reason that America agreed to enter into a negotiation with Kurusu regarding American‑Japanese relations, was to arrange for an agreement between Japan and the United States for only a certain period, and there will be no change in the future Far Eastern policy of America.

Also, although there is a rumor abroad that the United States made special preparations for the airplane which carried Kurusu to the United States, this is not the case, and it is only a rumor started as part of Japan’s propaganda.

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[a] Latimore ?

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No. 997

FROM: Tokyo (The Foreign Minister)                                                 November 14, 1941

TO: Hong Kong (The Japanese Consul‑General)                                 Circular # 2319.

(To be treated as Chef de Mission cypher. Not to be divulged to persons outside the Department.)

Although the Imperial Japanese Government is making a last effort in the Japanese-­American negotiations, the outlook does not permit of optimism. If the negotiations end in failure one may expect a sudden change in that part of the international situation which revolves ’round Japan. To meet that eventuality, the following special measures in regard to China, which is the crux of the question for Japan, have already been decided at a Cabinet Council:

(a) The complete expulsion of British and American military and naval strength in China.

(b) Bring completely under our power the enemy concessions and enemy important interests in China (Maritime Customs, mines, etc.).

(c) Seize as required such enemy interest in China as are connected with the National Government.

In effecting these measures towards China our Foreign Office will take every care to avoid exhaustion of the national strength, and it is, therefore, our fundamental policy to make sure that we have enough war potential to face up to a lengthy world‑war, and to make plans to meet a future diminution in military strength. We must, therefore, be careful to lighten as far as possible the burden on our manpower and on our material resources.   Louis J. Sheehan, EsquireWe must also encourage as much as possible the activities of Chinese leaders in occupied territories and thus possess ourselves of the popular sentiment on the basis of Japanese-Chinese cooperation. Thus, while making peace a reality in those areas under our power, in our economic relations with China great stress will be laid on the acquisition of commodities (especially from unoccupied territories). For this reason stress has been laid on a reasonable adjustment of existing limitations, and it is with this in view that all these (? points ?) have been decided.

As regards the foregoing, as there is a precedent in the event of freezing of funds, a special telegram on this has been sent to you for your information. You should, however, keep absolutely secret from persons outside the Department the existence of the decisions notified above and the fact that you have received a communication on the subject.

This telegram is addressed to Nanso [a] (Gaishin) [a], Hokudai [a], Shanghai, Tientsin, Tsingtao, Hankow, Canton, Hong Kong.

Hokudai [a] will circulate to Chang Kiakow and Tayuan.

Tsingtao will circulate to Sainan [a] (? Hsinan ?).

Canton will circulate to Amoy.

The above circulation should be effected without delay.

TOGO.

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[a] Kana.

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No. 998

FROM: Nanking                                                                                  October 18, 1941

TO: Berlin                                                                                            # 5.

Re your # 7 [a].

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At first it appeared that there were only two weeks to prepare for the sailing of the Asama Maru, so I could not line up all the officials to take office in Europe. However, I am now hurrying and have put the personnel you mentioned in order. LI SHENG-WU is at present Chief of the Education Department. When he was appointed he could not leave in too big a hurry because it would have upset the personnel of his office too much, so two First Secretaries in his service were appointed and we were going to send them. However, I talked it over with some high officials and we decided that they had had too little contact with Japan and too little experience in politics for such an important mission. Therefore, we decided to have LI FANG, Minister to Rumania, also fill the post of Commercial Attaché in Berlin and named a Charge to take his place. After Minister LI FANG presents his credentials, he will take up residence in Berlin.

LI FANG has long been an associate of Chief WANG. He has always endeavored to fight Communism and is a great friend of Germany’s. We have been in touch with him since long before the incident. It was on my recommendation that he was appointed. As for the matter of a Charge taking office, the Chief of the Foreign Section has already gotten an understanding with Acting Ambassador FISCHER. Rumania does not have a full- time Minister here so there can be no objection.

