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| The signing of the Tripartite Pact at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 27 Sep 1940. The signers are, left to right, Galeazzo Ciano of Italy, Joachim von Ribbentrop of Germany, and Saburo Kurusu of Japan. | Adolf Hitler (foreground), Pál Teleki (foreground), Galeazzo Ciano (behind Hitler), Saburo Kurusu (behind Ciano), and others at the ceremony in which Hungary signed the Tripartite Pact, Vienna, Austria, 20 Nov 1940 | Portrait of Ryo Kurusu and Saburo Kurusu, circa 1941 | Saburo Kurusu, Alice Kurusu (née Jay Little), and Ryo Kurusu, circa 1941 |
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| Japanese Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu and Ambassador Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, Nov 1941 | Japanese Ambassador Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura and Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu with US Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Washington, United States, 17 Nov 1941 | Japanese Ambassador Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura and Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu after meeting with US President Franklin Roosevelt, White House, Washington, DC, United States, 27 Nov 1941 | Saburo Kurusu with dog, Japan, circa 1952 |
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