Use the passage to answer the question.

"The Governments of __________ . . . have decided to stand by and co-operate with one another in their efforts in Greater East Asia and the regions of Europe respectively wherein it is their prime purpose to establish and maintain a new order of things. . . . They further undertake to assist one another with all political, economic and military means if one of the Contracting Powers is attacked by a Power at present not involved in the European War or in the Japanese-Chinese conflict."

What nations belong in the blank space in the pact?
A. Germany and the Soviet Union
B. Britain, France, and Germany
C. Germany, Italy, and Japan
D. The Soviet Union and China