Well, the Nanking Government is now pressed for personnel, particularly in the Foreign Section, so this is the best the People’s Government could do. However, when LI FANG takes office, I want you please to give him plenty of instruction.

Relayed to Tokyo.

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[a] Not available.

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No. 999

FROM: Berlin                                                                                      October 20, 1941

TO: Nanking                                                                                        #8.

Ambassador STAHMER [a] and Minister Boltze [b] (each unaccompanied) left here the 18th bound for their new posts via South America. (They expect to arrive in Pernambuco the 23rd.) They expect to stop over in Tokyo for about two weeks. After they arrive at their posts while —– —– —– —–, I want you to use your good offices in arranging various and sundry matters for them, in particular, convenient arrangements with regard to living quarters.

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[a] Newly appointed Ambassador to the Nanking Government.

[b] Newly appointed Minister to the Nanking Government.

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No. 1000

FROM: Nanking                                                                                  October 20, 1941

TO: Net                                                                                                Circular # 320.

Message to Tokyo as # 741.

Re my # 735 [a].

On the 19th LIN PAI-SHENG, Chief of the Propaganda Section, spoke confidentially to a member of my staff as follows: “At first the general resignation of the KONOE cabinet

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shocked the People’s Government. However, the appointment of General TOJO, who has long understood clearly the position of the People’s Government and who has worked for a settlement of the China Incident, has reassured us. We know that he will devote himself to the effecting of a brilliant national policy. Therefore, although the People’s Government had considered making some statement about the establishment of the new cabinet, we have now decided that any declaration of ours might be too forward and superfluous, casting suspicions on us, so we have declined to make any official statement at all.”

Relayed to Peking, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Hsinking.

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[a] Not available.

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No. 1001

FROM: Canton                                                                                    October 22, 1941

TO: Nanking, Shanghai, Peking                                                           Circular # 227.

{Message to Tokyo # 433.)

The recent resignation of the Konoye Cabinet at first caused a great shock and uneasiness to such high officials of the Chiang Government as are in this area, however, as soon as the Tojo Cabinet made its appearance people here came to the conclusion that it was a Cabinet which would break the deadlock in Japanese American negotiations succeed the influence of the Chungking Government, which is backed up by the United States, will extend hither [a]. If they fail, Japanese military operations in China will be reduced and the Japanese forces will leave Central and South China. In either case the Nanking Government will suffer. Such is the pessimistic view entertained here. All lower class Chinese consider that the present change in administration makes war between Japan and the United States inevitable. They feel that this will give CHIANG KAI-SHEK a chance to wage a counter offensive. They are all gloomy thinking that if such a war occurs its conclusion will be far off.

Relayed to —–, Peking. Mailed to Hong Kong.

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[a] DoD Comment:  Sentence as in original translation.

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No. 1002

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     October 20, 1941

TO: Peking                                                                                           #590

Though I shall handle the matter of partial revision within the law of temporary control of currency as you indicated in your secret wire # 1077 [a] dated September 19^th, and in your letter of instructions, I want to do it in such a way as to be in complete accord with the control by Chinese authorities.  Therefore, after you have delivered it to the Chinese authorities please wire me of their remarks and what you think would be the best plan for the present.

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[a] Not available.

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No. 1003

FROM: Nanking                                                                                  October 31, 1941

TO: Peking                                                                                           #333.

Nanking to Tokyo #771.

(Abstract.)

A conference was held to discuss the fall of the legal tender’s value. Many are of the opinion that it should be kept at a certain rate, but thus far no agreement as to when to put this into effect. Another meeting is to be held the 4th.

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No. 1004

FROM: Nanking                                                                                  October 22,1941

TO: Tokyo                                                                                           # 746.

(Message to Hong Kong # 167.)

Re your wire # 65 [a] to Shanghai.

