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Хирота Коки — японский дипломат, политик, 32-й премьер-министр Японии.

Родился в городе Фукуока, префектура Фукуока. Дважды назначался министром иностранных дел. С 9 марта 1936 года по 2 февраля 1937 года занимал должность премьер-министра Японии. После капитуляции Японии арестован и приговорён к смертной казни Международным военным трибуналом по Дальнему Востоку. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. Февраль 1878 – 23. Декабрь 1948
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“Other powers will continue to enjoy an equal right to trade in and develop the natural resources of the occupied territory, for the economic development of which the investment of foreign capital is very desirable.”

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Kōki Hirota

Quoted in "British Relations with China" - Page 138 - by Irving Sigmund Friedman - History - 1940.

“Japan cannot remain indifferent to anyone's taking action, under any pretext, which is prejudicial to the maintenance of law and order in st Asia for which she, if only in view of her geographic position, has the most vital concern.”

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Kōki Hirota

Quoted in "Modern Japan: A Brief History" - Page 135 - by Arthur E. Tiedemann - 1962.

“I investigated reported Japanese atrocities committed by the Japanese Army in Nanking and elsewhere. Verbal accounts of reliable eyewitnesses and letters from individuals whose credibility is beyond question afford convincing proof that the Japanese Army behaved and is continuing to behave in a fashion reminiscent of Attila and his Huns. Not less than 300,000 Chinese civilians were slaughtered, many in cold blood.”

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Kōki Hirota

Quoted in "Nanking 1937: Memory and Healing" - Page 56 - by Robert Sabella, Fei Fei Li, David Liu - History - 2002.

“If you want to maintain the superiority of your state at the present time, you must quickly enter into a coalition with Germany and Italy and thus restrain Europe and create a firm foundation for imperial policy in the Far East.”

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Kōki Hirota

Quoted in "Japan at the Crossroads" - Page 64 - by Walter Smith - 1936.

“I am having a very difficult time. Things happen unexpectedly.”

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Kōki Hirota

Quoted in "The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire" - Page 49 - by John Toland - History - 2003.

“As you can see, I'm in good health. I have no message; just tell them, please, that I went to my death quietly and in good health.”

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Kōki Hirota

Quoted in "War Criminal: The Life and Death of Hirota Koki" - Page 296 - by Saburō Shiroyama - 1977.

“We have successfully built up our national strength and prestige, accepting and adding to our civilization the art and science of the West. Now, I believe, the time has come for us to carry our art and culture to other countries.”

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Kōki Hirota

To the Japanese Parliament on January 21, 1936. Quoted in "The Virginia quarterly review: A National Journal of Literature and Discussion" - Page 164 - by University of Virginia - 1936.