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1940년 7월부터 1941년 7월까지 제2차 고노에 후미마로(近衛文麿) 내각의 외무대신으로 재직한 마쓰오카 요스케(松岡洋右)의 외교 정책은 일찍부터 주목받아 왔다. 그것은 그가 재직하는 기간 동안, 일독이(日獨伊) 삼국 동맹 조약과 소련과의 중립 조약이 체결되고, 미국과 미일 교섭이 진행되는 등 태평양 전쟁이 발발하기 직전 단계에서 중요한 외교 정책이 추진되었기 때문이었다. 마쓰오카의 외교 정책에 대한 일반적인 평가는, 제2차 세계 대전이 격화되어 가는 가운데, 삼국 동맹 조약과 일소 중립 조약의 체결을 통해 일본소련독일이탈리아의 4국이 제휴 관계를 맺고, 이를 바탕으로 대미 협상에 나선다고 하는 이른바 4국 협상의 구상을 그가 지니고 있었다는 점이 강조되었다. 그러나 이 같은 견해는 주로 전후 마쓰오카 자신과 그 측근들이 남긴 증언에 의거한 것이기 때문에, 실제 마쓰오카가 그러한 구상을 지니고 대미 외교 정책을 폈는지에 대해서는 그가 취한 구체적인 정책 결정을 검토해볼 필요가 있다. 마쓰오카는 독소 관계가 파국을 맞이할 것이라는 점을 충분히 알고 있었고, 그의 대미 정책은 반드시 대화에만 집중하는 것도 아니었다는 점을 생각할 때, 마쓰오카에게 있어서 4국 협상의 구상이 어떠한 의미를 지니고 있었는지를 재검토할 필요성은 더욱 높아진다. 이에 따라 본 발표에서는 일본이 중일 전쟁을 수행하고 있고, 유럽에서 제2차 세계 대전이 진행 중인 상황에서 마쓰오카가 어떠한 외교 전략을 지니고 있었는지를 살펴보고, 그러한 관점에서 그의 대미 외교 정책이 어떠한 성격을 지니고 있었는지를 고찰할 것이다. 이를 위해 먼저 삼국 동맹 조약과 일소 중립 조약을 추진하는 과정에서 마쓰오카가 유지했던 외교 전략을 검토할 것이다.
The foreign policy of Yosuke Matsuoka, who was in office as Foreign Minister of the Second Konoe Cabinet from July 1940 to July 1941, has been attracting attention. Because during his tenure, the JapanGermanyItaly Tripartite Pact and the Soviet Japanese Neutrality Treaty were signed, and JapanUS negotiations with the United States were promoted. Matsuoka's general evaluation of foreign policy is based on the fact that the four countries of Japan, the Soviet Union, Germany and Italy formed a partnership through the conclusion of the Tripartite Pact and the SovietJapanese Neutrality Treaty amid the intensification of World War II. Many historians emphasized that he had the socalled Shikoku Kyosho (4 powers partnership) concept of engaging in negotiations with the United States. However, such a view is mainly based on the testimony left by Matsuoka himself and his aides after the war, and in fact, whether Matsuoka had the idea of Shikoku Kyosho (4 powers partnership) at the time of his tenure and implemented the policy toward the United States accordingly. Need to consider the specific policy decisions he made. Matsuoka is fully aware of the potential for catastrophic German Soviet relations, and given that his policy toward the United States did not necessarily focus on dialogue with the United States, there is an increasing need to reconsider what Matsuoka's vision for Shikoku Kyosho was. Therefore, in this paper, I examine what kind of wartime foreign policy Matsuoka had under the circumstances where Japan was engaged in the SinoJapanese War and World War II was underway in Europe, considering what it has to do with his foreign policy towards the United States. For this reason, I will first consider the diplomatic strategy that Matsuoka maintained in the process of promoting the Tripartite Pact and the SovietJapanese Neutrality Treaty. Matsuoka has an attitude of restraining the United States' support for Britain through the Tripartite Pact, creating an environment favorable to Germany through this, and taking advantage of Germany's victory after the war to expand Japan's dominance in East Asia. At the same time, he sought to restore the deteriorated relationship with the Soviet Union and thereby eliminate Japan's strategic dangers. Next, I will examine Matsuoka's policy toward the United States. He has shown his willingness to use the Tripartite Pact to minimize US support for Britain and participation in World War II. At the same time, he had an attitude of demanding American concessions to solve the SinoJapanese War problem. His policy was understood by US government officials as a tough attitude, and as a result, it acted to worsen USJapan relations. Finally, I will focus on the relationship between Matsuoka and the Japanese military, especially the Army. At that time, the Japanese Army was hoping for an armed advance into Southeast Asia. However, Matsuoka maintained an attitude against the use of force against the South, consistently that such actions could stimulate the United States. Such a policy is an example of Matsuoka's efforts to prevent the situation from worsening relations with the United States more than necessary and expanding into a headon collision between Japan and the United States. Summarizing the above, we can understand Matsuoka's policy toward the United States as follows. With Japan facing the serious challenge of solving the SinoJapanese War problem, and the worldhistorical event of World War II, Matsuoka supported Germany's victory. He had a wartime diplomatic strategy to establish Japan's dominance in East Asia through Germany's victory. Matsuoka prefered to take time until the end of the war in Europe and guide the outcome of the war to develop in Japan's favor, to a direct military actiontoward southward in the situation of world war. Therefore, it can be understood in connection with his wartime diplomatic strategy that Matsuoka consistently opposed the Army's rapid military action toward Southeast Asia for it has possibility of a collision with the United States. However, his attitude to restrain US actions to help Germany win the war resulted in worsening USJapan relations and failure to prevent their aid to the United Kingdom.
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Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka, Tripartite Pact, Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact, Hull-Nomura talk