Since the beginning of July, the following newspapers for enlightening the Chinese‑‑Chūō Denji (Central Telegraphic News), Chiūhō (Central News), Minkoku Nippo (Republic Daily News), Zen-Nankin Shimpo (Old Nanking Newspaper), and Tsuka Nippo (Transit Daily News)-are being sent out by ordinary mail with three days’ issues packed together in large envelopes. We have stopped sending them sealed.

However, copies addressed to Singapore, Siam, Saigon, and Hanoi go in care of our military authorities there, and those for Manila only we are still sending through the facilities of this department.

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[a] Not available.

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No. 1005

FROM: Nanking                                                                                  October 22, 1941

TO: Tokyo                                                                                           Extra # 13 (or 19).

(Strictly secret. To be handled in Government Code.)

Your wire of the 21st received. When I come to Tokyo I hope to have a talk with you. I want to come to Japan by any boat available about the (13 ?) of November accompanied by SHIMIZU (a secretary), TSUTSUJI (attached to the department), and one under-secretary. I hope this suits you.

I am bringing along SHIMIZU so that he can tell you directly details of the political intrigues which he is commencing here.

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No. 1006

FROM: Rome                                                                                      October 28, 1941

TO: Tokyo                                                                                           #689.

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(Intelligence of Secondary Importance.)

I have an intelligence report from the Vatican saying that Apostolic Delegate ZANIN at Peking has sent a communication to the Vatican to the effect that the Chungking Government has notified him through the Catholic Bishop of Chungking that CHIANG’s Government will have nothing to do with that of WANG. Therefore, it will be impossible to recognize one delegate dispatched to both governments. Consequently, unless the Nanking Government is left unrepresented, hereafter no apostolic envoy to China will be recognized. In this case, Catholic interests in the sphere of the Chungking regime could not be guaranteed, so added the communiqué.

His Holiness figures that this is just a trick to force him to recognize Chungking as the real government of China, but now that China cannot get any help from the Soviet, the China affair will soon be over. Hence, this question will be settled automatically ere long. ZANIN is to stay with the WANG people, and the Bishop of Chungking will continue to take care of Catholic interests in that area without being given the status of Apostolic Delegate. I think we ought to investigate and find out whether or not this report is true. Please do what you can and wire me back what you find out.

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No. 1007

FROM: Rome                                                                                      November 5, 1941

TO: Tokyo                                                                                           # 700.

Re my # 661 [a] and # 689 [b], last part.

It goes without saying that the Vatican pays particular attention to the sources of its secret information in view of the fact that it is the target of the propaganda of the various nations. I sent my caption telegram with this in mind, feeling that this was an excellent opportunity of ascertaining the accuracy of the secret informer. Inasmuch as this is absolutely essential in regard to our future machinations, please make investigations and wire the results.

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[a] See III, 955.

[b] See IV, 1006.

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No. 784

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     November 6, 1941

TO: Hsinking                                                                                       # 771.

(Part 1 of 2.)[a]

(# 95 from Budapest to this Foreign Minister.)

An official in charge at the Hungarian Foreign Office spoke thus confidentially to INOUE[b] on the 30th:

1. When Moscow falls, the Soviet Government will be totally removed to a place east of the Volga and finally to the Urals. The Stalin regime, however, is not likely to dissolve, and the productive  http://Louis-j-sheehan.com  power of the Ural area is unknown.

2. Summing up all our spy reports, Germany’s next trend of conquest will be the Caucasus, Iran, and Iraq. The objective will be to cut off the supply of petroleum to the British forces; then when Germany takes over these areas, next will come Syria and Egypt. (For the British to get petroleum from the United States or elsewhere, a vast number of ships would be necessary, and this is out of the question.) If it turns out this way, Turkey, too, will have no alternative but to bow & Germany, and France’s raw material and food problem will thus be solved. The Balkan economy will also be bolstered.

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3. Not more than 20% of the Ukrainian industries have been destroyed; reconstruction is already proceeding nicely, and resumption of work is taking place on a surprisingly large scale.

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[a] See IV, 785.

[b] Ambassador in Budapest.

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No. 785

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     November 6, 1941

TO: Hsinking                                                                                       # 771.

