With reference to the report issued yesterday by the Kuo Wen News Agency of an alleged interview granted by a responsible offi-I of the Shanghai office of the Ministry of Finance on the question of the postponement of Likin abolition, it is authoritatively stated today that the report is a complete fabrication. No official of the Ministry has been interviewed by the Kuo Wen correspondent on the sub-Ject or made any of the statements attributed in the report—Kuo Min.
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