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to United States, is another proof of steady bleeding
 
to death British possessions and colonies, whereby
 
Roosevelt makes England pay for America's help. This
 
is only reason for Churchill's visit to Washington."
 
Christmas number FRANKFURTER ZEITUNG quotes Ribbentrop
 
interview with Spanish newspapermen thus "Mister 
 
Roosevelt is entirely responsible for extension of  
 
this war the wanted to cut Japan off from its natural
 
supplies of raw materials in Far East and wished to
 
subject Japanese to laws of Wall Street millionaires.
 
He wanted to strangle Japan just as Mister Churchill
 
and Mister Roosevelt attempted to strangle Germany and
 
Italy in Europe. Mister Roosevelt's method was so
 
aggressive, insulting and meaningless that normal per-
 
son must ask whether this crazy attitude could have
 
been dictated by a sane mind". Ribbentrop stated he
 
had been told that for some time past Mister Roosevelt
 
has suffered from ever increasing hallucinations.
 
Ribbentrop denied cooperation between Axis powers for
 
attack on democracies had been planned long in advance
 
affirming original idea of Tripartite Pact had been
 
front against Bolshevism. When he was German Ambassa-
 
 
dor in London he had made every effort to persuade
 
Great Britain to join Anti-Commintern Alliance. If
 
                              Mister