(Part 2 of 2.)[a]

(Message from Budapest # 95.)

In this booty there is plenty of arms, ammunition, and gasoline, but Soviet gasoline, untreated, will not work in Hungarian motor cars; likewise, Hungarian gasoline will not work in Soviet motor cars. This has been only lately discovered. The Hungarian army fully equipped one mechanized Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire brigade with Soviet‑made arms, tanks, motor cars, cannon, cannon balls, and three months’ supply of fuel.

d. The national goods of Galicia could all be brought back to Hungary, but those of the Ukraine had to be left as found for want of means of shipping. Very little, however, was destroyed. It seems that the Germans are cultivating in that area plants used in manu­facturing rubber substitutes, but the results are not clear.

e. Foodstuffs in the Balkans are better than last year, when the crops were lean; in fact, this year’s crop is quite normal, and the winter brings no particular anxiety. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire Ukrainian agriculture cannot hope for much next year because of the war, but after next year it will probably prosper.

f. It seems that the United States may soon enter, if, indeed, she has not already entered the war in an active way. Her next step will probably be to secure more military bases as the price of the arms she lets the Allies have. It seems that the United States expects to get bases in Scotland, North Ireland, and the Azores, but if she occupies the Azores by arms, Germany will invade Portugal and attack Gibraltar.

g. As I said in my # 88[b], guerilla warfare in Serbia is very fierce, and the rails between Nish [c]   and Belgrade http://Louis-j-sheehan.com  have been rent in sixteen places. The Ukrainian Danube fleet is near Belgrade protecting navigation on the river.

This message has been transmitted to Berlin.

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[a] For Part 1 of 2, see IV, 784.

[b] Not available.

[c] City in southeastern Yugoslavia.

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No. 786

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     October 29, 1941

TO: Berlin                                                                                            # 914.

Re your # 976[a].

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We would like to be advised of the methods employed and the successes attained by the Germans with regard to bringing about order in occupied Russia. Also, as to the means they are using to transport troops, means of operating farms, etc. Please advise us as soon as they become known to you.

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[a] See III, 810.

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No. 787

FROM: Berlin (Osima)                                                                         November 10, 1941

TO: Tokyo                                                                                           # 1303.

(Part 1 of 2.) (Strictly Secret.)

Re your # 914[a].

Summing up what a dependable German told me, although I will investigate and wire you later, I am sending you the following information for the time being.

1. ROOZE[b] is already in Riga and is handling the affairs of the three Baltic countries as well as a part of White Russia. KOCH[c] also took office in Kiev on October 31 (KAUFMANN [d] quit). These men are seeing that the administration of the occupied territories is being carried on according to the peculiarities of the several districts, in brief, about as follows:  Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire.

a. In the three former Baltic countries and in the Ukraine, quite a few of the intelligentsia still remain, and they show their willingness to cooperate directly with the Reich in its administrative policies. The influence of these people is by no means to be despised. They are indigenous, and Germany finds it to her advantage to put them to the fore, so KOCH and ROOZE are acting as stadthaelder, and directly under them come district commissars. All these are German. However, the landraeter (which probably means prefectural justices of the peace or military offices) are filled with natives. Justices of the peace are, for the most part, natives. Save for the political gendarmes, the police are practically all Russians. Of course, the Germans do, in all these cases, pull the strings, but they find it more practical to keep in the background. The technical skill, the knowledge of agriculture, and organi­zing ability of the Germans are standing them in good stead in these areas.

b. In other former Russian territories, the learned aristocracy is all gone, and the people are long used to sheep‑like obedience. They are too helpless to act on their own initiative and seem to have lost all ambition. The Germans merely direct them as best they can. Of themselves, these people would never offer any direct resistance, and once leaders are deposed there is scant prospect of any trouble with them.

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[a] See IV, 786.

[b] Kana spelling; probably ROSENBERG, who is to be appointed Minister of State in European Russia.

