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Prior to [[Adolf Hitler]] coming to power in Germany, Ott had been the adjutant of General [[Kurt von Schleicher]]. |
Prior to [[Adolf Hitler]] coming to power in Germany, Ott had been the adjutant of General [[Kurt von Schleicher]]. |
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title = German Ambassador to Japan | |
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years = 1938-1942 | |
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Revision as of 01:17, 1 July 2005
Major General Eugen Ott (??-??), German ambassador to Japan (1938-1942), Military attaché to Japan (??-1938).
In early September 1940, Heinrich Georg Stahmer arrived in Tokyo to assist Ambassador Ott negotiate the Tripartite Pact with Japan. Stahmer would later replace Ott as ambassador when Richard Sorge, who had been working for Ott in Japan as an agent for the Abwehr, was unmasked as a spy for the Soviet Union in Japan.
Prior to Adolf Hitler coming to power in Germany, Ott had been the adjutant of General Kurt von Schleicher.