Thursday 7 February 2013

Telegram to Emperor Hirohito of Japan, September 26, 1944

(Published in Corriere della Sera, September 27, 1944)

September 26, 1944

On the fourth anniversary of the conclusion of the Tripartite Pact, through which Italy, Germany and Japan express one and the same will for the affirmation of a new and just order in Europe and Asia, I ask Your Majesty to accept the wishes of the Fascist Italy as well as my own personal wishes for common victory.

MUSSOLINI