[c] Acting Director of ROSENBERG’s office; to be appointed a leader of part of Russia under German occupation.

[d] Present Director of Hamburg; to be made leader of Ukraine under German occupation.

Peoples Government 6.peo.002002 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire

No. 749

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     November 11, 1941

TO: Berlin                                                                                            # 941.

On the 10th the German Ambassador in Tokyo acting on instructions from his govern­ment, called to request the concurrence of the Japanese Government in the matter of in­cluding the governments of Roumania, Bulgaria, Finland, Denmark, Slovakia, and Croatia in the expanded anti‑Comintern pact. To this I replied that while I agreed in principle I would instruct the ministers of Roumania, Bulgaria, and Finland, who were resident in Tokyo, to get in touch with the German and Italian ministers regarding inclusion in the pact. And that only in the cases of Denmark, Slovakia, and Croatia would the concurrence of Japan with Germany and Italy be sufficient to include them in the pack.

Please relay to Italy

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No. 750

FROM: Berlin (Osima)                                                                         November 12, 1941

TO: Tokyo                                                                                           # 1315.

(To be handled in Government Code.)

Re your Circular # 2296[a].

For your information, I have wired the Japanese text as my separate wire # 1316[b]. Should you have any objections to any part of it, please wire me immediately.

I have changed the expression “the Hungarian Government,” mentioned in the preamble of your message, as well as your expression “the Italian Government,” mentioned in the preamble and also in Clause 2 of your message, to read “all European Governments.” In

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addition I have changed the expression “Japanese Government” in Clause 2 to read “The Great Japanese Imperial Government.”

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[a] See IV, 747.

[b] Not available.

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No. 751 http://LOUIS-J-SHEEHAN-ESQUIRE.US

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     November 13, 1941

TO: Hsinking                                                                                       # 798.

Re your # 725[a].

1. This protocol that is to be signed on the 25th is a protocol between the six countries of Japan, Germany, Italy, Manchuria, Hungary and Spain. Manchuria will also sign at the same time through her Minister resident in Berlin.

2. The Japanese text and the German text have already been determined as contained in my # 782[a] and 783[a] and Circulars # 2296[b] and # 2235[a] (which Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire  text please see). The official Italian text has not yet been received but will be wired to you as soon as received.

3. It is desired to alter the official text as follows so please make these corrections.

A. The date according to the foreign calendar will be 1936.

B. In the German text in the latter part of Article 2 after the words SETZEN WIRD insert the words DER EINTRITT.

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[a] Not available.

[b] See IV, 747.

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No. 752

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     November 13, 1941

TO: Hsinking                                                                                       # 799.

Tokyo to Berlin # 945. (Action.)

Re my # 942[a].

Will you please establish contact with the Manchurian Minister resident in Germany by handing him the proposed text and other suitable means.

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[a] Not available.

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No. 753

FROM: Hsinking (Umezu)                                                                   November 13, 1941

TO: Berlin                                                                                            # 11.

(Secret.)

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In regard to the instructions which Manchoukuo should issue to its Minister concerning the signing of the protocol extending the Anti‑Comintern Pact: http://LOUIS-J-SHEEHAN-ESQUIRE.US

Please hand the http://LOUIS-J-SHEEHAN-ESQUIRE.US   text of the protocol to our Minister and instruct and guide him with regard to the red tape concerned in the signing of the said protocol.

Please relay to Tokyo.

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No. 754

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     November 14, 1941

TO: Berlin                                                                                            # 948.

(Extremely Urgent.)

Re your Circulars # 2296[a] and # 2305[b].

Re the term of the Anti‑Communist agreement.

The Manchukuoan Government has no objections to the text as given in your caption message but are very desirous that the date be put in as “eighth year of Kotoku.” (The date according to the Fascist calendar should also be entered.) Please handle the matter accord­ingly.

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[a] See IV, 747.

[b] Not available.

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No. 755

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     November 13, 1941

TO: Hsinking                                                                                       # 800.

(Separate wire.)

Tokyo to Berlin # 946. (Action.)

