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Message to the US representative in Berlin, breaking diplomatic relations with the United States and announcing "a state of war," citing acts of aggression by the US navy
IMT
Authors
Joachim Ribbentrop, von (Minister for Foreign Affairs (1938-45))
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany (1893–1946)
- Born: 1893-04-30 (Wesel)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel; Travellers Club
- Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
- Military rank: Oberleutnant
Germany (treaties, diplomatic statements, proclamations)
Documents of German Politics (Dokumente der Deutschen Politik, serial)
Date: 11 December 1941
Literal Title: Dokumente der deutschen Politik . . . Note of 11 December 1941, from the Reich Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop to the United States Charge d'Affaires in Berlin, Counsellor of the Legation Morris.
Defendant: Joachim Ribbentrop, von
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2507
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 164
Document Book No: Prosecution Q: Aggression: USA
Citation: IMT (page 1258)
HLSL Item No.: 450944
Document Summary
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-2507: Germany’s declaration of war against the united states of America, 11 December 1941