Interview with Joseph Roos, Los Angeles, July 20, 194J Mr. Roos is *iitiiaia&xi a memb r of a large Jewish law firm which operates a news research service at 727 W 7th St* The firm is connected withe the anti-defamation league whose object is to expose anti-semitic propaganda. In 1940 the research service published two of thier weekly news letters on Japan se activities. These were concerned with alleged milit ry preparation of Japan in coll boration with Germany and are most interesting because they were reprinted, word for word, in Martin Dies yellow Book as the product f Dies own investiagtion. Later HXHKXXiHH MarcantAnio photostated the News Letters in an effort to discredit the Dies Committee. Mr. Roos knew very little about the evacuation problems but he directed me to other people in the city. Later, also, Mxxthe senior member of the firm (a rominent Legionaire and layyer) Leon Lewis called me. I was unable to see ir. L becau e ixxxxof my overcrowded schedule, but ho told me he had definitive proof on h nd tj refute the story that Jewish business men rofited from the evacuati n. If and when we ever get an economist to do some work onthe Japanese problem, Mr. L will be of great aid. He said he w uld turn over hi oo plete file to the Study. NEW LETTER Published by News Research Service, Inc., 727 W. Seventh Street, Los Angeles, Catifornia S(MM< of *in'!. Moří ú M .fri.iu StudfnU and W,it*ri. F ) ^ u r t . )n T e x t )u d łcu te R t ł Wo. 208 October <2,J940 trtnct Hottł <H tnd oł łatut JAPA-NAZIS OVER HAWAII Japan' 3 rampant militancy towards the United States is a well—coordinated by-play of Nazi expansion policies, Roots, and proof, of this fact go back to the very first year of the Hitler Era It was on January 17, 1933, that the Mikado's delegation to the League of Nations, headed by the present Nipponese Foreign Minister, Yosuke Matsuoka, left Geneva as a protest to the League's censure of Japan for its Manchukuoan venture. A fortnight later, Adolf Hitler assumed control of the Reich. One of his first startling, international gestures was to follow Japan's example and secede from the League. Ever since, in the same spirit of political parallelism, coordinated propaganda has been carried on by these Totalitarians. One of the most outstanding examples of this proced­ ure is an article, published under the signature of Yosuke Matsuoka, which appeared in "Liberty" (illustration on this page) of July 22, 1933o It was entitled: "Japan Puts Her Card3 on the Tableo Does she Expect to Fight the United States? — An Explan­ ation and a Challenge by the Man Who Walked Out on the League of Nations." B The article would have been inter­ 11* 1 ________ esting enough if it had actually Reproduction /ro/n "Liberty" o/ flowed from Matsuoka'3 pen. Indeed, J933, 3/ioM7iip /ir*st page o/ ar­ it couldl Brought to Oregon by a re­ ticle signed, but not written, b^ lative when he was 13, the Japanese XosuTte Z^atsuoTca. ______________ plenipotentiary to the League had re- mained in America and, at 22, graduated from the law school of the University of Oregon. Later * when in Japan's diplomatic service, he was stationed in Washington for some years* However, Matsuoka did not write this article himself. He may have added a few touches here and there, or eliminated certain points, but the essay, as a whole, was fashioned by Hitler's most experienced, and most indefatigable, "sentiment moulder" in the United States. This fact, insignificant though it may be by itself, is of greatest Importance NOW, since it proves how closely, Page 2* and for how long, Japan and the Third Reich have both ends,with the United States of־played from America caught in the middle. Found: The Missing Link NRS is in a position to reveal the exact genesis of the Matsuoka article, which clearly delineates the full extent of Nazi-Nippon cooperation. Actual fabri­ cator of the Matsuoka-signed article was none other than George Sylvester Viereck 1), self-styled "Ameri­ can spokesman of, and recognized apologist for, Wilhelm I H After walking out on the League, Matsuoka repaired to Berlin where he was received by the late Reich- President von Hindenburg and his newly appointed Chan­ cellor, Adolf Hitler. The Japanese plenipotentiary then embarked on an inspection trip of Germany's most .Statement o/ organi­ important industrial plants, including the famous sation and a c tiv i­ Krupp armament factories in the Ruhr region, the ties o/ 27ie in s ti­ Siemens & Halske Electric Company, the Siemens- tute /or t^e Educa­ Schuckert Works in Tegel near