The relations between Japan and French Indo-China have of late become rapidly closer as the result of the agreement reached in August of last year between the then Foreign Minister, Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, and the French Ambassador, M. Charles Arsène-Henry, and other agreements concluded on various occasions subsequently. A complete agreement of views has now been reached through friendly conversations between the Governments of Japan and France regarding their joint defence with respect to French Indo-China.
Japan intends to observe strictly her obligations arising from the various existing arrangements between Japan and France, especially the solemn promise of respecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of French Indo-China, and at the same time to endeavour for the promotion of the amicable relations subsisting between Japan and France, thereby realizing common prosperity of the two countries.