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Japan will oppose any attempt at international control of Manchuria.…
Quote byYōsuke Matsuoka · 1880–1946
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Japan leaves the League of Nations.
English (original)
Japan will oppose any attempt at international control of Manchuria. It does not mean that we defy you, because Manchuria belongs to us by right. Read your history. We recovered Manchuria from Russia. We made it what it is today.
— Yōsuke Matsuoka
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