assertion that it is China whose Quoting the Japanese Government}
actions and attitude are in contravene tion of the Nine-Power Treaty, the declaration says: "Yet whereas China is engaged in a full and frank discussion of the matter with other parties to that treaty, Japan has refused to discuss it with any of them."
The delegates firmly believe, the document states, that a just and durable settlement could not be expected of direct negotiations between the paries to the conflict, (Continued on vage 6)
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