In regard to the method of writing the date in the text of the protocol, Manchuria is very anxious to have the phrase, the 9th year of KO, inserted in the text, and while we have not as yet received any communication to that effect we are sure that Spain also will desire that the date of their new era be inserted also. At any rate when you write in the date in western style please by all means insert the date of the Manchurian era also. Please give this immediate consideration. In case it is inserted please wire the text with the revision immediately.

Relayed to Manchuria.

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No. 756

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     November 14, 1941

TO: Berlin                                                                                            # 952.

(Extremely Urgent.)

Re your # 1321[a].

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There is also the consideration that we had the Manchukuoan Government withdraw their insistence on a Manchurian version of the text. Furthermore, although it is not easy to do, we are very desirous that the text be drawn up in all three languages. Please let me have the final decision by the 16th.

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[a] Not available.

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No. 757

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     November 15, 1941

TO: Hsinking                                                                                       # 815.

I wired Ambassador Oshima immediately instructing him to add the phrase “The 8th year of KŌTOKU” to the date of the protocol extending the effective period of the Anti-Comintern Pact. However, Oshima wired that he had proposed this to the German Foreign Minister but the Foreign Minister said that Spain had requested that a text of the treaty in Spanish be prepared but that due to the extreme shortness of time they were trying to persuade Spain to wait and that at present texts would be drafted in only the three languages Japanese, German, and Italian. He fully appreciated Manchuria’s viewpoint but ‑‑‑‑‑.

If we press the matter of saving the face of the countries which wish to participate in the pact there is danger that we never would get the problem settled. If we drag out this problem again it will cause Germany’s policy toward Spain to fall through and will be like bringing a hornet’s nest about our ears, so I think we better drop the matter.

Please explain this to Manchuria and get them to see that in view of the complications involved they will have to relinquish their aspirations in this respect. Then please wire the result immediately.

Furthermore, in view of the late date we will have to adhere to this position. Also from a technical standpoint this matter is impossible. This is for your information.

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No. 758

FROM: Berlin                                                                                            November 13, 1941

TO: Tokyo                                                                                                 # 1320.

Secret. Re your # 942[a].

As far as Germany is concerned she wishes to keep the matter of the extension of this pact and the participation of the various countries in it a strict secret until November 25th. Then the sudden announcement of it will have great value for propaganda purposes it is believed.

It is a fact that this pact has run its course. However, if this matter should leak out from our side or from China (for instance, your caption telegram was to be relayed to Nanking) it would be most awkward. Therefore please exercise extreme caution in this respect.

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[a] Not available.

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No. 759

FROM: Berlin (Osima)                                                                         November 14, 1941

TO: Tokyo                                                                                           # 1326.

(Priority.)

Re your 941[a].

On the 14th, we learned from German sources that Roumania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Croatia are all at last displaying a desire to gladly join in with Germany’s wishes. ‑‑‑‑‑ is also expected to make a move to join; Finland’s reply is expected within two or three days; and as for Denmark, they will wait until after Finland’s approval is received and then plan their course.

Please wire a reply to my # 1314 [b].

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[a] See IV, 749.

[b] Not available.

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No. 760

FROM: Tokyo                                                                                     November 14, 1941

TO: Berlin                                                                                            # 954.

(Urgent.)

Re your # 1314[a].

I had not favored permitting any further nations to join the pact until we had signed the new protocol, but Germany has insisted so hard that Rumania and the other countries join simultaneously that I have agreed. It has been decided that the Peoples Government will join immediately. I have had our Ambassador to China find out the intention of this govern­ment, and although no formal reply has come in, we have been given to understand that no objections will be raised. We have advised Nanking, as soon as they have made their decision, to have the Chief of the Foreign Department of  Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire  the Nationalist Government advise Foreign Minister RIBBENTROP by telegram just when and how the signing will take place in Nanking. As soon as the Peoples Government is prepared to join, I will wire you more, but this is all for the moment.

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[a] Not available.