Germany, Italy & Japan Sign Pact Barring a "Separate Peace" with the United States or Great Britain
(December 11, 1941)
ARTICLE I
Italy, Germany and Japan will henceforth conduct in
common and jointly a war which has been imposed on them by the United
States of America and England, by all means at their disposal and until
the end of hostilities.
ARTICLE II
Italy, Germany and Japan undertake each for himself
that none of the parties to the present accord will conclude either
armistice or peace, be it with the United States or with England without
complete and reciprocal agreement [of the three signatories to this
pact].
ARTICLE III
Italy, Germany and Japan, even after the victorious
conclusion of this war, will collaborate closely in the spirit of the
Tripartite Pact, concluded Sept. 21, 1940, in order to realize and establish
an equitable new order in the world.
ARTICLE IV
The present accord is effective immediately on its
signature and remains in force for the duration of the Tripartite Pact,
signed Sept. 21, 1940. The high contracting parties of this accord will
at an opportune moment agree among themselves the means of implementing
Article III above of this accord.
Sources: New York Times, December 12, 1941; ibiblio |