FDR: “The course that Japan has followed for the past ten years in Asia has…”

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The course that Japan has followed for the past ten years in Asia has paralleled the course of Hitler and Mussolini in Europe and in Africa.

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Roosevelt draws a parallel between Japan's actions in Asia and the aggressive moves of Hitler and Mussolini in Europe.

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