The Archive · 1937

Japanese Reports Denied

Colombo, Apr. 13.

Shortly after the Chinese Coronation Mission arrived here, attention. was called by Reuter's representative to the reports emanating from Japanese sources at Shanghai which purported to give the six points of a Programme for Sino-British e0-opera. tion which Dr, H. H. Kung. was alleged 10 be taking to London, The alleged points were: a loan of Atteen or twenty million sterling be made by Great Britain to China; increased British investment in. the steel plant at Chuchow in Hunan; joint exploitation of the natural re-Sources of Szechuan, Tibet and Anglo-Chinese ce-operation. in the' development of South China, Szechuan, Hupeh and Hunan; Sino: British ce-operation in the defence of south China, and the supply by Great) Britain to China of munitions, in-eluding gas-masks, The Mission spokesman laconically characterized this report as "pure im-

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