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40.
Domon Sh
hei,
Tatakau tenn
(K
dansha, 1989), p. 61.

41.
Ibid., p. 63.

42.
Nakao, “Dai T
'A sens
ni okeru b
sei teni chien no y
in,” p. 118, citing It
Sh
toku,
Teikoku rikugun no saigo—kessen ed.
(Kadokawa Bunko, 1973), p. 25.

43.
T
g
Shigenori,
Jidai no ichimen: taisen gaik
no shuki
(Kaiz
sha, 1952), pp. 294, 298.

44.
Ibid., pp. 296–97;
Kido K
ichi nikki, ge
, pp. 980–81, entry of Sept. 1, 1942. T
j
did not relinquish the foreign ministership until Hirohito appointed Shigemitsu Mamoru to that post on Apr. 20, 1943. After leaving office, T
g
turned against T
j
and advised the senior statesmen and the court entourage during 1943 to force T
j
to step down. T
g
Shigenori,
Gaik
shuki
(Hara Shob
, 1967), p. 314.