Japanese officers asked cabinet to eliminate Chinese military strength according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1937 no. 6

An item reported that the board of the Merinkai, an organisation mainly consisting of former army and navy officers with as chairman general Tanaka (1) discussed what was going on in North China. In a statement was the Japanese cabinet urgently asked to stop negotiations with China but instead do anything needed to destroy the Chinese military strength in such a manner that China never would attack Japan again.

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1. Shuzuichi Tanaka (1 October 1867 Tatsuno, Hyogo, Japan-24 August 1945 Tokyo, Japan)?