Berlin and, among many tion o/ Overseas others, the well known "I. G. Farben" dye trust with Japanese, as it ap­ a whole string of factories along the Rhine. All pears in t/ie direc­ these establishments were part and parcel of Germany's tory q/ Japanese war industry, and,as such, are now under British air­ patriotic organisa­ craft attacks. tions, pubJis&ed by T?ie -Society o/ -in­ On March 24th, 1933, Matsuoka arrived in New York ternational Cuitur- where Chinese, and American sympathizers of the Chin­ aJ Relations. fFbr ese cause, demonstrated against him to the point where translation see the police had to be called out. Matsuoka declared page 7 ^. that his visit was entirely unofficial; he also made the firm statement that he would not grant any inter­ views....Nevertheless, he received George Sylvester ViereckL At that time, Viereck was under contract to Liberty to deliver a certain number of "big-name" articles, either written under his own name, or under his war-time pseudonym, George F. Corners, or anonymously as a "ghost". The Mat­ suoka article, signed, but not written, by the Japanese diplomat, was one of a whole string of similar essays which Viereck planted in Liberty, with the Mac- Fadden weekly completely unaware of the fact that it was being used to spread subtle Totalitarian propaganda. Contact with the Japanese statesman had been established by Viereck through Reich Consul General Dr. Otto Kiep in New York. He, in turn, had communicated with Dr. Otto Meissner, Hindenburg's secretary (and still serving Hitler in the same capacity). Subsequently, necessary arrangements were made so that when Matsuoka arrived in New York, Viereck was immediately received. In order to cater to the general trend of featuring "big-name" articles, Liberty released Viereck's contribution under Matsuoka's name. In this way, no suspicion of any propaganda was aroused; a reaction which would have been almost unavoidable had Viereck's name been mentioned in connection with it. He was under very heavy fire at that particular time because he was practical­ ly the one and only "American" stoutly defending Hitler, then only a few months in the saddle. Page 3 Ever since, Nazi and Nipponese agitators have tipped a W № a <0 off each other on propaganda possibilities and the * a a a M availability of competent apologists. <* * h * * a n M * ^ * ] a M * A MVf **!4 h w 3. g [ +t !* a *K Two-Way Propaganda Stooges * n )!( n a *'׳ M * H H a a 4- M HI M ti <! Hf <p * r )4 ־* * ;׳<׳ !ft H № t A tf H * * * * Nazi propagandists extend their activities in two r״ *at fy a a i a *& M M * a A a <t * * a a ! directions. They are not only agitators of Nazism, but M X (t -6 a w !! * a 0) V * Mt 3 also apologists for such near-Nazi ideologies as Fascism * a a 4 A a e AM fr i. * M \ * a a Communism and Pan-Nipponism, currently known as Japan's a <* tt a a a a a : ? New-Order-in-Asia" policy. One of the most versatile״ * № a 3 * stooges — almost in the same class as Viereck but not, * a y "* K A* = ES like the latter, enjoying American citizenship -- is W X Colin Ross 2). Equally appreciated by the Berlin and n A 4 S the Tokyo governments as sub rosa propagandist, he con­ № tinuously informs the Germans about Japan, and vice versa. As recently as May of this year, "News From Ger­ -Statement o/ organi­ many 3) carried one of his frequent articles; entitled sation and activi­ The New Asia and The New Europe"; it drew parallels״ ties o/ 27ie Central jSoard o/ Overseas between Western and Eastern Hemispherical policies. Association, as it appears in t/ie di­ Another camouflaged German propagandist is Klaus rectory o/ Japanese Mehnert 4), long ago revealed in these pages as a dang­ patriotic organisa­ erous German spy. Of late, he has joined the list of_ (S ׳tions, pubjis/ied by hand-picked contributors to General Karl Haushofer3 T7ie Society oy In­ j°ur GeopoiitiTt which instigates, and inter­ ,blueprints for world conquest. Indeed ׳ternational CUJtMr- prets, Hitler3 aJ Relations. (For Mehnert has worked himself up into a position of master translation see spy-propagandist in all matters concerning the Pacific. page*%). At this very moment, preparatory to another vi3it to Japan, he is "studying" the California coast from his headquarters at Carmel-by-the-Sea where he shows untiring industry in taking pictures. His first stop-over on his way to Japan will be Hawaii where he may spend considerable time "studying" that particular stretch of the American shore line. Meanwhile, two other prominent Japa-Nazis have already reached Tokyo.