II. Concerning the Participation by Slovakia in the Three-Power Pact, Issued on November 24, 1940
The Three-Power Pact, in which Hungary and Rumania had already joined, has acquired in Slovakia still another participant. In Berlin today (November 24, 1940) a Protocol was signed between the plenipotentiaries of the countries concerned, and came immediately into force. The stipulations of the instrument is the same as in the previous protocols.
Slovakia, now an active participant in the construction of a new world order, is a country that became an independent state upon the dissolution of Czecho-Slovakia on March 14 of last year. Recognized by Japan in June and by Manchoukuo soon after, the new State has been making steady progress ever since.
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Printed as item II under the heading "Statements of the Foreign Office Spokesman".
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